Go Bananas! (Paperback)

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Banana lovers rejoice!

Here is a feast of mouth-watering recipes for your favorite fruit, from breakfast to main dishes to desserts: Crisp-fried plantain chips dipped in fiery pepper sauce. Sea bass fillets grilled in aromatic banana leaves. Caramelized banana cream pie. Healthful smoothies, hearty vegetarian meals, cool banana cocktails, and, yes, the ultimate banana bread, studded with chunks of dark chocolate.
Packaged in its own distinctive wrapper, the yellow banana is as good for you as it is good to eat. And its relatives are equally nutritious and delicious: plantains, baby bananas, peach-fleshed red bananas, and exotic manzanos (tasting of apples and strawberries). Filled with fascinating banana lore,
Go Bananas! offers 150 imaginative recipes for the banana and its cousins. You're certain to "go bananas" over this banan-za of a cookbook.

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Banana lovers rejoice!

Here is a feast of mouth-watering recipes for your favorite fruit, from breakfast to main dishes to desserts: Crisp-fried plantain chips dipped in fiery pepper sauce. Sea bass fillets grilled in aromatic banana leaves. Caramelized banana cream pie. Healthful smoothies, hearty vegetarian meals, cool banana cocktails, and, yes, the ultimate banana bread, studded with chunks of dark chocolate.
Packaged in its own distinctive wrapper, the yellow banana is as good for you as it is good to eat. And its relatives are equally nutritious and delicious: plantains, baby bananas, peach-fleshed red bananas, and exotic manzanos (tasting of apples and strawberries). Filled with fascinating banana lore,
Go Bananas! offers 150 imaginative recipes for the banana and its cousins. You're certain to "go bananas" over this banan-za of a cookbook.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (August 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767904036
• ISBN-13: 978-0767904032
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,609,318 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lovely Little Cookbook, September 7, 2000

By A Customer

What a nice surprise! In addition to the tasty recipes there are some amusing bits of trivia on each page that make this book very entertaining. This is a nice little gift item for any cookbook collector's shelf. Everything from Elvis' famous "P.B.& B." to the sophisticated "Ecuadorean Lamb Stew" is included in this new collection of recipes. Many of the dishes include variations of ingredients to experiment with. There are some very simple combinations that one would never think of trying like "Bacon and Banana Kabobs" with a honey-mustard marinade. I am anxious to try the "Plantain, Apple and Bacon stuffing" for Thanksgiving this year. The drink recipes are all sinfully delicious. My friends and I sipped "Banaquiris" and Coladas by the pool recently and made believe that we were vacationing somewhere tropical. The traditional breads, cakes and muffins are also included but there are updated versions that improve your Grandma's old fashioned recipes. I am always trying to sneak nutritious ingredients into my teenager's diet and there are numerous ideas in this book which should please even a picky eater like him. I enjoyed this book very much and plan to try many of the recipes.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I went bananas, September 17, 2000

By A Customer

Excellent book on the many varied uses of bananas in cooking as well as many different and little known facts about both bananas and plantains. This is a great book for anyone who loves bananas!

5.0 out of 5 stars Go Bananas! is the bee's knees, November 3, 2009

By	Jann Johnson (NYC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This well-written, informative, superb cookbook fills a niche I never knew needed filling. I like bananas and love the book. It's a gift that's enjoyed again and again--fun to read and satisfying to use. (Especially resourceful with the over-ripe bananas that go for peanuts in grocery stores.)

The drink section sounds sublime. I love a good, unique cocktail to welcome company and help set a festive mood. (Must make a Caramel-Banana Milkshake right now! Mmmm.)

There's a dessert section, not surprisingly, and delicately sweet, fruit-based confections set my heart on fire. If you like or love bananas there's something for everybody (and it's good to sneak in some nutrition). Banana-Maple Ice Cream is crazy-easy and gets raves. The Banana Oatmeal cookies are delish. Perhaps the upside-down cake is next?

There's a savory section, too, for appetizers, sides, and main dishes. Such creative variety! The Red Snapper with Pecan-Banana Butter beckons.

I highly recommend (5 whisks) for Go Bananas! This book is a sleeper. (Just bought 4 pounds of over-ripe bananas and better get cooking!)