Pure & Simple: An Incircle Cookbook (Hardcover)

~ Neiman Marcus (Author)

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Product Description

A cookbook for the '90s and beyond, this is a collection of over 300 recipes tested and judged by an international panel of food experts and chefs. Most recipes take minutes to prepare, and many offer suggestions for additional dishes to round out the meal. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to charitable institutions. Illustrated.

About the Author

For nearly a century, Neiman Marcus has epitomized luxury—urbane merchandise in an elegant ambience. Neiman Marcus is also famous for the extraordinary food it serves at its restaurants and cafés across the country. Now, at long last, the renowned institution shares more than fifty years’ worth of legendary dishes in this lavishly illustrated cookbook.

Neiman Marcus created the elegant lifestyle, the restaurants and the cookbooks. He started in Dallas in 1953 and worked his way across the county.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (May 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0151751226
• ISBN-13: 978-0151751228
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #801,592 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my top favorite cookbooks; absolutely wonderful!, February 20, 2001

By A Customer

Although I have almost 2,000 cookbooks, this remains one of my all-time favorites, to which I turn again and again. I received a copy from a friend whose recipe was included in it -- and have since give copies to my own favorite people. Everything I have tried has been outstanding. The recipes were contributed by members of Neiman-Marcus's InCircle group of customers from all over the country, and almost all of the contributors included brief descriptions of the dishes, how they acquired the recipes, etc. They were then tested before publication. And all proceeds go to charity. I can't think of anything else I'd want in a cookbook -- delicious recipes, well-tested, described by the contributors, and all proceeds go to charity. And it ia a beautiful, professionally-printed book, to boot. VERY highly recommended.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chock full of wonderful recipes, April 5, 1999

By A Customer

Pure and Simple is full of great recipes. There are so many simple recipes in this book, as the title implies, yet many are also elegant dishes that are great for serving company. My shelves are full of cookbooks, but this one is the one I use the most!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!, July 21, 1998

By A Customer

This is one of our favorite cookbooks, every recipe I have tried has received rave reviews. For example, Savory Salmon Steaks, Cuban Black Beans, Garden Salad with Almonds and Oranges, Brie with Sun Dried Tomato's, Gazpacho de Blanco...all superb recipes and others!!! Makes a wonderful gift. Most recipes have a comment about it's origin along w/ suggestions for serving.