Cookbook Profile: The Way We Cook

The Way We Cook
Recipes from the New American Kitchen

by Sheryl Julian and Julie Riven

Way We Cook
For the past twenty years, in their wildly popular newspaper and cooking columns, Sheryl Julian and Julie Riven have been providing hundreds of thousands of cooks with recipes they can depend on. Now, in this long-awaited cookbook which is an essential reference for anyone who wants to get the most out of time in the kitchen, they present 250 of their favorites. From Roast Side of Salmon to Creamy Chocolate Tart, each dish is straightforward, contemporary, and elegant: home cooking at its best.

Julian and Riven have an unerring sense of what busy people need: appetite-provoking nibbles that won't set back dinner preparations; easy meals for the time of day when the cook is most exhausted; impressive but relaxed dinners for company; simple side dishes; slow-cooked suppers served straight from the pot; weekend breakfasts that leave plenty of time for reading the paper; desserts anyone can master.

It's all here in The Way We Cook:

Appetizers: Spicy Pecans * Honey-Roasted Chicken Wings * Marinated Shrimp in White Wine Vinaigrette

Salads: Eggless Caesar Salad * Wilted Spinach Salad * Cucumber and Red Onion Salad

When You're in a Rush: Ten-Minute Bolognese * Pork Tenderloins with Caramelized Onions * Chicken Roasted on a Bed of Apples

Dishes We Make All the Time: Chicken and Corn Chili * Yankee Pot Roast with Caramelized Vegetables * Old-Fashioned Vegetable Soup

New Classics: Succotash with Seared Scallops * Chicken Pot Pie

Good Enough for Company: Herb-Roasted Flattened Chicken * Ossobuco * Orange-Marinated Turkey Breast

Simmering Pots: Spring Garden Stew * Portuguese Chicken Stew

Sides: Asparagus Cooked for Two Minutes * Potato Crisps with Fresh Herbs * Casserole-Roasted Fall Vegetables

Rise and Dine: Sour Cream Coffee Cake * Leek and Egg Frittata

If You Love to Bake: Lemon Pudding Cake * Free-Form Apple Tart * Double-Chocolate Refrigerator Cookies

Buy the Book!

The Way We Cook
Recipes from the New American Kitchen
by Sheryl Julian and Julie Riven
Houghton Mifflin
Hardcover; 400 pages
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 0618171495
Information provided by the publisher.