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Ever wondered how your favorite restaurant makes that special dish you love? Have you tried to recreate it at home and it just wasn't the same? Vicki J. Caparulo persuaded New Jersey's favorite chefs to share their kitchen secrets in Great Dishes from New Jersey's Favorite Restaurants, so now you can make these fabulous dishes at home.Inside you'll find more than 50 delicious pasta, meat, seafood, poultry, game meats, dessert, soup, and salad recipes from the best-loved eateries in New Jersey, along with dozens of mouthwatering color photographs by professional food photographer Steve Caparulo. Vicki J. Caparulo, a Certified Culinary Professional, provides more than a simple list of ingredients and instructions. She shows you why the recipe works in a professional setting and how you can make it work at home. Caparulo, a recipe developer and cooking teacher, has written the recipes in an easy-to-use format, in detail and with care so anyone can be successful. Written with her offbeat and sometimes irreverent sense of humor, Caparulo's anecdotes about the restaurants, the chefs, and her own experiences in their kitchens make this book a great read, even for non-cooks. She also provides locations and contact information for every restaurant included in the book. In addition to the actual preparation procedures and techniques, Caparulo provides instructions on everything from sanitizing your kitchen to storing herbs, roasting garlic, and debearding mussels. She defines cooking terminology in easy to understand language, recommends the tools you'll need, and tells you where to find them. This book has a recipe for everyone--and with the author's friendly, easy-going style and expert advice, you can make them all!
Customer Reviews: Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0  Fantastic, captivating, sizzeling and salivating!!!:
For all of you that have been in one or more cooking classes with Vicki and Steve, then you are aware of the irreverent, humorous style that these two have. You are also made abundantly aware of the immense, encyclopedic knowledge of Vicki (Steve is no slouch himself). As you read each page, it's like being in class again; what an enjoyable text. Steve's pictures are the best in the business. I have been taking photographs since I was fourteen and know how hard it is to get any one of these beauties, and... more info
Vicki and Steve have been playing with their food again:
If your idea of nirvana is settling in with a good (cook)book to read cover to cover, then this is the book for you. If you think that a cookbook is merely a reference manual, this one will change your mind.
For those who have been fortunate enough to be in one or more of Vicki and Steve's cooking classes, you can attest that to replicate one of Vicki's recipes in your own home is an inviation to accolades. The even more fortunate who have cooked in that forty-five square foot kitchen about which she... more info
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