Gourmet's Five Ingredients: More Than 175 Easy Recipes for Every Day [Hardcover]

Gourmet Magazine Editors (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 24, 2002

Gourmet's Five Ingredients, based on the "Five Ingredients" column in the magazine, fuses culinary imagination with an easy approach to cooking. Sample recipes include: Ricotta Gnocchi with Roasted Tomato, Fried Eggs and Asparagus with Parmesan, Tarragon Lobster Salad, Cucumber and Cumin Soup, Speedy Pizzas, and Strawberry margarita Ice Pops -- all taking into account that after a long day at work or play, it's best to keep things simple, but still unique and delicious.

This user-friendly book contains 32 menus and more than 200 recipes--100 never before published--and 80 full-color photographs, informational boxes are included throughout, and an index lists quick recipes and one-dish dinners.

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Gourmet's Five Ingredients, based on the "Five Ingredients" column in the magazine, fuses culinary imagination with an easy approach to cooking. Sample recipes include: Ricotta Gnocchi with Roasted Tomato, Fried Eggs and Asparagus with Parmesan, Tarragon Lobster Salad, Cucumber and Cumin Soup, Speedy Pizzas, and Strawberry margarita Ice Pops -- all taking into account that after a long day at work or play, it's best to keep things simple, but still unique and delicious.

This user-friendly book contains 32 menus and more than 200 recipes--100 never before published--and 80 full-color photographs, informational boxes are included throughout, and an index lists quick recipes and one-dish dinners.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (September 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037550866X
• ISBN-13: 978-0375508660
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #808,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing what you can do with only 5 ingredients, March 11, 2009

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When I first moved away from home, my mom gave me a cookbook called "6 Ingredients or Less." Recipes in that book called for a lot of cream of mushroom soup, Russian salad dressing, and dried onion soup mix. OK for dorm living, but not something you'd be happy for company to eat with you. This book, on the other hand, is a marvel. These recipes taste like you studied in France for two years and then spent all day in the kitchen, yet most are quick enough for weeknight dinners. My family loves the Pasta with Pancetta and Peas as well as the Olive Stuffed Chicken with Almonds. I also bought the Gourmet's Weeknight Meals, and I like this book much better. I give this 4 rather than 5 stars because there are several sections that I just don't use--Cool Drinks, Snacks, Starters, Sweets (Campari and Grapefruit Ice Pops? probably not), and an anemic chapter titled Menus. However, the sections I do use were well worth the money.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT GIFT, GREAT BOOK TO KEEP ON HAND, January 27, 2005

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Deirdre Y (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

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Simple, easy recipes that are delicious and easy - perfect for non-gourmands and the rushed.
GREAT gift for those new to the kitchen.

4.0 out of 5 stars "Gourmet Cooking for Dummies", November 28, 2009

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M. Kerr (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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I know a gentleman going through a nasty divorce and he has NEVER had to cook before. Since he is use to VERY gourmet meals and considers fast-food as unacceptable, THIS was the perfect cookbook. The recipes are simple, easy to find ingredients, and the finished product looks like the colorful photos and tastes like a 4-Star resturant. A real confidence builder.