50 Best Stuffings and Dressings (365 Ways Series) (Paperback)

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If you're wondering what to put inside that 20-pound Thanksgiving turkey, or how to liven up an acorn squash, 50 Best Stuffings & Dressings is the book for you. This helpful little cookbook offers you enough suggestions to last all year long. Consider, for example, the originality and versatility of Caribbean Beef and Rice Stuffing, a favorite throughout South America and both an exquisite dressing for poultry and a filling for vegetables such as zucchini, sweet peppers, tomatoes, or pumpkin--or Potato, Bacon and Rye Bread Stuffing, the perfect compliment to turkey, goose, or duck. From Gingered Cranberry and Almond Cornbread Stuffing to the more traditional Classic Bread Stuffing with Onions, Celery and Herbs, 50 Best Stuffings & Dressings has a recipe for every taste.

Product Description

Get the inside story on stuffing everything from a turkey or a chicken to a flank steak or an acorn squash.

Whether you call it stuffing or dressing, you'll call these 50 recipes delicious. From traditional, all-American varieties to those influenced by international cuisines, this collection of recipes will inspire you all year long. These creative stuffings, made with bread and cornbread, grains, fruits and vegetables, and meat, will brighten up turkeys and chickens, pork, fish, shellfish, and vegetables. Best of all, you don't even need to stuff anything to make these stuffings: just bake them in an ovenproof dish and you've got a side dish or even a main course.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Broadway; illustrated edition edition (September 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767900448
• ISBN-13: 978-0767900447
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #187,960 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Move over, Stove Top!, June 26, 1999

By A Customer

Face it, given the choice of side dishes, most of us will choose stuffing over rice or potatoes any day. Unfortunately, most of us also consider the only options to be our Mom's Thanksgiving stuffing, or else something out of a box. Now there are a few new ideas. All the recipes work well either stuffed into a turkey or a chicken (or even into an acorn squash), or baked in a casserole. Sourdough bread stuffing, with artichokes & sun-dried tomatoes is one of my favorites. It's never been easier to get creative with dinner!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These are truly the best stuffings and dressings!, July 20, 2001

By A Customer

This book may not have any pictures but each stuffing that I have tested has turned out perfectly delicious. There are stuffings for any taste. There are chapters on bread stuffings, cornbread stuffings, rice and grain, fruit and vegetable and finally, meat stuffings. My family's favorite is the Florentine sausage, ricotta and spinach. I especially appreciated the pages on how to make a perfect roast turkey with gravy. Don't wait until the holidays to try out these recipes!

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Your Grandmother's Stuffing (Dressing)....., April 29, 2003

By	Daniel F. Moore (Yarmouth, Maine USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The turkey may be the centerpiece of the Thanksgiving table but we all know that the stuffing (we always called it dressing)is the litmus test of the the entire dinner. Rick Rodgers, known for his turkey day bible, Thanksgiving 101, showcases stuffing(dressing) and gives us a regional breakdown.

I have long read about the delicacy of cornbread stuffing, a decidely Southern version of stuffing/dressing. So in my pursuit of a knowledge of American culinary history, I made Mason-Dixon Cornbread Dressing with Bacon and Pecans. WOW! This was a perfect match for my deep fried turkey. This Yankee surrenders to the delicacy of our Southern cuisine. My friends and neighbors were at first skeptical of that pot of oil boiling away in the backyard, but when they got a taste of the meat and a sample of the cornbread stuffing, they are now believers that Southern cuisine is exquisite.

But this book is not a showcase of Southern cuisine. It is Greek, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Cajun and Southwestern cuisine as well. You won't have to limit your stuffing/dressing meals to Thanksgiving anymore. These are delightful side dishes to accompany any meal.

You will like this book. Rick Rodgers is the Thanksgiving guru and this will be a welcome addition to your library. It makes a nice gift for the first-time cook too!