Fondues & Hot Pots (Paperback)

by Susan Fuller Slack (Author) "There is something homey and completely irresistible about dishes that include melted cheese..." (more)
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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: HP Trade (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557883696
• ISBN-13: 978-1557883698
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #747,260 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolutely WONDERFUL cookbook for Fondue lovers!!, January 13, 2004

By	G. C. Jackson (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This beautifully writtten and easy to follow cookbook is all you need to make your family and friends think you've recently graduated from one of the World's great chef schools. Susan Fuller Slack has written several of my favorite cookbooks on ethnic foods- "Japanese Cooking for the American Table" and " MEXICAN - Best of Old Mexico and the Modern Southwest", but this one is even better. It makes my mouth water just to write about it. You should definitely add this book to your kitchen library!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars printing errors, December 14, 2004

By	Thomas A. Spraggins (Palmyra, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I ordered three copies of 'Fondues and Hot Pots' for Christmas gifts. One of the copies is fine. The second jumps from page 118 to page 215, then after the index jumps back to page 151. The third skips from page 118 to to page 183, then after 214 skips back to 151.

This book would've gotten four stars (great recipes and hints, but absence of pictures costs a point), but people ordering this book need to be on the lookout for similar printing errors.

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious fondues of all kinds!, December 16, 2007

By	H. Grove "owling6683" (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Most fondue books are the size of a pamphlet, or slightly larger. This one is nearly full-sized, and a good 245 pages long. Ms. Slack certainly did not lack for ideas! To a certain extent she got so much further than other authors because she looked further than simple American and European cuisine, dipping (if you'll excuse the pun) extensively into Oriental hot pot dishes, for example.

Chapters include a variety of recipes, plenty of basic information on each type of fondue, dips, and things like the entire side-bar on how to "Jazz Up Your Basic Cheese Fondue." Recipes include cheese fondues, broth and hot oil fondues, hot pots, Nabemono, dessert fondues, and plenty of things to go with: side dishes, salads, breads, beverages, dips, the stocks and broths you'll use in the fondues, and so on.

As if all that weren't enough, Ms. Slack provides endless variations - on dips, on dippers, and on the fondues themselves. This means that there are even more recipes than at first you might suspect! Each fondue comes with a list of possible "foods for dipping," some of which are simple (fruits, bread), others of which she provides recipes for (almond dipping cake - yum!). She provides pages and pages of sources for unusual equipment or ingredients, many of which include web page addresses.

The layout is fairly clean and obvious. My only (minor) gripe is the tendency of recipes to trail from one page onto the back (necessitating flipping around a bit). Other than that, I honestly can't think of a single complaint! Every recipe that we've tried from this cookbook has garnered a great big star next to its title - they've all been fantastic, delicious, and easy.