The Frugal Foodie Cookbook: Waste-Not Recipes for the Wise Cook
September 29th, 2006 by Yvonne
- ISBN13: 9781573443630
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The recession has put a lot of strain on the grocery bill, especially for those with families or friends to feed. But that doesn’t mean having to skip gourmet food and a balanced diet. Noted chef and “four-star frugal gourmet” Lynette Shirk shows readers how to creatively and cleverly use ingredients and leftovers to produce wonderful inexpensive meals for any occasion. This book has everything, from roasting coffee at home to concocting inexpensive crave-worthy cas… More >>
The Frugal Foodie Cookbook: Waste-Not Recipes for the Wise Cook
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September 29th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
I intended to give this book to my daughter,but kept it myself.There are many good ideas for singles,and some very interesting recipes.I’m really enjoying usiung it!
Rating: 4 / 5
September 29th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
Ok, that’s a terrible review title, but this is a fantastic little book. Both fun to peruse as you nibble on homemade biscotti dunked in homemade coffee, and fun to refer to as you create fantastic meals such as the Exponential Chicken, the book is entertaining as well as informative.
I love the biscotti recipe — both frugal and long-lasting. I made a ton and am giving them as office gifts this year!
What is great is that the recipes are handy no matter if you have a fully-stocked gourmet kitchen (and want to make prudent use of expensive ingredients such as prosciutto) or a bare-bones student kitchen (and need to know how to make one chicken last a week).
Yummy, entertaining, and easy to use, this book is now a staple on my shelf!
Rating: 5 / 5
September 29th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Before I read “The Frugal Foodie Cookbook Waste-Not Recipes for the Wise Cook,” I looked at cooking as irksome and ultimately, an expense-filled venture, but not anymore! This book made me realize that on the contrary, cooking can be both fun and can SAVE money! This is a great cookbook for moms, dads, families, students, and the single. From “Dinners on a Dime” to “Snacks on a Shoestring,” this book has it all. I wholeheartedly recommend it!
Rating: 5 / 5
September 29th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
I just received my copy in the mail today, and I love this book! The recipies sound delicious, but even more, I like the way the author writes. Girlfriend chatty, funny, and a great sense of family. I’m buying more copies for my friends.
Rating: 5 / 5
September 29th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
Frugal Foodie Cookbook by Lara Starr w/Lynette Shirk ISBN 978-1-57344-363-0
Review by Chris Phillips
A small book like this, at 6.9″ x 6″, will be lost on many a cookbook shelf. However, there are plenty of reasons to keep this one on the counter and handy. Printed in the style of the “Dummy” series books, there are tips, hints and quotes interspersed throughout this delightful collection of recipes and more.
Starr and Shirk have found and included many recipes that most cooks will be looking for at times when running short of specific supplies or ingredients. From the “3-in-1 Eye-Opening Mix” (pg. 18) through “Best Dressed Salads” with a chart to show how to mix herbs together (pg. 62) and to “Cents-able Solutions: Savvy Substitutions” (pg. 114, 115) with a chart showing common substitutes for things that might not be in the pantry. There are recipes of all qualities and styles where the gourmet can vary ingredients for that special taste or the rushed mom can have things already prepared for immediate serving up for dinner.
There are tips in marquee boxes like “Processor Points” delineating how to clean the blade and how to really clean the compartments. There are “Cents-able Solutions” like the one mentioned above in a different style of marquee box. Interspersed throughout are short quotes from famous and infamous persons. Zsa-Zsa Gabor – “I’m a marvelous housekeeper, every time I have a man, I keep his house.” To by M.F.K. Fisher – “Almost every person has something secret he likes to eat”.
The recipes are good and easy to follow. The ingredients are listed first so the pantry can be checked before starting. However there is no index or cross reference to help find something specific. Even the chapters and entries in the table of contents do not provide any type of sorting, just titles of the sections are referenced there.
This book will help anyone trying to save money by trying to use what is already in the pantry. The recipes are simple enough to follow and there are tables and charts throughout to help with substitutions and changes. However, this is not the book for someone who already does this on a regular basis. With the odd size of the book, the missing index and references to items in it, and the odd and limited table of contents it could becomes harder to use than others that are available.
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Rating: 4 / 5