Customer Reviews

The Palm Restaurant Cookbook

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The receipe on how to prepare a first rate steak is worth the price of the book. I purchased some prime bone in rib eyes from my butcher and enjoyed a first rate steak house meal in the comforts of my home.

The Italian receipes are great.

When people ask me about a book that has changed my life I now tell them about this one.

I used to think I knew how to cook a steak. I had no idea. I takes a long time (which is mostly waiting, not much working, so buy some wine too) but it is definitely worth it. I've never been to the Palm so they probably do it even better there, but for me the New York strip I made following this recipe was just about the best meal I've ever had! Sorry mom.

Buy this book right now. Pick up a couple of NY Strips when you get it. Follow the directions exactly. Write a thank you note to the publisher.

The side dishes, especially the creamed spinach and the mushrooms are also top notch. I may get to the pasta and the rest eventually, but for now I'm eating an unhealthy amount of steak.

I have patronized the Palm restaurants around the country for years when traveling on business--the service and atmosphere are always great, but it's the food that keeps me coming back. This cookbook delivers all the Palm's greatest hits, and best of all it explains in precise detail how to cook a great steak. Somehow I suspected that my favorite dishes on the Palm's menu had stories behind them, but I didn't realize that this restaurant had such a colorful and interesting history.

So, I have very happy memories of the Palm, mostly the one in DC, growing up. The ultimate special occasion food.

So I was nervous looking at the cookbook. Was it a case of, Kids, Don't Try This At Home?

The reality couldn't have been more different. This is the Anti-French-Laundry cookbook, where everything comes together quickly and easily, and you hit your head sqarely for not having thought of it yourself.

The big insight for me was a very odd yet extremely effective way of cooking steaks. I've cooked lots of fine steaks, but the way they suggest worked perfectly. And it was, you know, different, but great for entertaining. And it tasted wonderful.

I *think* this would be a good cookbook even if you haven't had a great time at the Palm, but if you have, it's great. Five stars.

I was given this book as a gift by someone who once took me to the Palm in Las Vegas. The recipes are great, and I especially like the pastas--especially the lasagna recipe, which takes a long time and is completely worth it!

I liked this book very much, it has a really good steak, (filet mignon) receipe, I made the best steak ever. If you like to eat out at steakhouses, this is the book for you.

After an enjoyable dinner experience at The Palm Restaurant in Las Vegas, I thought about purchasing the restaurant's cookbook as a souvenir remembrance of our Las Vegas trip in January 2007. The book arrived last week and I prepared beef tenderloin steaks using the book's steak recipe. Wow, this is the only recipe I will now use for cooking steaks. I've already bookmarked several seafood dishes for the coming week. Buy the book, it's worth the price just for the steak preparation recipe.

The Palm's steak prep method is one that I have seen (as a waiter and as an observant patron and foody) used by several restaurants serving memorable steaks. The book teaches the Palm's prep method and offers critical timing and temperature levels to get things right. The prep method delivers steaks with a remarkable appearance for an outside finish, and beautifully contrasting interior (depending on how well or rare you like your steaks). It also delivers steaks with remarkable flavor, without getting into brining, day-ahead salting, marinades, or steak rubs. (You may want to employ the Palm's cooking method, but experiment on your own with those treatments as supplements after trying the Palm's approach to things). The method also results in an appealing "chew." It facilitates preparation where a number of steaks with different levels of doneness are desired. (Nice when one person likes rare; someone else medium well). The steak prep techniques are worth the price of the book, and probably will change the way you think about cooking steaks in the future. The book also offers definitional parameters for other dishes. The preparation and recipes for the mushrooms, and for the creamed spinach, deliver up the classical steak house results you would expect sitting in the restaurant. They tasted "right." An unexpected plus: the temperatures and timing for cooking, resting, and finishing various recipes worked unusually well for preparing and serving different dishes together. It seemed that the compatibility of the dishes for restaurant service translated into a more relaxed table delivery at home. This book is educational, delivers delicious food, might be considered an essential "reference" work, and is in the "must have" category.

I got this book with my club points that I earned from eating at the Palm NYC. I can't express enough how awesome this book is. Awesome awesome awesome. I cook NY strip steaks about once a month using this recipe and I seriously think this is as good as it could ever get... steak heaven. This is the steak you have dreams about.

I've also cooked many of the other recipes in the book and they all kick some serious butt. If you think you already know how to cook string beans, mashed potatoes, or fried onions you are probably wrong. Also it has the best clams casino I've ever tasted, and authentic Maryland style crab cakes. The techniques described in this book are simple and very effective. Your friends will have a look on their faces that you may have never seen before when you invite them over for dinner.

It has been a long time since I have been this excited about a cookbook. The steak recipes in this book come out perfectly. I have not had a steak that good since I was last at The Palm Restaurant. I would give this book 6 stars if I could!