There's nothing like a home-cooked meal made with love, which is just what Lisa Schroeder serves in her wildly popular Portland, Oregon, restaurant, Mother's Bistro & Bar. The menu is filled with comfort food that fills the stomach and the soul. And Lisa has invited mothers from all over America and the world - Hungary, Peru, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, India, and Italy - to add their hearty and heartfelt dishes to her customers tables. Bursting with both kitchen and life wisdom, Mother's Best gathers 175 inviting recipes that range from appetizers, soups, and salads to main courses, sides, breakfast foods, sandwiches, and desserts and baked goods. Mother's Best is the cookbook for those who yearn for uncomplicated and uncommonly good food straight from mother's oven.
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“Beautifully and warmly photographed, this cookbook is about real, delicious, home-cooked food.” --Alice Waters, Chez Panisse
"Anyone who's waited in line for a table at Mother's Bistro & Bar on Southwest Stark for Sunday brunch should pounce on this book. It reveals many of the restaurant's most popular dishes, plus some from Mama Mia Trattoria, Schroeder's other eatery right next door, as well as recipes from moms whose cooking has been featured at Mother's through the years. Don't assume that all this maternal instinct spells stodgy food: Inside this book a smart, trained chef is at work." --The Oregonian
About the Author
Lisa Schroeder is the chef/owner of Mother’s Bistro & Bar and Mama Mia Trattoria in Portland, Oregon. Schroeder’s award-winning restaurants have been featured in The Oregonian, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, Town & Country, USA Today, and Bon Appetit. She makes her home in Portland, Oregon.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By B. Davis
Format:Hardcover
When I first opened this cookbook, it made me think of all the comfort foods my mother and grandmother made when I was young. Yum! It is filled with down-home recipes and useful hints that a mother would teach her daughter. It even tells how to cut up a whole chicken! Mother's Best has recipes like Nana's Chicken Fried Chicken; Meatloaf Gravy; Manhattan Clam Chowder; Mama's Minestrone; Grandma Mary's Meatball and Sunday Gravy; $15,000 Crab Cakes with Creole Mustard Sauce; Mother's Biscuits and Gravy; Basic Scones; Mother's Pulled Pork Sandwich; Mother's Apple Crisp; and many more recipes that remind me of my own mother's cooking, with a few subtle changes.
Mother's Best: Comfort Food That Takes You Home Again has 150 recipes, and most important, teaches how to cook with love. It is an inspiration and I hope it will keep my family coming home for more. I especially like the recipe for Chicken Cacciatore. I wish I could give this cookbook more than 5 stars!
Mother's Best: Comfort Food That Takes You Home Again has 150 recipes, and most important, teaches how to cook with love. It is an inspiration and I hope it will keep my family coming home for more. I especially like the recipe for Chicken Cacciatore. I wish I could give this cookbook more than 5 stars!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By JoAnna
Format:Hardcover
There are many things I love about this cookbook. For starters, it makes me feel like I can cook just about anything. Dishes I normally wouldn't tackle, like cioppino, are easy to make thanks to great directions and I can hardly believe I've made what's on the plate in front of me. I've also learned a lot from the tips and "love notes" that follow each recipe and love that "Mother's Best" offers an education in cooking. But mostly this cookbook is my new favorite because every recipe turns out! I have so many cookbooks that sit on my shelf looking pretty, but this one is on my counter every night. Some of the recipes make a lot, but the leftovers are great. Highly recommend this to any cook.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Kari Adams
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
When I ran into this book at Costco I was excited by the pictures and the recipes... then I realized, this book contained recipes to one of my favorite brunch places in downtown Portland. Really? She is sharing her recipes?
I was immediately compelled to add it to my cart - and bought another copy for the friend who introduced me to Mother's downtown in the first place - and let me say I am quite pleased.
I love how she gives tips throughout her cookbook - and the food is all tasting super yummy! Just had the chicken dumplings last night. My husband is not a big fan of chicken dumplings because they can be all goopy and slimey - but this recipe sold him immediately - the texture was perfect!
I also love how most of the ingredients can be found in a normal shopping store. So many cookbooks these days call for fancy items or hard to find items that even the store clerks can't tell you what they are. These are simple affordable yummy recipes that definitely are great for home cooking.
We just recently became parents of twins - adding our child count to 4. This number makes it a lot more tricky to head downtown for a nice meal... so I am very grateful that she is sharing her genious recipes with us.
If you are up for homecooking - this is the cookbook for you.
And you definitely will have to have the crunchy french toast. My favorite item in the world at Mother's. ENJOY!
I was immediately compelled to add it to my cart - and bought another copy for the friend who introduced me to Mother's downtown in the first place - and let me say I am quite pleased.
I love how she gives tips throughout her cookbook - and the food is all tasting super yummy! Just had the chicken dumplings last night. My husband is not a big fan of chicken dumplings because they can be all goopy and slimey - but this recipe sold him immediately - the texture was perfect!
I also love how most of the ingredients can be found in a normal shopping store. So many cookbooks these days call for fancy items or hard to find items that even the store clerks can't tell you what they are. These are simple affordable yummy recipes that definitely are great for home cooking.
We just recently became parents of twins - adding our child count to 4. This number makes it a lot more tricky to head downtown for a nice meal... so I am very grateful that she is sharing her genious recipes with us.
If you are up for homecooking - this is the cookbook for you.
And you definitely will have to have the crunchy french toast. My favorite item in the world at Mother's. ENJOY!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
5 Stars!!!
I want to read this book from cover to cover as well as try many of the recipes. I love the introduction of each dish and the love notes that accompany many of the recipes. Read more
Published 3 months ago by anne brackett
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing
I just opened up Mother's Best and it is very disappointing. I thought I was going to see a cook book that INSPIRED! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Karen S Harmon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent recipes
This book has "standard" recipes and some great takes on everything from crepes to applesauce. The recipes are easy to follow. A great addition to my collection.
Published 3 months ago by pianos41
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific book
Wonderful "Mother Loves you" food. Tried several things and haven't found a miss yet. Enjoy! Your family will love it.
Published 4 months ago by Sydney
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Gift
I actually did some 'snooping' on my sister's wish list and this was the only thing I wanted to spend any money on as everything else was too expensive. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Thomas M lawrence
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Dishes in a Good Format
I already have versions of many of these recipes in my collection, so this book was of limited value to me, but it was a very nice and well designed book. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Burgundy Damsel
5.0 out of 5 stars
great cookbook
Visited the restaurant recently and thought the cookbook would be fun to have. Great recipes for actual menu items. Love the breakfast recipes!
Published 19 months ago by MahjMom
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great restaurant and a book to match
I enjoy eating at Mother's Bistro in Portland so much that I bought her cookbook hoping to bring home some of her outstanding recipes. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Sean Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Comfort Food
The first recipe I made was the roasted garlic and prosciutto mac & cheese, it was amazing! Don't expect low fat recipes here, this is comfort food and it delivers. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Lila
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mother knows best!
We recently vacationed in Portland and had a wonderful meal at Mother's Bistro. When we got home, we found out that Lisa Schroeder, their chef/owner, has a cookbook with all her... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Marc Horn
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