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Eat This Book: Cooking with Global Fresh Flavors [Hardcover]

Tyler Florence
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Book Description

April 12, 2005
While traveling the globe as the host of Food Network’s hit TV shows Tyler’s Ultimate and Food 911, Tyler Florence developed a unique perspective on how Americans like to eat and cook today—and on how to help them with their daily cooking challenges. In Eat This Book, Tyler draws inspiration from kitchens around the world to enliven America’s favorite foods in more than 150 new real kitchen recipes for everyday occasions.

Now you can wake up tired weeknight chicken with the zing of North African spices. Turn Sunday’s same old spaghetti dinner into an authentic Italian abbondanza with Pappardelle Bolognese and Veal Saltimbocca alla Romana. Hit a home run on game day with Fresh Tortilla Chips, Guacamole, and Farmstand Salsa. Each recipe zeroes in on the bright notes of fresh, global fare and a handful of readily available ingredients that engage the senses and spark the palate, and all are as easy to prepare as they are flavorful.

From the simple pleasures of midnight fridge raids to the exotic and sophisticated, Eat This Book satisfies an array of hunger pangs in chapters that truly speak to the way we eat today:

Eating introduces pantry basics with a twist, like Lemon-Caper Mayonnaise and Ginger-Soy Vinaigrette;

Devouring presents snacks and cocktail bites such as Toasted Almonds in Chile Oil and Sautéed Feta Cheese;

Noshing offers crowd-pleasing fare for impromptu gatherings like Cold Sesame Noodles and Grilled Pizza with Mozzarella di Bufala;

Consuming lays out easy dishes for weeknight suppers, including Roasted Chicken Stuffed with Lemon and Herbs and Pan-Seared Tuna with Avocado;

Tasting harvests ideas from the summer garden such as Spanish Gazpacho and Roasted Corn with Parmesan and Cayenne;

Savoring serves up hot pots for cold nights, like Braised Brisket and Buttery Turnips; and

Licking the plate clean showcases irresistible desserts, including Peach and Blueberry Crostata and Chocolate Tart.

Packed with the excitement of a culinary wanderlust fulfilled and all the comforts of coming home again, Eat This Book proves there’s really no reason to eat out when the food from your own kitchen can be so delicious.


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From Publishers Weekly

An eight-year veteran of TV's Food Network (with stints on How to Boil Water, Food 911 and other programs), charismatic Manhattan chef Florence (Tyler Florence's Real Kitchen) presents his second cookbook featuring the "culinary honesty" premise: global flavors in uncomplicated recipes for average cooks. He opens with a chapter that includes recipes for North African and Turkish spice mixes, and zesty flavors continue to take center stage throughout in dishes like Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry Sauce; Scallop Ceviche with Melon, Chile, and Mint; Steamed Black Bass in Miso Soup with Udon and Shiitakes; and Basil Ice Cream with Wine-Poached Cherries. Florence clearly has a penchant for internationally inspired dishes and draws on the cuisines of Argentina, China, India, Portugal and Thailand, among other countries. He does include recipes for such familiar fare as Chicken Parmesan; Potato Pancakes (which he spices up with cinnamon apples and fresh thyme); Grilled Pizza with Mozzarella di Bufala, Sausage, and Fresh Tomatoes; and Braised Brisket. Florence's vast culinary knowledge translates well to the page, as nearly every entry includes practical, and often charming, personal commentary based on his excursions to foreign locales and his experiences living in New York's Chinatown. Photos.
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Review

“Tyler Florence demystifies delicious food and adds layers and layers of flavor in simple and exciting ways that remind us, as all Italians already know, that the best meals are truly eaten at home. This book makes cooking at home as easy as take out and twice as tasty.” —Mario Batali

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1ST edition (April 12, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1400052378
  • ISBN-13: 978-1400052370
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.8 x 10.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #341,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 out of 5 stars
My wife loves Tyler Florence's cooking so I got her this book. Michael D. Lowry  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
This one is a keeper! MaryannD  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
Its easy to understand the ingredients arent hard to find. RenaL  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Flip to a Page, Start Cooking May 5, 2005
Format:Hardcover
This is a very appealing cookbook. The layout is nice; the way it's bound is nice -- it falls open and stays open, which makes it easy to see while cooking; the organization is fine, the typeface is easy to read; the photographs are bright and tempting.

But more than all that, the recipes are interesting, and so far, from the ones I've tried, they make great food, too.

Tyler Florence is a TV chef personality, which may or may not be a selling point to some home cooks. Nevertheless, this is the kind of cookbook that one can flip through and find recipe after recipe that seems not only yummy, but fairly simple and straightforward.

It's the kind of cookbook that is useful when planning a dinner party menu, and you need fresh ideas for inspiration. The book is fairly basic in its techniques and ingredients, but the results are sophisticated. Even if you're an accomplished home cook, it's a book that can guide you to great meals. If you're not so accomplished, the recipes are very easy to follow with wonderful results.

Eat This Book makes a nice addition to any home chef's kitchen bookcase!
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
To put this review into perspective for you it is written by someone that has been cooking for 25 years, and concentrating on Italian cooking for the last 10 years. My favorite cookbook is "The Professional Chef" from the Culinary Institute of America. I would definitely consider myself a foodie.

This book is part travel journal and part cookbook. This book doesn't concentrate on one county or one type of cuisine. The emphasis is Tuscan Farmhouse, pan-Asian cooking of Australia, Spanish flavors of Barcelona, and the Mediterranean coast of France all rolled up into one. Tyler refers to this book as the "taste of the American Global palate". I call it delicious.

Most of the recipes are quick to prepare but are very flavorful. The first section of the book is devoted to what I would call kitchen essentials. These are as follows:

1. Herb Mayonnaises and Aioli

2. Fresh Chopped Herb Sauces

3. Fresh Milled Spices

4. Vinaigrettes

5. Stocks

The remainder of the book is recipes that use the essentials above. He divides this as follows (my interpretation is brackets):

1. Devouring (mostly appetizers)

2. Noshing (buffet type fare)

3. Consuming (soups, pastas, light meat dishes)

4. Tasting (heavy vegetable emphasis, summer fare)

5. Savoring (fall food)

6. Licking the Plate Clean (dessert)

While the subdivision of the recipes is a little unorthodox, the recipes themselves are quite good. Many of the recipes seem like something that I might have seen on "Food 911" or "Tyler's Ultimate". Since I don't always watch that show I cannot tell you if all the recipes are from those show, but I suspect many of them are.
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114 of 131 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Grabbag of Fun Recipes for Weekend Entertainer April 14, 2005
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`eat this book' is the second cookbook from Food Network notable chef / educator, Tyler Florence and except for the somewhat more breezy style and fewer pretensions on being a `complete' guide to anything, it pretty much follows in the footsteps of the earlier book by giving us bright, strongly flavored recipes to enhance our pleasure with cooking for ourselves and our families and guests.

My biggest problem with evaluating this book is that after reviewing about 400 cookbooks in the last 18 months, my perceptions can become pretty jaded, but I like to give this book special attention, as Tyler's first book was the fourth book I ever reviewed and I feel just a tad guilty at giving Tyler only four stars, as he is one of my more favorite `serious cooking' Food Network hosts, just a rung or two below Alton Brown and Mario Batali, and at least two or three rungs above Emeril. I hope this book explains why Tyler has been relegated to the stay at home `How to Boil Water' show, when his travelogue shows such as `Food 911' and `Tyler's Ultimate' were the best of the Food Network's roadshow cooking genre. But getting back to this book.

My strongest impression with this second book is that Tyler is even more strongly influenced by the style of Jamie Oliver with breezy, clever phrases for food measurements and catchy, untypical chapter names and very Cosmo cover typesetting for tables of contents with lists of recipes. My recommendation to Tyler is that however strongly I like Jamie Oliver's recipes, I actually dislike his expansive / creative book layouts. Oddly, while Oliver gives very kosher tablespoon measurements of olive oil and doesn't care if you estimate the measurement, Florence says things like `add a two-count of olive oil' without explaining in this book what that means.
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyday Eating Globally Hip Food May 18, 2005
Format:Hardcover
Tyler has certainly earned the rising star that he is in the emerging food celebrity chef world. He is young, energetic and well trained and experienced with the best of the world's food.

This FoodNetworkTV star now has two great cookbooks out, this one going in completely different direction that the first: global.

From the start he goes in the direction of other great chef's recent cookbooks, e.g. John Ash and Ming Tsai in providing building block basics, here in this case mayonnaises and ailois; herb sauces, milled spices, vinaigrettes, and stocks. Many chefs have already been into these, but never hurts having other approaches and twists of these around and this will be very beneficial to those who haven't experienced these pantry basics.

The following chapters are a bit cookbook unorthodox as titled, but match up in most cases with the usual. Rather than the typical appetizer he has "Devouring"; rather than "Comfort Food" he has "Noshing"; Consuming = Take Out Oriental + Italian you Make Yourself; Tasting = Seasonal Veggies and Fruits; Savoring = Holiday/Seasonal Hearty Meals; Licking the Plate Clean = Desserts. This is fun though, and nice for change.

The recipes in most cases are unique, not too exotic on the required techniques, equipment and ingreds. They are tasty, classy and rustic, most of all flavorful. Being around Tyler's cuisine one finds he is centered on intense flavors, and this recipe collection brings that out in spades for us the home chef de cuisine! An added feature that is truly nice is that right, directly under each title is the time estimate, including any special time additions (e.g. marinating, etc.) along with serving estimates.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars The wife loves it
My wife loves Tyler Florence's cooking so I got her this book. She was very happy with it and already has made a couple of tasty dishes from it.
Published 3 months ago by Michael D. Lowry
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Tyler Florence!
This book is a great book for beginners who want to learn to cook globally influenced food. Its easy to understand the ingredients arent hard to find.
Published 6 months ago by RenaL
5.0 out of 5 stars Eat This Book For Sure!!!!
Tyler Florence does it again!
This cookbook is not only well written and easy to follow,
but the recipes "ROCK"!!! This one is a keeper!
Published 12 months ago by MaryannD
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cookbook
I absolutely love Tyler Florence's recipes. They are so easy, simple flavors with a big taste. We ordered this book as a gift on more than one occasion.
Published 21 months ago by Sharon Stewart
2.0 out of 5 stars "Wow, he's gotten pretentious!"
I loved Real Kitchen, so I eagerly picked up this cookbook by Tyler Florence. After flipping through it and skimming the recipes, I thought, "Wow, he's gotten pretentious! Read more
Published on February 24, 2010 by April Thompson
2.0 out of 5 stars His most disappointing book to date...
I've enjoyed most of his cookbooks so far but this is by far his weakest one to day. It's an odd hodgepodge of recipes from all over the map with not much being new or noteworthy. Read more
Published on January 3, 2009 by Todd C. Spears
5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE this book.
This book is AMAZING! When I first go it in the mail- I was a little worried that I was going to need a lot of specialty food items...not the case. Read more
Published on August 27, 2008 by Colleen
5.0 out of 5 stars Eat This Book: Cooking with Global Fresh Flavors
The book is fresh with ideas. It has simple and classic recipes that anyone can use. It is truly a joy.
Published on August 11, 2008 by Foster Campbell
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Chef!
I have always liked him from his days at Cafeteria a well known restaurant in New York City where he started through his books and shows, just an all around good guy with good... Read more
Published on April 20, 2008 by Stuart Floyd
5.0 out of 5 stars Eat this book!
Another slam dunk for Tyler... I love the way he uses fresh ingredients, simple methods, to create innovative taste combinations. You too can create gourmet creations... Read more
Published on March 3, 2008 by Comin Home to Cook
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