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Tyler Florence Family Meal: Bringing People Together Never Tasted Better [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

Tyler Florence
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Book Description

October 12, 2010
The star of the popular Food Network series Tyler's Ultimate, Tyler Florence is famous for championing simplicity, freshness, and culinary honesty in cooking. Now, after more than a decade spent tracking down some of the world's most flavorful recipes (and debunking a generation of novice chefs' culinary fears), Tyler brings it all back home to celebrate the pleasures of cooking with wholesome, local ingredients.His easy yet toothsome recipes exemplify the message that restaurant chefs from coast to coast have embraced: Local foods, cooked in season and prepared simply but with care and thought, are the best meals you can eat anywhere.
In Tyler Florence Family Meals Tyler recounts the journey that brought him from the home cooking he grew up loving to the "haute-homey" restaurant cuisine that first won him culinary acclaim, to the pleasures of the world's great cuisine as showcased on his Food Network shows, and ultimately back to his roots as he prepares to open a restaurant while raising a family of young children. He speaks with his signature casual charm about how they can improve their cooking and eating habits to bring about real changes in their health and in their attitude toward food.

Better than any other chef at work today, Tyler knows what people want to eat and how to help them achieve spectacular results without stress or strife. With this all-new collection of bold and exciting recipes, any cook can rid herself of her culinary fears and discover why, when it comes to fine dining, there is no place like home.

 

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About the Author

TYLER FLORENCE is the author of five best-selling cookbooks and the host of the Food Network show Tyler's Ultimate. His first restaurant is scheduled to open in San Francisco this year. He lives in Mill Valley, CA.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Rodale Books (October 12, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1605293385
  • ASIN: B005IUOCZQ
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #409,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The format may be throwing some people November 8, 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Ok - let me start off by saying that I am a huge fan of Tyler - his recipes have gotten me through more holidays and family dinners than I can count. The thing I love the most about his food, while it isn't fussy and overdone, is that it works as a great basis for the cook to build off of. I have printouts of his recipes from Food Network that have handwritten notes all over them, adding ingredients or changing cooking methods or times. His recipes really are accessible, fun, and inspiring. Because of this, I could not wait to get his new book...and at first, I was a little underwhelmed.

The book, physically, is not a nice, glossy, jacket-wearing cookbook. The book is bigger than his other books and the cover has this odd, ribbing to it. (think of one of those moving, image pictures) Also, the cover art is really more subdued than his other books - so, I think there is a lack of excitement when people get a hold of the book. It is different.

Also, I think some people are thrown by the format of the book too. It is not just a regular cookbook, with a tiny little narrative, if any, over each recipe and full of nothing but recipes. This book is more personal. It is more casual. I think he was going for the FEELING of a comfortable, casual family dinner here. There are more stories. The recipes are more casual. Even the narrator's voice is more familiar and friendly. This isn't a cookbook, it is a book about his personal relationship with cooking for the people he cares about and his favorite recipes to do that with. So, WAY different than the other offerings he has. Once I realized that, this was less like his show and more like being in the kitchen with him, rummaging through his recipe card file - I got it.

And boy am I glad I did. The turkey meatloaf is amazing, as another reviewer said. The recipes are not overly fussy or complicated, though some do require a little more time than others. In his typical fashion, he made me eager to cook from the book - if I could just get off the couch from reading it like a novel.

So, here is the scoop of the poop - if you are looking for a regular, Tyler cookbook - then this might not work for you. You would do better to get another one of his books. If you are looking for a friendly experience that brings home what cooking really means - not impressing or astounding people - but bringing people together to enjoy each other's company and making your family and friends feel at home...this is a good book to start with.
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The family that eats together..... October 20, 2010
Format:Hardcover
This is a sturdy cookbook, but also one that tells much of Tyler Florence and his family. He gives an eloquent introduction: family is the people you spend a great deal of time with, care for and trust...a two-way street. Then he has pages throughout that tell a bit about his family and friends with pictures. He explains what a family meal is to a chef. This book is very similar in style to his book Dinner at My Place.

The pictures of the recipes are luscious. He tells a small amount about each recipe, such as how he discovered his recipe for creamed spinach, omelets are a test for young culinary cooks and how his friend went on a quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie. It contains recipes for: brunch, simple dinners, salads and sides, easy desserts, potluck, southern, soups and starters, mains and sides.
These recipes are not the simplest, but not all that difficult. Many have a lot of steps in them. But there are some really good ones that have been hits in our household: Tolan's glazed turkey meatloaf (which we have even used beef instead of turkey for an ingredient), Chicken, avocado and bacon salad, Chili relleno rice, Porkie pie, and probably the best Beef Wellington recipe.

Cookbook collectors, fans of Tyler Florence and those who would like some different recipes would appreciate this book.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect! October 15, 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I received my copy of Tyler's book yesterday and could not put it down...and it's a cookbook! The photography is beautiful, the recipes are well-written and instructive, and the stories Tyler shares are so much fun. Even the cover is user-friendly -- durable and no jacket. The recipes are not complicated and include ingredients that everyone can find. I plan to cook my way through this book beginning tonight! I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes Tyler and/or loves family-style fare with a twist. Thank you, Tyler, for sharing this book with all of us!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and tempting.
We bought this as a gift for my son and I almost kept it for myself. The layout are clear and easy to follow. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Unit93
5.0 out of 5 stars A Favorite of Mine Tyler Florence
Tyler Florence never fails to provide delicious recipes, not tweeking to make more flavorful they always please. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Alari84
1.0 out of 5 stars Uninteresting
Uninteresting book. The cooks out there are really not great these days... And he's not the worse! Not in the league of the true classics and family meals can be classics.
Published 5 months ago by F.F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesom
Great book filled with amazing ideas that you can't help but love and want to try immediately good job for Chef Tyler
Published 5 months ago by Dominique Hooper
5.0 out of 5 stars Luv, Luv, Luv you Tyler!
Love this cookbook... have had much fun working through this book recipe by recipe! Truly, truly fun. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Comin Home to Cook
4.0 out of 5 stars Good recipes, cheaply bound book
I purchased this book two years ago for my husband. We found several recipes that became staples in our weekly meals. Therefore, we pull out the book to use a few times a week. Read more
Published 9 months ago by L. Patterson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Recipes
Excellent cookbook! I'm already a big fan of Tyler Florence and this book provides some great recipes and excellent pictures. Read more
Published 16 months ago by BobBert
4.0 out of 5 stars The Tyler Florence family meal book
I ordered this book and it came to me about three weeks later. When I received the book, it was a new book. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Steph
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
This is a great cookbook! Saw it at a friend's house, came home and ordered it immediately. I had to have it.
Published 23 months ago by K. Orvis
5.0 out of 5 stars Mouth watering!
This is the first cookbook that I have read like a novel. I so enjoy reading about how food and family mean so much to so many. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Kat
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