Toast: 60 Ways to Butter Your Bread and Then Some [Paperback]

Jesse Ziff Cool (Author), Deborah Jones (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2002

Toast, you say? Well, how about Toast with Wild Mushrooms, Truffle Oil, and Marsala? Or Crockpot Lamb Shanks with Toasted Cornbread? Or Toasted Lemon Pound Cake with Pears in Port? In this fun and tempting cookbook, more than 60 easy recipes take toasted bread and turn it into a base for delicious appetizers, snacks, sandwiches, main courses, and desserts. Toast is a clever way for cooks to expand their repertoire for tasty meals whatever the time of day. Any way you slice it, toast is one of the most versatile innovations ever to have popped up in the kitchen.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this stylish cookbook, Cool (who owns California cafes and has authored several cookbooks, including one dedicated to the tomato) proves that with fresh ingredients and an active imagination, the most mundane of breakfast sides can be transformed into delicious appetizers, entrees and desserts. Bread's popularity may be declining during the current reign of Atkins, but for those who still love their carbohydrates, Cool offers sumptuous (and beautifully photographed) recipes. These range from the traditional (Toast with Lox and Caper-Dill Cream Cheese), to the fanciful (Nasturtium-Goat Cheese Toast with Raspberry-Beet Salad), to the gentle (Grandma's Healing Toast, a sort of bread soup, "serves 1 sick child of any age"). Cool omits the recipes for bread itself, choosing instead to focus on what goes with it; she does, though, offer suggestions for what varieties might work with what dishes (e.g., try challah with the elegant Egg and Fennel Salad on Toast with Caviar). Generally simple and all-around pleasing, these recipes take an old standby to new heights.
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About the Author

Jesse Z. Cool is the owner of the venerable Flea Street Caf , where mouthwatering organic cuisine has flourished for 20 years, the jZcool Eatery & Catering, and the Cool Caf , all situated near Stanford University and her home in Palo Alto, California.

Deborah Jones has won an International Association of Culinary Professionals award for her photography. Her images appear in many cookbooks, including Michael Chiarello's Casual Cooking (0-8118-3383-6), A Perfect Glass of Wine (0-8118-1295-2), and the Vege

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; First edition. edition (December 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811835553
• ISBN-13: 978-0811835558
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,332,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Innovative ideas for an everyday staple, December 12, 2004

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T. Kirkham "The Moonsault Chef" (Boston MA) - See all my reviews
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When I first saw this book, my first thought was "you have got to be kidding! An ENTIRE book on TOAST? Who is this woman kidding?" Truthfully, she's kidding no one. And the ideas are often amazing.

Author Cool points out that toast is one of the most versatile things we make in the kitchen. She proceeds to offer up recipes for toast as breakfast, as an appetizer, as sandwiches, as main courses, and even as desserts.

She correctly points out that there as many types of different toasts as there are kinds of bread, and many unique ways to use each in a variety of settings.

From an orange French toast prepared in a waffle iron to Herb-crusted toast with creamy spinach and bacon, the recipes do not fail to interest and sometimes even intrigue, as I was with the recipe for "Grandmas Healing Toast" and the story behind it. I also loved her take on using toast to make a mini pepperoni pizza, and several ideas for main courses that are actually bruschetta recipes in disguise.

I came away realizing that there are indeed a plethora of innovative, creative ways to make something as taken for granted as toast seem like a new and fresh way of spicing up a meal.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent customer service!!!!!!!!!!!, January 16, 2010

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I purchased this book as a Christmas gift for a friend. It arrived in a timely manner, but destroyed by the post office. I had an extremely damaged book accompanied by a simple "We're sorry" from the post office. I contacted the seller and they very quickly remedied the situation. The book is cute and worth the wait!