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Dinner At Your Door: Tips and Recipes for Starting a Neighborhood Cooking Co-op

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You don't have to be in a dinner co-op to LOVE this cookbook. The photographs are beautiful and enticing - they make your mouth water. Some recipes are elegant and adventurous, and some are quick and simple. Most recipes feed around 12 people, and in my family that is leftovers for one day (and maybe a lunch or two). The recipes are also great for entertaining a crowd. All recipes call for wholesome, healthful and delicious ingredients. These author/chefs are very thoughtful about the art of creating a meal, and their sage advice throughout the book is as valuable as the recipes themselves. The "special ingredients" list has changed the way I stock my pantry. If you own this cookbook you WILL be a better cook (I mean chef!)

I think the concept of neighborhood co-op cooking is very "NOW". As a married woman in my thirties I sense a subtle change in the way people like me are beginning to view meal-time. We love the idea of providing delicious meals for our families while expressing our culinary creativity, but who has the time to do that everyday? After reading this book my husband and I are seriously considering this co-op model. The guidelines are very easy to follow and the book is written with a sense of fun. I especially like the authentic comments from people that are actually in co-ops. They give a man-on-the-ground perspective of what it feels like to participate in one.

The recipes are very fresh and modern and you can tell that they were chosen appropriately to get beginners to feel comfortable making and delivering the meals. GREAT BOOK. A MUST READ FOR ANYONE CONSIDERING STARTING A COOKING CO-OP!

This book is a great roadmap to starting your own cooking co-op. What could be better than only having to cook 1-2 times a week. These dinners brought to your door would make you feel like you were eating out at a restaurant everynight of the week!

I did not know about dinner co-ops until I met this book. A dinner co-op makes sense, and I'm not sure why anyone would want to cook any other way. The book and its recipes are very inspiring. They inspire me to cook and try new things, and to start my own dinner co-op with close friends. Even if you are not interested in a dinner co-op, this book is great for the wonderful recipes that are included. Check it out!!

I'm in week 3 of my own neighborhood dinner co-op. Our group used this book to plan and coordinate the whole thing. Many of the recipes I've used so far (ginger-apple coleslaw; pesto with chicpeas and greens, and layered chicken verde) have come from the book. I've found it so helpful to have a guidebook that answers all of the questions that had kept me from getting in to a dinner co-op before.

The forms in the book are superhelpful and the photos are fabulous. If you are serious about starting or just want another fantastic cookbook to add to your collection, I highly recommend "Dinner at your Door."

I had in mind to give this cookbook as a gift to someone whose friends gather often for coop pot luck. However, reading one well thought out recipe after the other and seeing appealing color photos was incentive enough to keep this copy for myself and get busy in my own kitchen! My friend will still receive this book in a new order.

My children love trying new ideas (of course they are teenagers) I have them help prepare and deliver just once a week. It's always a treat when the meals arrive at our house.

The book gives the options of how to handle likes and dislikes

This book was great getting our co-op started and organized. We've been running now for over a year! I just wish it have more vegetarian dishes. Recommend for anyone wanting to start a dinner co-op!

Great ideas and tips that are easily put to use, which is the main reason I purchased the book. Inclusion of forms was very helpful, too. The recipes are OK.