Pot Pies: Comfort Food Under Cover

by Diane Phillips

Book Overview

Eighty-five deliciously easy recipes for the quintessential comfort food, updated and dressed up for the twenty-first-century palate. All of us grew up with pot pies--homemade if we were lucky,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385494580
• ISBN13: 9780385494588
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A great book, full of easy-to-make recipes

This comfy cookbook is dedicated to that wonderful staple food, potpies! The first chapter is a handy set of instructions on setting up a pantry. After that, the fun really begins! There are four potpie chapters: chicken and turkey, meat (beef, pork and lamb), seafood, and vegetable. Potpies of every description are includes: all-American, Cajun, Mediterranean, SouthWest, and much more. What is nice, is that the recipes for crusts and contents are spelled out, which means that you can mix and match, or whatever.This is a great book, one that I am glad that we bought. So far, we?ve made Ryan?s Pie (p. 46), Beef Filets with Wild Mushroom and Maytag Blue Cheese Topping (p. 77), and (my personal favorite) Mom?s Beef Stew Topped with Sage Parmesan Biscuits (p.88). This is a great book, full of easy-to-make recipes; I highly recommend it!

The best cookbook I own!

This is the by far the best cookbook I own, and I own at least 100 of them. I would give this more than five stars if that were possible. Every recipe I have made has been incredible and is fine to make for my husband and myself or fancy enough for guests. I love this cookbook and can't recommend it enough!

Hearty recommendation for hearty meals!

I gave this cookbook to my husband for Christmas. We have made about 5 of the pot pies so far and every one of them has been a hit with our family. My daughters' boyfriends each asked for thirds! The recipes are easy to follow with flexible instructions and ingredients that are easy to find in the cupboard or at the local market. The pot pies all have very different flavors and we look forward to interchanging the various fillings and crusts to make different combinations. These pies are perfect for cold winter evenings (even in San Diego). They warm the heart of the cook and the tummy of the diner!

Innovative and delicious recipes

Although Phillips uses the term "pot pie" loosely, her ideas are creative and the instructions are easy to follow. Also, many of the steps can be made ahead and refrigerated, and then you can put the dish together when you're ready. I've only made two of the recipes so far, but both were excellent. Old-Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie with Chive Mashed Potato Crust was outstanding, pleasing even my conservative father (he declared it "luscious"), and Goat Cheese and Tomato Pie is actually a wonderful focaccia--even my 8-year-old liked it. I'm looking forward to trying a sort of Asian stir-fry that you top with a noodle pancake. This book combines old friends with new adventures--great fun!

A Wonderful New Twist on Old Favorites

Diane Phillips's Pot Pies are the perfect solution to comfort food that is new and different - and at the same time very familiar and comforting. If you ever get a chance to attend a cooking class with her, DO IT! In addition to observing how easily the recipes go together and tasting how wonderful they are, you'll get tons of variations on each recipe's theme. Like "The Perfect Mix," I know this cookbook will become a standard in my kitchen.