Cooking in Clay (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

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Product Description

This new edition of Cooking in Clay contains new entrees, side dishes, and soups to make in your clay cooker, with updated instructions and tips for getting the most from your cooker. The clay cooker is unusually versatile: It can serve as a vegetable steamer, soup kettle, stew pot, brick oven and roaster. This is because clay is a porous material which, when saturated with water and heated in an oven, provides slow evaporation of steam from its pores, creating a moist, enclosed environment for tender, healthy foods.

About the Author

Joanna White is a long-time, bestselling cookbook author who also lectures in cooking and nutrition. She combines a degree in biology with a prestigious Advanced Certificate from the Cordon Bleu School of Cooking. Joanna is the author of the bestselling titles, Slow Cooking, Party Fare, The Dehydrator Cookbook, The Juicer Book, Recipes for the Pressure Cooker, and many other cookbooks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Bristol Publishing Enterprises; Revised edition (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558673091
• ISBN-13: 978-1558673090
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,055,191 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book with great variety of recipes, June 12, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Cooking in Clay (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

This book has lots of recipes for clay cookers as well as many tips about cooking in clay. Many cookers don't come with an abundance of information or recipes, so this book fills two large gaps. There is great variety in recipes, many of which are fairly simple, and this variety is also helpful in adapting your favorite recipes to clay cooking. The book is reasonably priced, which is a wonderful bonus. If you cook in clay or want to cook in clay, this is the book for you

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will convince anyone to buy a clay cooker!, November 6, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Auburn, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking in Clay (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

Would you believe microwave cooking? How about oatmeal cake with coconut frosting, bouillabaisse or whole wheat cinnamon rolls? I had no idea how versatile a clay cooker is. This book not only gave me recipes for a variety of foods, but gave me information on care and storage and how to convert standard recipes to cook in clay. The recipes are wonderful and easy to follow. If you've ever thought about cooking in clay, this book will make convince you. I loved it. I use it all the time.

56 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only if you cook using cans of soup, February 25, 2000

By	Poet/Naturalist (MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking in Clay (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

This is a vastly overrated book. The recipes are pedestrian at best, in lineal descent from Betty Crocker. The author apparently thinks of food as 'food products.' Touted as including microwave cooking in clay, it does not, just offers a page of advice. If you like to cook, buy a different book.