Frog Commissary Cookbook

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Summary: Best chocolate chip cookie recipe, ever
Review: I bought this book purely because of its recipe for Oatmeal Walnut Chocolate Chip cookies. It's a smash hit every time I bake them - even my mom, who's not much of a cookie person, and my cousins who are all trying to stick to their weight-watchers diets, falter when I bake these cookies. Around Christmastime, they are gone in a flash. Absolutely delicious.

The cookbook itself also has tons of great ideas, some really nice recipes. In my experience, it's good to modify some of the recipes to use more current cooking methods. For example, the book's authors are not too big on olive oil, which is a staple in most cooking today.

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Summary: A Must Have Cookbook
Review: I love cookbooks, and this is one of my favorites. It is worth buying for the Carrot Cake recipe, alone!

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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: I love this cookbook. I have been through three copies and given numerous copies to friends and family.

This book was out-of-print for years and I am very happy to see it reissued -- so I can give a copy to my son away in college!

This is where the French-Thai connection started as far as I can tell. The book is a marvel. The illustrations and comments in the margins are as valuable as the recipes and their text.

I have made just about every dish in this book and I have never been disappointed and neither have my guests.

My son grew up on the Thai Popcorn; I believe that the duck and chicken recipes are beyond reproach; the lentil salad is to die for (better have a heck of an extensive spice collection for that one....) and EVERYBODY loves the Carrot Cake.

A fine, fine example of American creativity in the culinary arts.

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Summary: French - Thai and American
Review: I love this cookbook. I have been through three copies and given numerous copies to friends and family.

This book was out-of-print for years and I am very happy to see it reissued -- so I can give a copy to my son away in college!

This is where the French-Thai connection started as far as I can tell. The book is a marvel. The illustrations and comments in the margins are as valuable as the recipes and their text.

I have made just about every dish in this book and I have never been disappointed and neither have my guests.

My son grew up on the Thai Popcorn; I believe that the duck and chicken recipes are beyond reproach; the lentil salad is to die for (better have a heck of an extensive spice collection for that one....) and EVERYBODY loves the Carrot Cake.

A fine, fine example of American creativity in the culinary arts.

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Summary: Food Visionary
Review: I stole this cookbook from my sister in 1989. She received it as a gift from her sister-in-law who resided in Philadelphia. The cookbook was returned five years later with the original binding ruined and held together by three-hole punches and garbage bag ties. Needless to say, my Christmas gift that year (1994) was a brand new Frog Commissary cookbook. Now 7 years later, it too is held together the same way my sister's book was if not worse!

Steven Poses was a visionary in the culinary field. In 2001 the cuisine of the US has finally develop into the vision he first wrote about back in 1985. With all the culinary interest of today, I hope the publishers will reconsider and issue a reprint of this remarkable cookbook. Unlike my sister, I will not loan my copy out!

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Summary: Yahoo!! I can now get copies for family and friends!!
Review: I was an employee of the Commissary Market many moons ago and loved lunchtime at the restaurant. Because I LOVE the easy-to-prepare unique recipes, my copy of the cookbook has seen better days. Thank-you for reprinting the #1 cookbook in my collection. I'm now able to give one to my kids and not have to share mine! The illustrator, Becky Roller, also used to do the Commissary Restaurant Calendar. I've always enjoyed her illustrations.

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Summary: Showcases hundreds of creative recipes
Review: Long out of print, this newly released edition of The Frog/Commissary Cookbook (first published in 1985) once again acquaints a whole new generation of kitchen chefs to a Philadelphia classic based on the Frog/Commissary Catering company. Organized by meal course, this "user friendly" cookbook showcases hundreds of creative recipes that are fully adapted to preparing home-based meals while reflecting a multiethnic blend of foods and ingredients. The recipes are enhanced with "insider tips" on food preparation and service, as well as entertaining anecdotes. From Broccoli-Cheddar Soup; Lobster Curry with Asparagus and Sunchokes; Spinach-Walnut Pesto; and Deep-Fried Brie in Almond Crust with Apple-Pear Puree; to Salade Nicoise with Anchovy Herb Dressing; Bluefish Provencale; Pizza with Mussels, Saffron, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Three Italian Cheeses; and Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins, The Frog/Commissary Cookbook is a welcome and highly recommended addition to any kitchen cookbook collection!

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Summary: Fabulous food and fun to read
Review: Several years ago, I had heard this book had gone out of print and I let out a cry of anguish. So it was with delight that I later learned (after a frantic call to The Frog Commissary in Philadelphia) that the book was to be reprinted. Now, it's available for everyone who missed it the first time around to discover and enjoy as I have. This is without a doubt the most reliably excellent cookbook I own. Anything I have ever prepared from this book has been wonderfully delicious and has become a standard in my cooking repertoire. I would (and have!) wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone.

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Summary: Fabulous food and fun to read
Review: Well, it's true that this is not the book you want to cook from on a routine basis. Most recipes use butter, oil, cream. But the tastes are simply outstanding and many of the recipes will become your favorite "special occasion" standbys. Particularly good are the pistachio-encrusted, boursin-filled chicken breasts, the thai beef salad, the two curry recipes (one chicken and one beef), and the chocolate-coffee-walnut chip muffins.

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Summary: yes, this is really the BEST cookbook ever
Review: When we lived in Philly, Frog, the Commisary, and Eden were definitely on our top 10 list. The recipes in this book bring that back for us every time. These recipes cannot be beat. My friends have been BEGGING for the recipes for years: eggplant capponata, carrot cake, chocolate killer cake-just to name a few. I am so glad to see this in print again so that we don't have to be tempted to photocopy.