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Rusty Parrot Cookbook, The: Recipes from Jackson Hole's Acclaimed Lodge

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After you have lingered over the beautiful photographs and soaked in the history of this amazing lodge(no, havent been. yes really want to go!)in Jackson Hole go to right to planning an eye-popping party like I did.

My favorites so far-and I will plan another party-include pge 40, the Puree of Spring Asparagus soup. OMgoodness it is yummy. I also tried the pge 62 the stuffed chicken breast ( I used common mushrooms) and then I had for dessert the cinnamon, beignets from pge101. This is a perfect dessert, amazing flavors to really satisfy chocolate cravings.
This cookbook took me out of my comfort zone (laziness) and I was proud to have stretched my abilities.

I'm getting my sister one for Christmas and we can compare notes. We help each other with party plans.

I have decided not to keep on the coffee table but right in my kitchen so I remember to try something new again.

I am a collector of cookbooks. I collect them for their recipes, I collect them for their history, I collect them for their stories, I collect them for their unique point of view, and I collect them for their celebration of good food. The Rusty Parrot Cookbook: Recipes From Jackson Hole's Acclaimed Lodge by Darla Worden and Eliza Cross is a collector's cookbook that meets all my criteria. Featuring enchanting photographs of Jackson Hole, The Rusty Parrot Inn, and nearby Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, the publication is part coffee table stunner, part travelogue, part Wild West chronicle, and part high-end cookbook with enough homey breakfast, soup, and cookie recipes to satisfy even novice home cooks.
Arranged seasonally and infused with an insider's sensitivity to and appreciation for this remote Wyoming location's intense climate, stark beauty, and eccentric personalities the recipes are chock full of local ingredients inventively combined to create the kind of stylish bistro-type dishes the Rusty Parrot Lodge's Wild Sage restaurant has been dishing up to critical acclaim since 2000.
Dazzle your next dinner group or progressive dinner with Opal Basil-Stuffed Stalter Chicken Breast with Shitake Mushroom Risotto, Kaffir Lime and Lemongrass Broth, and Cilantro Branch Salad or Anchiote Lamb Loin "Wellington" with Jalapeno Spoon Bread. Or make your kids' day with a couple dozen triple chocolate cookies or a short stack of Johnny cakes. Or do like I plan to: whip up a seasonal soup from a selection of simple offerings including Puree of Spring Asparagus with Thyme Oil and Crispy Speck Ham, Roasted Vine-Ripe Tomato, and Charred Corn and Green Chile Chowder even the calendar-challenged can squeeze into a busy Sunday or weeknight. Then pour yourself a class of wine, put up your feet, and flip through the stories and photographs in this book, indulging yourself in an elegant spin on the adventurous Western tradition that still blazes in our collective American psyche.