Peaches, Pears & Plums: 40 Recipes for Fine Dining at Home (Flavours Cookbook) [Paperback]

Elaine Elliot (Author), Julian Beveridge (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999 | Series: Flavours Cookbook

In this book you'll find an array of delicious, exciting recipes created by master chefs for three favourite summer fruits, and adapted for your home kitchen.

The book offers ideas for a full gastronomic experience: for starters there is Pear Salad, Brie and Pear Tart, Squash and Peach Soup. Main courses include Scallops with Peaches and Red Peppers and Grilled Salmon with Plum Salsa. Desserts featuring peaches, pears and plums are not uncommon, but here you'll discover interesting new possibilities including Sautéed Pear Halves in Maple Syrup and Peach and Chocolate Parfait.
Each recipe has been tested and adapted for home use. For presentation and serving ideas, full-colour photographs, shot on location, show the dishes just as they are served to guests.

Peaches, Pears & Plums: 40 Recipes for Fine Dining at Home is another volume in the tantalizing Flavours series of fully illustrated cookbooks.

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Praise for the Flavours series:

"The series presents Maritime cooking as unique, yet equal to the best that's available from leading-edge gourmet hot-spots like New York.

The books are big on appearances. Fine-food presentation is an art, the authors say, and the generous use of full-colour photography throughout the book reinforce their contention that presentation is one of the main ingredients in a recipe's durability.

The books are beautiful--the coffee-table books of the cookbook genre.

The recipes are intriguing and ... respect for the regional foods is unmistakable." (Janet Arnett Canadian Book Review Annual )

About the Author

ELAINE ELLIOT is a food enthusiast who has spent countless weekends seeking out new and exciting food ideas at fine restaurants and inns. Her Flavours series includes 12 titles, ranging from Maple Syrup to Lobster. With her sister Virginia Lee, Elaine is also the author of the bestselling Maritime Flavours Guidebook & Cookbook. She lives in Kentville, Nova Scotia.

JULIAN BEVERIDGE is an award-winning photographer based in Halifax.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Formac (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887804713
• ISBN-13: 978-0887804717
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,353,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, November 28, 2009

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This review is from: Peaches, Pears & Plums: 40 Recipes for Fine Dining at Home (Flavours Cookbook) (Paperback)

The recipes in this book are sweet, easy, yet elegant so that if entertaining in a fine style your guests will be very pleased with the treat in front of them. There are not many pictures -- but the sweet, savory and oh so good recipes hold their own. Enjoy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and unusual, August 10, 2008

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The peach cardamom cake in this book is to die for, and not available anywhere else.