REVIEW AND #GIVEAWAY – Cooking For Crowds

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Cooking for Crowds: 40th Anniversary Edition

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Princeton University Press; 40 Anv edition (December 1, 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0691160368
• ISBN-13: 978-0691160368
• Cover price $29.95

ABOUT COOKING FOR CROWDS

When Cooking for Crowds was first published in 1974, home cooks in America were just waking up to the great foods the rest of the world was eating, from pesto and curries to Ukrainian pork and baklava. Now Merry White’s indispensable classic is back in print for a new generation of readers to savor, and her international recipes are as crowd-pleasing as ever–whether you are hosting a large party numbering in the dozens, or a more intimate gathering of family and friends.

In this delightful cookbook, White shares all the ingenious tricks she learned as a young Harvard graduate student earning her way through school as a caterer to European scholars, heads of state, and cosmopolitans like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. With the help of her friend Julia Child, the cook just down the block in Cambridge, White surmounted unforeseen obstacles and epic-sized crises in the kitchen, along the way developing the surefire strategies described here. All of these recipes can be prepared in your kitchen using ordinary pots, pans, and utensils. For each tantalizing recipe, White gives portions for serving groups of six, twelve, twenty, and fifty.

Featuring a lively new introduction by White and Edward Koren’s charming illustrations, Cooking for Crowds offers simple, step-by-step instructions for easy cooking and entertaining on a grand scale–from hors d’oeuvres to desserts.

MY THOUGHTS

Chapters include:

• Pots, Pans and Utensils
• Soups and Starters
• Main Dishes
• Vegetables and Side Dishes
• Desserts

I love the concept behind this book. Any suggestions to make cooking for a lot of people (or even just a few) are always welcome in my book. The recipes in this cookbook are simple, and written out with a good amount of detail. Some information on the dish is included, as are some serving tips. For the recipes where you can choose the number of quantities, the table method of listing ingredients is used, much as you find on some boxed foods you find in the grocery store. This cookbook contains no photos, just some clipart here and there. For me, the things that would make this cookbook most useful – prep and cooking time, and photos – are missing. These are two things that help me decide what it is that I’m going to make. This cookbook would be good for people who are comfortable in the kitchen and enjoy cooking for different sized groups of people but want the convenience of easily adjustable amounts.

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ONE winner will receive their own copy of Cooking For Crowds.

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