Go Bananas! [Paperback]

Susan Quick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2000

Banana lovers rejoice!

Here is a feast of mouth-watering recipes for your favorite fruit, from breakfast to main dishes to desserts: Crisp-fried plantain chips dipped in fiery pepper sauce. Sea bass fillets grilled in aromatic banana leaves. Caramelized banana cream pie. Healthful smoothies, hearty vegetarian meals, cool banana cocktails, and, yes, the ultimate banana bread, studded with chunks of dark chocolate.
Packaged in its own distinctive wrapper, the yellow banana is as good for you as it is good to eat. And its relatives are equally nutritious and delicious: plantains, baby bananas, peach-fleshed red bananas, and exotic manzanos (tasting of apples and strawberries). Filled with fascinating banana lore,
Go Bananas! offers 150 imaginative recipes for the banana and its cousins. You're certain to "go bananas" over this banan-za of a cookbook.

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Banana lovers rejoice!

Here is a feast of mouth-watering recipes for your favorite fruit, from breakfast to main dishes to desserts: Crisp-fried plantain chips dipped in fiery pepper sauce. Sea bass fillets grilled in aromatic banana leaves. Caramelized banana cream pie. Healthful smoothies, hearty vegetarian meals, cool banana cocktails, and, yes, the ultimate banana bread, studded with chunks of dark chocolate.
Packaged in its own distinctive wrapper, the yellow banana is as good for you as it is good to eat. And its relatives are equally nutritious and delicious: plantains, baby bananas, peach-fleshed red bananas, and exotic manzanos (tasting of apples and strawberries). Filled with fascinating banana lore,
Go Bananas! offers 150 imaginative recipes for the banana and its cousins. You're certain to "go bananas" over this banan-za of a cookbook.

About the Author

Susan Quick is food editor of Real Simple magazine and has written and worked as an editor for numerous magazines, including Bon Appétit, Gourmet, Glamour, and Redbook. Go Bananas! is her first cookbook.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (August 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767904036
• ISBN-13: 978-0767904032
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,479,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susie Quick is the author of three cookbooks. She was the founding food editor and stylist for Real Simple magazine, and has served as a food writer and editor for many top magazines including Organic Style, Glamour, O, the Oprah Magazine, Bon Appetit, and Health. She was also the contributing food editor for Sprig.com.

She was born in West Virginia, has lived in New York City, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and now lives in Midway, Kentucky where she farms, rides horses, and runs a nonprofit sustainable vegetable farm. For more information, see www.honestfarm.org.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lovely Little Cookbook, September 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Go Bananas! (Paperback)

What a nice surprise! In addition to the tasty recipes there are some amusing bits of trivia on each page that make this book very entertaining. This is a nice little gift item for any cookbook collector's shelf. Everything from Elvis' famous "P.B.& B." to the sophisticated "Ecuadorean Lamb Stew" is included in this new collection of recipes. Many of the dishes include variations of ingredients to experiment with. There are some very simple combinations that one would never think of trying like "Bacon and Banana Kabobs" with a honey-mustard marinade. I am anxious to try the "Plantain, Apple and Bacon stuffing" for Thanksgiving this year. The drink recipes are all sinfully delicious. My friends and I sipped "Banaquiris" and Coladas by the pool recently and made believe that we were vacationing somewhere tropical. The traditional breads, cakes and muffins are also included but there are updated versions that improve your Grandma's old fashioned recipes. I am always trying to sneak nutritious ingredients into my teenager's diet and there are numerous ideas in this book which should please even a picky eater like him. I enjoyed this book very much and plan to try many of the recipes.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I went bananas, September 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Go Bananas! (Paperback)

Excellent book on the many varied uses of bananas in cooking as well as many different and little known facts about both bananas and plantains. This is a great book for anyone who loves bananas!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I love bananas!, December 17, 2010

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This review is from: Go Bananas! (Paperback)

I sailed from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico and found myself in the cute little coffee shop. There was this book "Go Bananas" as I enjoyed my coffee and banana muffin I really wanted to buy the book and try some recipes. Since I was traveling I put the book back on the shelf. Once I returned home I found it here on Amazon, a few days later it was in my kitchen. I love the history of the banana. Who knew there where so many types? The recipes are easy to make, some times low fat (using banana instead of oil) and very inventive. I particularly love the banana ginger bread recipe. If you collect cook books as I do, this one is a great addition and will bring some island influence to your home!