The Messy Gourmet Cookbook: Fun, Adventurous Cooking [Paperback]

Sharon Kroo (Author), Abigail Strubel (Author), Tim Rickard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 18, 2001

Introducing The Messy Gourmet Cookbook, from the creators of the award winning Web site Messygourmet.com. Created to promote fun, adventurous cookingand removal of the inevitable stains that resultMessy Gourmet has garnered accolades from the venerable (Encyclopedia Britannica) to the irreverent (Yahoo! Top 50 websites).Now you can experience the thrills, chills and spills of cooking with The Messy Gourmet Cookbook! From Cream of Dracula soup to pine nuts, this book is chock-full of scrumptious, messy creations, and stain removal tips. Cast off your cooking fears, experiment, and experience the joy of accidental cuisine.This unique messy outlook is shared by the seven Messy Gourmets--Bloody, Sexy, Smelly, Smokin, Tacky, Tipsy, and Trendy. And dont forget Pot Luck--recipes and tips that are just too good to leave out.So whether youve got a dinner party to cater or just want an entertaining read, youre bound to find a lot to loveThe Messy Gourmet Cookbook is a smorgasbord in book form!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Messy Gourmet shows you ways to have fun, make a mess, and clean up. -- Fast Company, November 1, 1999

About the Author

Sharon Kroo, the creator of messygourmet.com, is a web consultant with a penchant for puns. Abigail Strubel is a freelance editor, writer and former Jeopardy contestant. The authors share an affinity to transform cooking into FUN.

Product Details

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (March 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595172385
• ISBN-13: 978-0595172382
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,952,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Love This Cookbook!!, July 24, 2001

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Dr MAB (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Messy Gourmet Cookbook: Fun, Adventurous Cooking (Paperback)

I have a large collection of cookbooks, but this book has rapidly become my favorite. Instead of being the usual dry collection of precise receipes, this book attempts to make cooking fun. It encourages the reader to experiment with the receipes, to make substitutions, to play with the measurements. In keeping with the spirit of the book, I found myself looking for ways to inject a little of my personality into the dishes I was making.

This is the most fun I've had with pots and pans, since the days when I was first learning how to cook.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your kitchen is a canvas...food is the paint...whoops!, April 25, 2001

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Thomas Durham (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Messy Gourmet Cookbook: Fun, Adventurous Cooking (Paperback)

This book turns a daily chore into a fun filled self expression catharsis...everything about cooking and eating is sexy, intimate, full of self expression, and a great way to tell someone special that they are. Whatever your tastes, this cookbook has got what it takes to entertain you into preparing a meal, and then ease the task of cleaning up. Whimsically written, illustrated and organized, it satisfies: scratching that nice itch of hunger...in just the right spot. Spot did I say? Well, plenty of ways to oust that spot too as each recipe comes with instructions to undo that little 'whoops' that occurred when you were entwined in an intimate feeding experience, all flavored with must read anecdotes and little known food facts. Interested in why hot peppers taste hot? What foods can be healers? How to prepare Spam? You name it, it's in here...and...er...tastefully done. It's a must have for Mothers Day, or Fathers Day for that matter. Even a grad who will be moving out for the first time will appreciate how to remove the evening's cooking from the sofa...

If I could include graphics, I would rate this with 5 Ms. Pacman instead of stars. Whaa-uuh whaa-uuh

td

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Author!, November 22, 2006

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Coach K (NY,NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Messy Gourmet Cookbook: Fun, Adventurous Cooking (Paperback)

So I must confess, I have not read the book, because I don't cook much. BUT, I know the author, Sharon Kroo, as she came on a weeklong trip that I ran about 6 years ago out in Southern Utah. She does not know that I am writing this review, and I found out about this book quite by accident.

All I can say is that this woman put together incredible dishes with the bizzare and somewhat random assortment of foods that we were able to get in middle of nowhere. Everything was so unbelievably tasty - my group was quite lucky to have had her take over the reins in the kitchen.
So while I can't quite comment on the book, I can say that the author is the real deal - a talented woman who has wonderfully unique recipes and ideas for having fun while cooking.