Appetizers: Recipes for First Course or Main Event (Paperback)

by Shane Osborn (Author), David Loftus (Photographer)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Gourmet cooks will love these simple-yet-sophisticated recipes from London chef Shane Osborn. Using ingredients found in nearly any suburban supermarket, Osborn creates mouth-watering, plated first courses, and offers tips on adapting them into main dishes or finger foods. The book’s photos are a treat as well." -Meghan Pembleton, freelance food writer "The photos in this book are incredible inspiring...there's something here for everyone." -Pan Magazine

"A book that should be on the must-buy list for everyone who has a need to entertain guests with exciting, visually-appealing and flavoursome food." -Foodtourist.com  

"Appetizers is an inspiring little number that I will continually look to for brightening up my dinner table and treating my tired palate."  - www.gastronomyblog.com

Product Description

Appetizers are everyone's favorite part of dinner. People who really love a restaurant's appetizers often order two of them instead of one appetizer and one entrée. For anyone who has ever wished their appetizer was a main course comes Appetizers by Shane Osborn.

 

Appetizers presents a provocative idea: main meals can and should taste as exciting and flavorful as appetizers. "At the start of the meal, appetites are at their keenest and most receptive to new taste experiences," Michelin 2-star chef Shane Osborn explains. Here he presents over 50 flexible recipes that succeed as appetizers, entrees or finger foods.

"Don't think of these dishes solely as starters," writes Osborn. "The recipes are versatile and throughout the book you'll find suggestions for serving them as main courses." 

 

David Loftus' photographs, which provide vibrant visual cues of the recipes in their various incarnations, promote professional-quality execution of the recipes. All of the culinary tools needed to upsize or downsize are included: inset photographs, advice on presentation, assembly and serving, and suggestions for variations and pairings.   

 Appetizers will become an essential part of every entertainer's collection.

 

Though Appetizers is Osborn’s first cookbook to be released in the United States, he is not unknown to foodies on this side of the Atlantic: In a 2006 article The Wall Street Journal cites chef Osborn and his London restaurant Pied à Terre as the reason "Why U.S. Foodies Should Welcome a British Invasion."
 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Quadrille Publishing (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844006395
• ISBN-13: 978-1844006397
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,476,791 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Delighted with Shane Osborn's Appetizers, December 9, 2008

By	Mother Earth (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

I was interested to find several Middle Eastern-inspired selections in this beautifully-photographed book of first course recipes. The Fava Bean and Artichoke Salad was simple and delicious. Eggplant Roasted Couscous melded Middle-Eastern flavors for a tasty side dish with beef or chicken.
-Dawn E.