Customer Reviews

Stonewall Kitchen Breakfast

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This is a cute little breakfast book and fantastic deal for the money. One of the nice things about this book is that there is a close-up photo for each recipe. This really helps with presentation sometimes. The recipes are all simple to make and rarely require hard-to-find ingredients.

I'm a big egg person so enjoyed many of these recipes such as Eggs Baked in Pancetta Cups and Provencal-Style Baked Eggs. And they have all the standard egg dishes too such as Scrambles, Omelets, , Frittatas, Benedicts, Huevos Rancheros, and Quiches, but each with nice new twist (e.g., Lobster with your Benes). There are also great tips on the basics of making omelets, poaching eggs, etc.

There are chapters with recipes for scones, muffins, coffee cake, granola, french toast, pancakes, fruit dishes, drinks, etc. And there even is a chapter on side dishes to accompany the main courses. I recently tried the Breakfast Corn Fritters, which is a variation on the pancakes and just loved them. It really is a complete breakfast book worth owning if you're a big breakfast fan like me.

This book covers all of the bases from Quiche to Brioche French Toast. The Coffee Cake Buttermilk Muffins were a bit hit with my family. The recipe made a fluffy batter that allowed for moist and generously sized muffins We're making the Breakfast Pizza next. What a fun twist!

I have recently purchased Stonewall Kitchen's new cookbook, Breakfast. I love their new format and the photos are as terrific as ever. The recipes are guaranteed to get you out of the breakfast routine. I made the Spinach, Feta And Tomato Frittata today and it was outstanding, pretty to look at and better to eat. Can't wait to try more, definitely a keeper.

I love breakfast food and this book has some wonderful new ideas, many of which are quick to fix. My favorite thing is there is a picture for every recipe.

Love it, its simple and fast enough to try early in the morning. The fresh corn pancakes/fritters are out of this world.

I think my favorite aspect of this cookbook is that it doesn't try to be an exhaustive catalog of a zillion omelets, pancakes, etc. There are already plenty of cookbooks that do that. Instead, it gives one or two of each main type of thing, with plenty of hints and tips for variations, customizing to your own tastes, etc. It's more of a book of alterable patterns than it is a book of specific recipes, and for cooks who enjoy experimenting, that's as good as gold.

Like most Chronicle cookbooks, the table of contents lists out individual recipes, making it easy to find what you're looking for. The paper is reasonably glossy and thick, able to withstand regular kitchen use. The photographs are gorgeous, and the layout is clean, clear, and easy to read.

The recipes are imaginative and creative without being too wild. They give you great ideas for ways in which you can jazz up traditional basic dishes, but by only giving you a few examples and suggestions they also encourage and support your own improvisation and creativity. The collection strikes a fantastic balance between simple, quick, easy recipes, and impressive recipes that'll make your guests drool (but that, frankly, really aren't all that complicated either). And the results? Oh, my, the results! They're consistently delicious, with nary an error that we could detect.


[note: review copy provided by publisher]

As I was thumbing through this book and admiring all of the great recipes it really made me want to email all my friends and invite them over for brunch. All of the recipes sound so delicious. Some are traditional and most are traditional with a flare. Who ever would have thought of a breakfast salad but it sure sounds and looks amazing!

I love Stonewall products, all of them and especially some of the ones for breakfast. But I was not particularly impress with this cookbook, not as good as some of the others they have published. On my scale of one to five, this one only received a 'one.'