Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 641.552 EAN: 9781400050406 ISBN: 1400050405 Label: Clarkson Potter Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: May 11, 2004 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Release Date: May 11, 2004 Sales Rank: 530847 Studio: Clarkson Potter
Product DescriptionMany cookbooks try to teach you how to feed a family of six on weeknights using as few ingredients as possible, in as short a time as possible—that is, mere sustenance. At the other end of the spectrum are those books with endless ingredient lists and cooking instructions that take the better part of a weekend, trying to teach you how to re-create world-class restaurant food at home—that is, mere fantasy. But neither approach teaches you how to do the one thing that has the greatest impact: to combine great-tasting food with great-looking food, to make guests say ''Wow'' as soon as they sit at the table, and then again when they take their first bites.
Dishing With Style fills that need. This is the book that will teach you how to create delicious, showstopping dishes for every course of the meal, from cocktails and hors d'oeuvres through first courses, entrées, and dessert. The recipes include classics like Roasted Lamb Chops with Orange, Garlic, and Rosemary Pesto Rub with Crème Fraîche Mashed Potatoes; Mediterranean favorites such as Grilled Tuscan-Style Steak with Focaccia Salsa, or Chocolate Pot de Crème; Asian-inspired dishes like Miso-Glazed Seared Tuna with Fresh Herb Salad; and such Latin flavors as Shredded Pork Burritos with Ancho Chile Sauce and Sangria Granita.
Nearly every recipe includes two stunning options for presenting the dish to your guests. One is more casual, often family-style, perfect for Sunday suppers and backyard get-togethers—but no matter how relaxed the event, there's no reason for the food to be anything other than beautiful. The other option is more elegant, usually served in individual plated portions, for dinner parties and more formal affairs. The recipes for both choices use the same ingredients and cooking method, but branch off at the end of the instructions, depending on what style you want for your service. No matter which presentation you choose, none of these recipes is complex. Rori Trovato knows that the secret to great party-throwing is for the host or hostess to be relaxed, not to be spending every minute in the kitchen preparing last-minute sauces and elaborate garnishes. So whether you're using the good china or the paper plates, Dishing With Style will show you how to pull it off with scrumptious food in beautiful settings—that is, how to dish with style.
What Others Say
Just as the title suggests...
As a card-carrying foodie for almost 30 years, I did not find Dishing with Style: Secrets to Great Tastes and Beautiful Presentations to have the "wow" factor I had anticipated. But that being said, I would not hesitate to lend it to my daughter (a pretty good cook just beginning to entertain at home.) I recommend it as a four-star cookbook for two reasons:
First, for those cooks who are progressing from the parsley sprig and lemon slices onto more elaborate presentations, there is a wealth of suggestions to make the transition. Great photos with beautiful color contrasts are enticing and the presentations can be applied to an existing repertoire of recipes. An interesting array of dishes, glassware and bowls add to the visual interest of the food.
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I am in a photography club and an advanced amature photographer. I am encouraged by Dishing with Style: Secrets to Great Tastes and Beautiful Presentations, and really like her style in writing and presentation. I wish I liked to cook. This has helped, but I was hoping to get good info on the technical side to setting up strobes and it does not delve into the subject as much as I wanted.
"I'm vaKlempt!!!"
This author is one of the most stylish and honest chefs I've read in a long time. I've bought over 10 cookbooks in the last year, from holiday planning, little noshes to fancy restaurant cookbooks. None of them presents food this way before...the informal and the formal styles of presenting different recipes. Oy, what a concept! I'm vaklempt over this. I sent a copy to my daughter in Manhattan so that when my husband, Ira and I visit, she can cook one of those great recipes for us. (She better do the "dressed up style if she knows whats good for her). This one definitely "dishes with style" and lots of it. I just can't say enough. Worth every penny.
Best of the Bunch!
Out of all of the new-fangled and (expensive) fancy cookbooks we've been bombarded with over the last few years, FINALLY, Rori Trovato has brought it all home for us in her new book "Dishing With Style." She's not intimidating readers with what she can do, but rather, with what she knows we can ALL do. From planning an informal get-together, or entertaining the "boss," she's got it all in Dishing with Style: Secrets to Great Tastes and Beautiful Presentations and in a language we can all understand. The pages are filled with beautiful photos of her unique, uncomplicated and non-compromising sense of style. Forget all of those intimidating "restaurant owners'" cookbooks, with recipes that seem to need an exotic ingredient you've never heard of, or where to get them. This cookbook 's only assumption ... Read More
Best of the Bunch!
Out of all of the new-fangled and fancy cookbooks we've been bombarded with over the last few years, FINALLY, Rori Trovato has brought it all home for us in her new book "Dishing With Style." She's not intimidating readers with what she can do, but rather, with what she knows we can ALL do. From planning an informal get-together, or entertaining the "boss," she's got it all in Dishing with Style: Secrets to Great Tastes and Beautiful Presentations and in a language we can all understand. The pages are filled with beautiful photos of her unique and uncomplicated. sense of style. Forget all of those "restaurant owners'" recipes that seem to need an exotic ingredient you've never heard of, or where to get them. This cookbook 's only assumption is that the reader shares the excitement of the simplicity ... Read More
