Tara Brennan knows her antipasti, and she knows what to do with it. With her new book, Scoop It Chop It Cook It, Tara takes us on a tour of the natural, healthy and delicious antipasti ingredients found in your local supermarket's Mediterranean Bar or as Tara calls it, the MedBar. The most surprising and little-known fact about MedBar products - Artichokes, roasted tomatoes, olives, beans and dozens of other remarkable vegetables - is that they contain the perfect marinade for cooking. Most of the olives are immersed in a brine/vinegar combination, and the preserved vegetables in oil-primarily a blend of canola/extra-virgin olive oil. They pair together as the ideal sauce for sautéing, basting, or simply tossing with greens. The vegetables on the Mediterranean bar hail from around the world; once harvested, they are quickly cleaned, then grilled or roasted, marinated, freshly preserved, and shipped to your market. They are all natural, all healthy, and very, very delicious. With a simple, visual "how to" approach, Tara shows how these truly versatile ingredients make cooking a snap. Advance Praise for Scoop It Chop It Cook It: "A chef's mise en place - ready for you to compose fast, healthy, and elegant meals, gracefully." -Chef David Bouley "I've been preparing recipes like this since the '50s. It's terrific to see Tara bring these ideas to mainstream supermarkets." -Saul Zabar
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The recipes in this book are truly amazing. If you want delicious, easy, fun, fast, nutritious cooking ideas... then this is the best cookbook option. All the recipes that I have tried so far work beautifully. I just did the "artichoke bake" last night as a really easy side dish (about one minute of prep). The whole family loved it. My kids love all the stromboli ideas. I think this is genuinely a revolutionary cookbook idea... take healthy things from the delicious mediterranean bar and create easy, crowd-pleasing meals. I can't wait to cook my way through this book.
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