Description:
Many cookbooks offer quick-and-easy recipes, yet few that do deliver on taste. Gourmet Every Day is a happy exception. Based on Gourmet magazine's popular "Every Day" column, the book offers more than 200 recipes for food that's not only quick to prepare but good--light, savory fare that's compatible with millennial palates and busy schedules. And it accomplishes this without relying on convenience foods or make-in-advance component preparations. Dishes such as Roasted Mussels with Almonds and Garlic, Crispy Asian Chicken and Watercress Salad, and Grilled Strip Steaks with Olive-Oregano Relish exemplify the book's breezy yet savvy approach to quick cooking. The book is also simple to use. An opening section featuring 20 one-dish dinners (about a month's worth of weeknight meals) presents a single recipe and an illustrative color photo spread. Prop the book up on a counter and away you go. Try Herbed Turkey Burgers or Spicy Soba Noodles with Broiled Eggplant, dishes that cooks can combine into meals as they choose. Low-calorie recipes aren't neglected, and the likes of Asparagus with Peperonata should please people watching their weight as well as the clock. With suggested-beverage notes by Gerald Asher, Gourmet's wine editor, and technique sidebars--Cooking and Handling Rice and Grains is a nice one--the book serves a true need as few others of its kind have. --Arthur Boehm
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