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| The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show | 
 enlarge | Authors: Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Sally Swift
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 566
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0307346714
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.53
EAN: 9780307346711
ASIN: 0307346714
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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Product Description
Just when you thought the last thing the world needed was another book on weeknight cooking, along comes an entirely fresh take on the subject. As they do on their weekly show, host Lynne Rossetto Kasper and producer Sally Swift approach their topic with attitude and originality, making The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper one of the most engaging cookbooks of this or any other year.
As loyal listeners know, Lynne and Sally share an unrelenting curiosity about everything to do with food. Their show, The Splendid Table, looks at the role food plays in our lives—inspiring us, making us laugh, nourishing us, and opening us up to the world around us. Now they have compiled all the most trenchant tips, never-fail recipes, and everyday culinary know-how from the program in How to Eat Supper, a kitchen companion unlike any other.
This is no mere cookbook. Like the show, this book goes far beyond the recipe, introducing the people and stories that are shaping America’s changing sense of food. We don’t eat, shop, or cook as we used to. Our relationship with food has intensified, become more controversial, richer, more pleasurable, and sometimes more puzzling. How to Eat Supper gives voice to rarely heard perspectives on food—from the quirky to the political, from the grassroots to the scholarly, from the highbrow to the humble—and shows the essential role breaking bread together plays in our world.
How to Eat Supper takes you through a plethora of inviting recipes simple enough to ensure success even if you’ve never cooked before. And if you are experienced in the kitchen, you’ll find challenging new concepts and dishes to spark your imagination.
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I got inspired! April 16, 2008
59 out of 60 found this review helpful
I love to cook but was in a rut with my weeknight standard recipes, and heard Lynne talk about this new book on NPR. I immediately bought it just for the Hoisin Noodles 4 Flavors recipe, which I made this weekend for a very appreciative audience of husband and dad - it was easy and delicious of course, but most happily it was something different. I can't wait to try many of the ideas I've found there - now I need a bottle of fish sauce to add the umami to lots of recipes - and am excited about weeknight cooking again. I'd recommend this to anyone who isn't afraid of red pepper flakes, roasting a vegetable, or the occasional pat of butter or dollop of cream. It's full of tips, clear explanations, realistic cooking times for recipes, and a great "Here's a basic equipment list," plus great little stories and quotes. I love this book! I'm ultra-confident that new recipes will put the "Wow" back into our weeknight AND weekend cooking! Thank you, Lynne and Sally!
Love This Cookbook! May 1, 2008
39 out of 45 found this review helpful
As a former caterer and still-avid cook, when I saw this book, I grabbed it. I like to read a cookbook--in other words, give me cooking tips, great stories and exciting recipes!
The book begins: "The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who wake up thinking about what they're going to eat for supper, and those that don't. We are decidedly in the former camp; in fact we wake up thinking about what we are going to cook for supper."
I love it!
What I love even more is Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift's philosophy on food: "We feel strongly about local, sustainable,and organic food... This philosophy doesn't come solely from concerns over well-being. It is larger than that. It is about ecology, the survival of rural life, and values."
Amen!
Some highlights:
In salad section, there is a do-it-yourself dressing kit. If you buy bottled dressings, please give this a try--homemade dressing is extremely easy to make and far superior to store-bought.
In soup section, the authors advise how to improvise your own soups.
Basically, the authors seek to teach the reader how to cook and they do a great job. The neat part about cooking is that no matter how experienced you are, there is always more to learn.
I look forward to trying many of the recipes in this beautiful book. The instructions are crystal clear, to boot.
A quote from the book: "I aam not a vegetarian because I love animals. I am a vegetarian because I hate plants." A. Whitney Brown
By the author of the award winning book,Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet.
 devil in the details May 14, 2008
19 out of 24 found this review helpful
Am I the only person who was surprised to find grammatical errors in this book? I know, I know, it's a cook/lifestyle book and I should get a life, but I wish they had sent me a galley copy so I could have fixed the handful of errors. And no, grammar isn't that important when the food and life promulgated on the pages are so passionately, lushishly described.
But here's the thing: I have begun to wonder if there might be some finer points missing in the directions as well. The first recipe I chose to make was the Butter-Steamed Leeks, and nowhere does it say if the leeks should be sliced. The authors want me to make a vertical cut down the length of each leek (which to me is not the same thing as "slice in half vertically") and then soak them to remove grit. Fair enough, but that's it. Most recipes then have you cut the leeks crosswise into one or half inch slices. But I am left to my own devices here. Not that I am going to get into serious trouble if I decide to slice or not to slice, but this is the kind of attention to detail (as well as grammar) that differentiates good cookbooks from great cookbooks.
Regardless, it's still a recommended book (tomorrow night I'm making the covershot Tumeric Potatoes) though I would have appreciated more photos of the dishes and/or their preparation.
Could not wait for this book to arrive!! April 18, 2008
17 out of 39 found this review helpful
Just received this today and, quite frankly, I cannot wait to dive in. The recipes look authentic and delicious. Mouth-watering pictures are featured throughout and all the recipes appear to have clear instructions. Lynne, you've done it yet again.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! May 12, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Again and again I find myself excited to pick up this unique more-than-a-cookbook. Recipes for healthy food prepared with manageable numbers of ingredients abound, and lessons on technique teach us how to think about food and work with it. Not only are the tips, quotes, and book recommendations fascinating to learn, but variations to many recipes inspire me to think about food creatively. I gleaned so much from this one book and enjoy myself each time I open it. The scope of The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper invites the reader to cook more and learn more about food and culinary customs.
Graphically, the work's clear, inviting font sizes and types delight the eye. I have fun reading it and find it tremendously inspiring. The enthusiasm of its authors is infectious, instantly making this my favorite cooking treatise!
WHEN IS YOUR NEXT BOOK COMING OUT? : ) I'll be waiting for it.
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