Dishing with Style : Secrets to Great Tastes and Beautiful Presentations

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Summary: Amazing Author!
Review: I had the opportunity to assist for Rori's husband, who is a food photographer, on a shoot. All of the food was presented amazingly well, and when we actually got to eat it afterwards, I couldn't believe it. I honestly have not tasted such great food in a long time. I've been to quite a few upscale restaurants in Los Angeles and I can say that her food was so much more impressive than most of what I've tried. I just purchased this book, but have not read it yet, but if it's a reflection of her style and skills, I know I won't be disappointed. She's also an amazing person, which makes this even better!

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Summary: Best of the Bunch!
Review: 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 this book 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 with which great food can be prepared with fun new and different ways of presenting them. I think it gave me faith back in myself of actually being able to make a great meal.It showed me how to present it either "dressed up" or "dressed down"(and it looked like the picture!) Who knew that someone would finally be honest and fun about fabulous food?? I think that this book will become one of the top ten essential cookbooks for any and every kitchen. It's already become a staple in mine. I have already bought 3 for gifts. Pass it on.

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Summary: "I'm vaKlempt!!!"
Review: 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.