Kitchen Suppers: Good Food to Share with Good Friends (Hardcover)

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Although she is famous for the dinners she serves in her stylishly romantic New York restaurants (Gotham Bar & Grill, Alison on Dominick Street), Hurt likes nothing better than gathering friends and family around her own kitchen table for cozy, casual food. Readers will find her passion infectious when putting together her mint-scented Lamb Shepherd's Pie, Corn Pudding, Popovers and Tarte Tatin. Hurt is cheerful, reassuring and full of the kind of advice worried cooks like to hear: "Simple food is always the best" and "If it causes anxiety, don't do it!" Through 18 chaptersAwhich cover specific foods (Chicken, Roasts), cooking methods (Everything in a Pot), courses from appetizers to desserts and suggestions about wine, cheese and stocking the pantryAHurt manages to impart a great deal of essential information clearly and amusingly. Her "What to Do When All Else Fails" chapter will enable even the most frantic of hosts to make the best out of almost any ruined dish. By the book's end, the cook won't want to waste time bringing Duck Stew with Prunes and Apricots to the dining room table, opting instead to pull up a chair to the kitchen counter.
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From Library Journal

Hurt is the owner of the well-regarded Alison on Dominick Street in New York City as well as two other restaurants. The recipes in this book, however, come from her own kitchen, not from her chefs, and they are a rather mixed bag: Jellied Blood Orange Pork Chops (with maple syrup, garlic, oranges, rosemary, and currant jelly) and Sauerkraut with Horseradish and Lingonberry Jam (and dried cherries, rosemary, and sour cream) are some of the odder combinations. She also includes several chapters on presentation, ingredients, and techniques (a few of her culinary theories seem a bit dubious), as well as lengthy anecdotes about her adventures (and disasters) in the kitchen. Not a necessary purchase.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (October 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385488319
• ISBN-13: 978-0385488310
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,951,645 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Home Cooking from one of New York's finest restaura, November 15, 1999

By	Gregory B. Mowery "opera lover" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For over a decade, Alison on Dominick Street has been one of the most popular and romantic of restaurants in New York. Alison Becker Hurt has written her first cookbook. The good news is that it is not a collection of the recipes that appear on the menus of her celebrated restaurants, but a special group of Ms. Hurt's own recipes that she prepares at home for her family and friends. Simplicity, first-rate ingredients and ease of preparation are her priorities here. There is a sense of accomplishment without the sweat found in so many of today's cookbooks: Appley Pork Chops, Blue Cheese Souffle, Beet, Red Onion and Roquefort Salad, Tuscan Stewed Chicken Thighs, Roast Leg of Lamb with Roasted Figs, Onions, Peppes, Potatoes and Eggplant, Flank Steak with Mushrooms and Balsamic Vinegar, Plum Tart, and a Ginger and Carmelized Pear Cake will guarantee you standing ovations.

I like the author's voice, which is warm and inviting as she talks about setting the table, choosing wines (not a pretentious word in this section!), cheeses for a cheese course (foreign to many Americans), and what to do when all else fails in recipe.

KITCHEN SUPPERS is a great book to add to any home cook's collection, but it's also a fine book to give as a gift.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great recipes, great tips, funny stories, swell how to, October 18, 1999

By A Customer

Alison Hurt shows that it's possible to have a demanding career, be a wife, and mother of a two year old and still entertain with style, simplicity, and warmth. Her recipes are remarkable, but easy to follow, and her tips for using what you've got and avoiding disaster are much needed. It's a swell read, too.