Recipes for the Pressure Cooker (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) [Paperback]

Joanna White (Author)

Book Description

Series: Nitty Gritty Cookbooks | Publication Date: January 1, 1998

Pressure cookers are "hot," and this newly revised collection provides over 100 recipes to take advantage of pressure cookers' fast, economical and healthful qualities. Includes a discussion of safety features, step-by-step instructions for using contemporary pressure cookers and proven methods for adapting your own recipes to pressure cooking.

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About the Author

Joanna White is a long-time, bestselling cookbook author who also lectures in cooking and nutrition. She combines a degree in biology with a prestigious Advanced Certificate from the Cordon Bleu School of Cooking. Joanna is the author of the bestselling titles, Slow Cooking, Party Fare, The Dehydrator Cookbook, The Juicer Book, Recipes for the Pressure Cooker, and many other cookbooks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: Bristol Publishing Enterprises; Revised edition (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558671943
• ISBN-13: 978-1558671942
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,352,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Special Appliances

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180 of 184 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book. Easy to follow., January 5, 1999

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This review is from: Recipes for the Pressure Cooker (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

The recipes in this book are easy to follow and taste wonderful. The Steam-Roasted Chicken (page 83) was falling off the bones and was very tender and juicy. The Low-fat Chicken Cacciatore (page 84) was just as wonderful. I had to buy my sister her own copy so she would quit taking mine.

84 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love the pressure cooker and this book. Why?, February 22, 2001

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This review is from: Recipes for the Pressure Cooker (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

I work and coming home to face a pile of raw ingredients that somehow must be converted into a dinner is pretty depressing sometimes. Besides, I'm hungry too!

Many people don't think of the pressure cooker as a tool for speedy cooking, but you can make delicious stews (try the one in this book, it's wonderful) and other roasts and one-pot dishes really quickly. I really love the steamed chicken; it's so digestible and really delicious. It helps to have this cookbook because it isn't always easy to figure out how to convert a regular recipe to a pressure-cooked version. These recipes never fail. We got a T-Fal pressure cooker and really use it a lot. I even make desserts in it.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You'll need a casserole dish..., November 2, 2004

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This review is from: Recipes for the Pressure Cooker (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

This book is good for basic pressure cooker info and recipes. There is a good bean cooking reference. However, some of the tastier recipes require you to place a casserole dish inside your pressure cooker. This doesn't work in my case (5 qt pressure cooker).