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Take this Dish and Twist It

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George Duran is magnetic, and his food will appeal to almost anyone. He's a regular guy, a lover of fried food, who knows how to cook. These are gastronomic experiments. These dishes are designed to taste good and display creativity also. He makes everything more fun with his wit and creativity. You will laugh as well as enjoy George's "twists" on ordinary food.

I've loved the imaginative dishes I've tried. The Beer-Can Chicken, the Blue Cheese Burger, and the Jalapeno Poppers were all excellent. The Poppers are a perfect example of George's style. I would never have thought of PB&J stuffed into jalapeno peppers and baked, but its great! These dishes are for the fun and creative, not the "waist" conscious.

I bought it originally for my boyfriend and we both want to make every recipe. We've already tried the million dollar hot dog. It was a lil odd but super good.

Love the versatility of this cookbook, so easy and delicious. Some healthy, some not, all taste great. Love the pictures.

I FIND THIS BOOK VERY HELPFUL AND PRACTICAL HINTS. A FUN BOOK TO READ.

FULL OF TINY INFORMATION AND VERY INTERESTING. FULL OF BEAUTIFUL AND EXPRESSIVE PICTURES.VRY, VERY GOOD JOB. BRAVO

HENRY

For those of you who aren't familiar with Mr. Duran, he is a trained chef with an amazing array of chef experience. His expertise serves to significantly enhance his fun and hilarious approach to cooking with recipes that actually WORK written by someone who knows what he's doing in the kitchen and wants to make cooking accessible for the rest of us.

The recipes are quick to make and most are accompanied by fantastic photos. Although the recipes are all easy to follow, the ingredients involve "real" yet affordable whole foods (not stuff out of a box or a can and very few expensive items). Dishes include familiar foods with a delicious twist such as stuffed buffalo wing chicken breasts with blue cheese and hot sauce. The strawberry-arugula salad is wonderful and the lentil soup with coconut is delicious! There's pizza fondue (why didn't someone think of this before???) and easy lasagne variations, tasty sandwiches, salads that will make your friends think you are a professional chef but are easily composed, beverages and snacks, a variety of tempting chicken and meat dinners, grilled items, side dishes, yummy desserts, and the book culminates with some of George's notoriously fun and freakish food experiments that actually work -- like deep-fried cheesecake nuggets with raspberry dipping sauce or pasta with meatballs on a stick. And did you know it was possible to make traditional Italian tiramisu MORE decadent??? George comes through for us again by making his tiramisu with Twinkies but still manages to include plenty of the mandatory ingredients (my opinion) of espresso and luxuriously creamy mascarpone cheese.

This book is a practical, well-planned, and well-executed cookbook written by a guy who genuinely knows what he's talking about when it comes to cooking. In short, anyone from high school students to classically-trained restaurant chefs will appreciate, learn from, and enjoy this book. The only prerequisite: You must have a sense of humor and be prepared to have a great time cooking!

P.S. If this hasn't convinced you yet, the head shots of meatballs on page 195 alone are worth the purchase of the book.

What a fun book! Great ideas that are fun to make and delicious to eat! Great Job George!

Can't wait to give it out to friends for Christmas!

I love this book! Great, simple, unique recipes and a fun read.

I've already tried out several recipes and added my own "twist" to some of them. When I get a new cookbook, I go thru it & stick post-it flags on the recipes I want to try. This book has a lot of flags sticking out of it. If I try the recipe & like it, I add the recipe to my recipe software. I'll be adding a pile of recipes from this book.

We just had BLT Dogs for lunch. What a cool idea! Yum! I'll definitely be making them again and introducing them to friends who will love them! This is a cookbook that will be used, not just put onto a shelf.