Feastivals Cooks at Home [Hardcover]

June Jacobs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 18, 2001

Feastivals Cooks at Home (published by Feastivals, Jersey City, NJ 07302, $19.95 Hardcover, Concealed Wire) provides everything you need for easy elegant entertaining and everyday meals. 128 mouthwatering recipes from the Feastivals files that have been savored by students and clients for more than 18 years are included in this collection.

Contemporary Americans express interest in eating more healthfully. Feastivals Cooks at Home emphasizes (in the chapter entitled "Think Fish!") how effortlessly and deliciously fish can be prepared, (in "Fresh and (not Always) Green") that everyone can become a salad wizard. With appetizing recipes like Millet Risotto with Wild Mushrooms, and Rice, Garbanzo and Artichoke Salad, June shows you that meatless main dishes can be easily incorporated into your family’s menus – and that you can entertain lavishly and stay healthy at the same time.

Two unusual features of Feastivals Cooks at Home are the Wine Tips that accompany every recipe, and the chapter entitled "Wine Wisdom," a primer of sorts describing the basics of wine selection and consumption.

Editorial Reviews

Review

". ...Feastivals Cooks at Home provides everything you need for easy, elegant entertaining -- clearly-written, creative recipes to reliable wine suggestions." -- Barbara Pool Fenzl, CCP, Owner, Les Gourmettes Cooking School, Phoenix, AZ

"...one of the most informative and irresistible cookbooks. The recipes are uncluttered and accessible to all home cooks." -- Judy Zeidler, Author of The Gourmet Jewish Cook, The 30-Minute Kosher Cook and Master Chefs Cook Kosher

About the Author

June Jacobs, CCP (Certified Culinary Professional) embarked on her culinary career in Chicago, Illinois, where as Sous Chef of The Chicago Caterers she began an apprenticeship with Chef Judith Dunbar Hines (then the Executive Chef) that spanned 2-1/2 years, and established Chef June as both a caterer and a culinary educator of note.

Chef June took her knives and stockpots to the East Coast where Feastivals became a well-known byword for the best in sophisticated entertainment in both Boston and New York. Soon a fixture on the faculty at the Boston Center for Adult Education she taught myriad courses, from Provençal cooking and Jewish Holiday fare to Pizza, Chocolate, Chicken, Creole cuisine and Fondue from 1985 - 95.

Now a familiar face in the New York culinary community, Chef June is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Association of Cooking Teachers. These days the chef concentrates on consulting and developing recipes for food and wine related products and restaurants, teaching custom cooking classes, and leading food-and-wine focused tours to France and the world.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Festivals (April 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970886403
• ISBN-13: 978-0970886408
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,134,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's almost like having Chef June in the kitchen with you!, June 17, 2003

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David Nelson, Chef2Chef.net (Steamboat Springs, Co United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Feastivals Cooks at Home (Hardcover)

It's a "Keeper" and you should just leave it in your kitchen so you won't have to go to and from the book shelf. The "Teachers Tips are amazing! It's like she is in the kitchen with you and can read your mind. Try the Mussel Soup aith Aioli and Saffron. Wonderful!

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, June 3, 2011

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Jack Spat - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Feastivals Cooks at Home (Hardcover)

I was so excited to get this book as I just planted (on purpose) dandelions in my garden. Page 57 tells me how to prepare Pissenlits! Hooray. Then I saw her rye bread recipe and don't you know I had just bought rye flour!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So Easy to Use!!!, July 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Feastivals Cooks at Home (Hardcover)

I am really loving Feastivals Cooks at Home! The instructions are so clear that I am having great success with every recipe I try.

The food is delicious, as well. You should really get this book!