Make It Your Own: Recipes & Inspiration for the Creative Cook [Paperback]

Jamie Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2007

Make It Your Own: Recipes and Inspiration for the Creative Cook" is a new kind of cookbook. Written for those who love to create unique, exciting meals for family and friends, it is filled with wildly flavorful recipes that boldly combine tastes from the world over. It accomplishes this in exciting new ways that inspire a sense of adventure in cooking.

Each recipe is followed by a minimum of two variations?Classic Combos and Daring Pairings?that show the reader how a few minor changes to a recipe can result in a completely new dish. For instance, the author's prize-winning Spice Dusted Salmon with Curried Orange-Apricot Sauce is paired as a classic combo with Mustard Seed Salmon with Lemon-Dill Aioli.

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About the Author

Jamie Miller has developed hundreds of creative recipes and has won many cooking awards, including the grand prize at the 2004 Florida Citrus Cook-Off. She has prepared her award-winning recipes on television, including Live with Regis & Kelly and numerous Food Network specials, where she continues to appear frequently. Many of her recipes have been published in cookbooks, newspapers, and such national magazines as Southern Living, Cooking Pleasures, and Bon Appetit. She lives in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing (July 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581825935
• ISBN-13: 978-1581825930
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,221,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Versitile and Simple, makes me look like a master chef!, August 11, 2007

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Jeanne Wiestling "Tome Groover" (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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I'd consider myself to be your average kitchen klutz, especially when faced with a shift from cooking for my family of 4 (two of them under 5) to a family occasion or a backyard evening on the patio with my "foodie" friends. I love and crave the fresh, the daring, the healthy, variety and the fun that the best cooks incorporate in their meals.

This beautiful book has all that, and the options to simply change a few igredients here and there to suit your pallette or theme. I've found a new confidence in my abilities, grown vastly in my repertoire, and learned to live without the stress of preparing "new" things for special guests. Not only that, but I'm actually starting to LOVE doing it, and I do believe that creating anything with that feeling underlying your effort can only make it a success.

Get one as a gift for anyone special in YOUR life. Maybe they'll have you over? :)

Enjoy!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars recipe guy, December 17, 2007

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Frank W. Allen (grand rapids, mn) - See all my reviews
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this is a great book for people who want to use the recipes. It is not for someone who wants to leaf through a cookbook for fun. It is especially valuable for those looking for new ways to use saucesw etc.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Make It Your Own, September 26, 2007

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Jean C. Pickering "Jean Pickering" (Oshkosh, WI) - See all my reviews
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Make It Your Own is without a doubt the most interesting and informative cookbook I have ever bought. The recipes are delicious and I loved all the suggestions on how to "make them your own". It's a must for anyone who loves to cook or experiment with recipes. Jean Pickering