Fifty Ways to Cook Everything: 2,500 Creative Solutions to the Daily Dilemma of What to Cook [Hardcover]

Andrew Schloss (Author), Ken Bookman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1992

1. Fifty Marinades, Hundreds of Meals
2. Fifty Sauces to Enhance Any Meal
3. Fifty Beautiful Soups
4. Fifty Ways to Top a Pizza
5. Fifty Ways to Sauce the Spaghetti
6. Fifty Stir-Fries, East and West
7. Fifty Ways to Build a Sandwich
8. Fifty Foods for Romance
9. Fifty Main Courses on a Real Tight Budget
10. Fifty Wonderful Muffins
11. Fifty Ways to Love Your Liver
12. Fifty Things Kids Will Eat
13. Fifty Pots of Chili
14. Fifty Foods Hot Off the Grill
15. Fifty Do-Ahead Recipes That Let You Go to Your Own Party
16. Fifty Ways to Trade Calories for Flavor
17. Fifty Ways to Fight Fat
18. Fifty Ways to Beat the Heat
19. Fifty Ways to Clean Out the Refrigerator
20. Fifty Herbs and Spices and How to Use Them
21. Fifty Chicken Breast Recipes for Every Pot
22. Fifty Chicken Leg Recipes for Every Pot
23. Fifty Ways Out of the Ground-Meat Grind
24. Fifty Recipes for Twenty-five Fish
25. Fifty Recipes for Any Fish
26. Fifty Ways to Bring Shellfish Out of Their Shells
27. Fifty Recipes for Rice and Other Grains
28. Fifty Ways to Eat Your Vegetables
29. Fifty Ways to Rediscover Potatoes
30. Fifty Garden-Fresh Ways to Use Tomatoes
31. Fifty Ways to Eat Your Spinach -- and Other Greens
32. Fifty Ways to Conquer Zucchini
33. Fifty Serious Salads
34. Fifty Bottle-Free Dressings
35. Fifty Easy Stews: Long Cooking Makes Short Work
36. Fifty Useful Microwave Recipes
37. Fifty Ways to Have Your Health and Eat It Too
38. Fifty Alternatives to Meat
39. Fifty Ways to Survive a Turkey
40. Fifty More-Than-Just-Meatloaves
41. Fifty Tunas In and Out of the Can
42. Fifty Ways to Start the Day
43. Fifty Homemade Thirst Quenchers
44. Fifty Homemade Snacks
45. Fifty Ways to Tempt with an Apple
46. Fifty Berried Treasures
47. Fifty Dessert Sauces for Better Mental Health
48. Fifty Ways to Charm with Chocolate
49. Fifty Ways to Fill the Cookie Jar
50. Fifty Gifts from the Kitchen

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This book grew out of a series of articles that started with "Fifty Ways To Love Your Liver." Schloss, a writer and chef, and Bookman, former food editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer , went on to develop recipes for "Fifty Ways To Beat the Heat," " . . . To Survive a Turkey," and more. Recipe instructions are bare bones, none longer than a paragraph, but the recipes themselves range from basic to elaborate and sophisticated (techniques are covered in an appendix). The simpler chapters (pizza toppings, muffins) probably work best as a source for ideas for the busy cook, but the whole book is fun for browsing, and the gimmick is one that is sure to attract readers. Recommended for most collections. HomeStyle Bks. main selection; Quality Paperbacks alternate.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (November 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671734512
• ISBN-13: 978-0671734510
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Andy Schloss wants everyone to cook more, and he has devoted his career to ease the way. As a well known teacher, food writer, cookbook author, and food product developer, he concentrates his decades of experience to streamline the tedious and illuminate the intricacies that make cooking good food a pleasure and a passion. Andy has authored 17 cookbooks and countless food articles. His first book Fifty Ways to Cook Most Everything was a Book of the Month Club Main Selection. The Science of Good Food (co-authored with David Joachim) won an IACP Cookbook Award, and their book, Mastering the Grill was a NYT bestseller. His latest books Fire It Up, a follow-up grilling guide written with Joachim and Homemade Soda are being published in the Spring of 2011. Schloss is the culinary creator of Cookulus: Ultimate Recipe apps, and the developer and manufacturer of the popular line of seasoning blends, Chef Salt. He is a past president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and lives outside Philadelphia with his wife, Karen, and their incredibly well-fed dog.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Cookbook, November 1, 1999

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Cosette (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fifty Ways to Cook Everything: 2,500 Creative Solutions to the Daily Dilemma of What to Cook (Hardcover)

I love this cookbook because the recipes are easy, original, taste good and are flexible. When I have assorted odds and ends in my refrigerator, I can always find a recipe in this book which will make use of them. The writing style is entertaining and I have learned more about cooking from this book. I have a lot of cookbooks, but this is the first one I reach for when I am doing general cooking.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must add to your cook book shelf, June 30, 1999

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[e-mail] ( Betty Johnson) (Sarasota,) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fifty Ways to Cook Everything: 2,500 Creative Solutions to the Daily Dilemma of What to Cook (Hardcover)

I have used this book for several years while visiting one of my daughters , it is great...have chicken ( or any ingredient) on hand and want to fix it a new and fairly simple way..it shows you how...no pictures..just good information ..I am ordering a copy for a shower gift and one for my self..don't know why I haven't done so years ago...

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2500 short & simple recipes. Simple the way they should be., July 24, 2001

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This review is from: Fifty Ways to Cook Everything: 2,500 Creative Solutions to the Daily Dilemma of What to Cook (Hardcover)

50 categories of recipes. And 50 recipes in each category. That's 2500 recipes. How do you fit 2500 recipes into 477 pages? You write real small. Which means that each recipe is very short (a small paragraph the size of a want ad generally). This is not bad. In fact it's very good. How complicated can a recipe that short end up being? And simple recipes are best.

None of the recipes have very many ingredients. Most of the ingredients are common. Although I admit my favorite recipe (to read, I haven't made it) is the authentic Russian Dressing recipe, which contains a spoon of caviar (what's more Russian than that?) Most of the recipes are more basic. Greens. Fantastic salads (salads have gotten a bum rap, especially when this author is done choosing ingredients for them). How to make a perfect French Fry. How to cook a steak. And thousands more recipes.

Fast and simple recipes for any and all occasions.