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Moulton, a Food Network and Gourmet chef, wants to help home cooks produce elegant meals without excessive fuss. For each dish in this assemblage, she indicates hands-on time and total cooking time, with most calculated to require under 45 minutes (though cooks who are less efficient at prepping than Moulton may dispute some of the estimates; Mexican Chicken Salad, for instance, indicates 15 minutes of hands-on time, but with all the chopping and washing, some amateurs will soon reach the 25 minutes allotted for the whole process). Besides chapters on soup, pasta, meat and so on, there are several revolving around time-saving tips: "Shop and Serve" has recipes like the fast but tasty Tortellini Pepperoni Spinach Soup, and dishes in "Just Open the Pantry" use items from a kitchen stocked with Moulton's long list of recommended staples. "Cooking Ahead," meanwhile, unleashes the gourmet chef in Moulton with lengthier recipes that can be made on the weekend and reheated. Moulton's readers may not get these dishes on the table as quickly as she can, but cooks willing to put in some time in the kitchen each night will appreciate this book's excellent international range as well as its helpful shortcuts. Color photos. (Oct. 18)
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"Nowadays the cookbook market is crammed with flimsy books by TV chefs...'Sara’s Secrets’ is anything but one of them." -- Nick Malgieri, Cookbook Digest, November/December 2005

"Sara has a gift for creating quick, accessible fine cuisine. Why suffer to make a gorgeous meal?" -- Michelle Green, People, November 21, 2005

"Sara’s a working wife and mother who wrote this book for all the others like her." -- Epicurious.com, December 2005

"This is truly an everyday cookbook for everyone – I barely could stop cooking from it to write this review." -- Hannah Meehan Spector, msnbc.com, January 11, 2006

"…[Sara] streamlines the process of getting dinner on the table quickly and without sacrificing flavor." -- Lisa McLaughlin, Time,October 31, 2005

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Broadway (October 18, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 076791659X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0767916592
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35,267 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, with a caveat, December 28, 2005
By Curmudgea (Georgia) - See all my reviews
If you don't have perfect eyesight, don't buy this wonderful cook's latest book. I agree with all the raves from other reviewers about the content, but I'm having to strain and squint to read the text, which is in alternating pale beige and pale green type. The ingredient lists are set in even paler shades of those colors. It appears to be a case of a graphic designer's aesthetic sense running amok over the user's need for easy readability in the kitchen.
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53 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Weeknight Exciting Food without Much Fuss, October 25, 2005
By rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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Moulton talks about the comments she heard while publizing her last book "Sarah Moulton Cooks at Home". Most of them were about wanting to cook those recipes but not finding time. Moulton was puzzled, thinking these are favorite recipes, but not much time expended on thinking about required minutes to prepare. She goes on to recall how she discovered her need for the same, great food without much fuss for weeknight craziness.

Thus, this volume of some two hundred such recipes. They are organized well into common groupings: soups, salads, poultry, etc. She gathers with international flair and flavor, which should help expand many weeknight chef's cusine range. Ingredients are not difficult, given access to normal supermarket pantry offering, however she provides internet and mailorder sourcing as well.

There is good section on pantry stocking, as well this collection doesn't take the mese en place attitude, but one that I've followed, doing some things in what would otherwise be down time, waiting for such and such step to be completed. Also, upfront she lists her assumptions which one would do well do peruse and return to on occasion, e.g. "eggs are large; vanilla extract is pure" etc. Time is given for each recipe in two categories: hands-on and total prep.

Found absolutely attractive were such as: "Charred Tomato, Chicken and Tortilla Soup"; Mexican Chicken Salad; Brie, Bacon and Spaghetti Frittata; Annie's Favorite Pasta (Cartwheel Pasta wiht Breakfast Sausage and Creamy Tomato Sauce; Thanksgiving Hens; Baked Fish with Horseradish Crust;Potato-Crusted Salmon with Red Wine Sauce; Asian Spiced Roasted Baby Carrots; Radish and Orange Salad with Peppery Orange Dressing; Meditteranean Orzo Pilaf; Blueberry Yogurt Pie.

As evident, too many good recipes here. One wants and likely will try many of them, so this purchase represents valuable collection. Even accomplished chef will thrive on this, weeknight exciting food with quick prep.

Hats off to Broadway Books of Random House for this stylish offering which rivals Clarston-Potter and Ten Speed Press for good paperstock, clean design and magnificent fourcolor photos.

This is destined to be bigseller. Buy one for yourself, then give one to friends, family, etc. Weeknight excellence will be spread without sacrifice of our busy over-scheduled lives.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, December 16, 2005
By Megan Romer (Ithaca, NY) - See all my reviews
This is an excellent cookbook, especially at the price (200 recipes for less than 20 bucks!). Sara, while classically trained as a chef, has a good grasp on what your average home cook is capable of, both time-wise and technique-wise. Her recipes are things that your family will actually eat and that you'll be able to afford - no truffle-braised jaw of chilean seabass with balsamic pomegranate reduction here.

The book is filled with useful tips about ingredients and cooking methods, and the recipes are clearly well-tested... as far as I can tell, they all work! Learning to cook from Sara Moulton seems a lot like what learning to cook from your mother should be.... and for those of us who are children of the '70s and '80s and had working moms who almost never cooked, that is a real blessing!

Well done, Ms. Moulton!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Weeknite solutions!
I'm finding this book a real help in jumpstarting the weeknite meal planning process. Recipies are easy to follow and allow for variations/creativity, as desired. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Lauren W. Schmidt

4.0 out of 5 stars Sara's Secrets for Weeknight Meals
Love her shows, decided to get book instead of going to website for recipes. The Quick Asparagus Lasagna, page 126 and Eggs baked in Ham with sofrito page 104 are family... Read more
Published 3 months ago by SassyBlue

3.0 out of 5 stars Good cookbook, but really not rush-hour recipes
I love Sara. I learned a lot about cooking from watching her show religiously. Then I had two kids and had to adjust my cooking style. Read more
Published 4 months ago by NW Academic

5.0 out of 5 stars A real nice cookbook to have
I like the easy different recipes. I like the fact that the recipes were easy to follow and looked like you took a lot of time to make dinner when you set in on the table. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Bonnie Thatcher

4.0 out of 5 stars Solidly good recipes for those of us with real lives
I confess that I rarely watched Sara Moulton's show on the Food Network. I like her cooking and her personality, but the sort-of talk show format never grabbed me. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Esther Schindler

3.0 out of 5 stars could be healthier
I agree with others who like this book with reservations. The colored type is hard to read - like many magazines today. You may need to photo copy a recipe to make it readable. Read more
Published 10 months ago by sewingmom

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but no pictures
I really like Sara. I think she has a great mastery of cooking quick, simple and delicious meals. However, I am also a fan of beautiful cookbooks, and I find it hard to decide... Read more
Published 10 months ago by H. Scallan

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a good choice for almost everyone......
This book is well-written, and has a wonderful selection of recipes.

The content is varied and it is a good book for all levels of skill. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Suegsf

4.0 out of 5 stars Love Sara, Hate the print
I've learned so much from Sara on Food Network. She was always my favorite so I'm glad to see so many tips and techniques in the new book. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Martha L. Blair

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
I think its the best book I ever purchase, so easy to follow and tasty recipes...
Published 18 months ago by P. de Ruiz

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