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Cooking for Two : 120 Recipes for Every Day and Those Special Nights
by Bruce Weinstein, Mark Scarbrough
How to cook meals for the two of you without overbuying, overspending and still remaining romantic.
Cooking for Two is a collection of 120 recipes varying from simple to elegant scaled down for two people. It even includes recipes for dishes that traditionally are made with more people in mind such as casseroles. No more leftovers! Whenever I've seen scaled down recipes, there were always obscure quantities of ingredients that would leave me with odds and ends of various ingredients. This book addresses this issue very well by making substitutions for items. For example a quail egg is smaller than a chicken egg and is, therefore, an excellent substitute for eggs when you don't need to use a whole one. The book also has a nice section entitled "a quick reference guide to some ingredients." It provides useful information on purchasing and preserving many ingredients like ancho chiles and clam juice. Recipes also have certain symbols next to their names if they are simple and quick or more timeconsuming, for maybe that special dinner for two.
The escarole, white bean, and roasted garlic soup was delicious. The recipe was easy to follow and came with serving suggestions. I placed a toasted round of bread in my bowl before adding the soup - the best part was on the bottom!
Title: Cooking for Two : 120 Recipes for Every Day and Those Special Nights
Author: Bruce Weinstein, Mark Scarbrough
Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks
ISBN: 0060522593
Review written by: Margherita Miserandino
Reviewer's Rating:8
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