Braises and Stews: Everyday Slow-Cooked Recipes

by Tori Ritchie

Book Overview

Remember those tantalizing smells coming from Grandma's kitchen as she made her treasured, slow-cooked meals? Braises and Stews brings modern convenience and style to good old-fashioned comfort food.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811860558
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Simple and concise

For anyone interested in slow cooking using "dutch ovens" this cookbook presents easy, flavorful recipes. From the beginning chef to more advanced, all the recipes are straight-forward and easy to manage. The author's addition of how to make various side dishes and seasonings is especially useful and worth making.

Good cookbook

I've been making braises and stews for many years now and found this to be a rewarding book. While simple in approach and ingredients, the results from the recipes I've tried have all been good to very good. Under the vegetable section, the green beans with dill was especially good. Whether for the beginning, or advanced, cook I can recommend this book. For the beginner, it's a good place to start; and, for the advanced cook, these recipes can provide something to build on and "fine-tune".

Fantastic Book

This book is one of the few cook books that provides really practical and great receips. It covers the basic meat groups and provides good instructions and simple ingrediants. I particularly like the Lamb Shanks with white beans(WOW) and the Asian beef ribs. I bought one for our daughter and am now buying 2 for gifts for our friends. I love my new Strub oval dutch oven pot and enjoy using this book. Buy the book and WOW your family and friends.

Great Book!

What a great book! I am making the meat dishes every weekend for the past month or so, and I haven't been disappointed yet. The "Pub Ribs" dish is simply great when paired with the Chedder Mash Potatoes dish, also found in the book. Just delicious so far! Unlike many cook books that seem to go out of their way to be overly complex, the ingredients and preparation techniques are very straight-forward.

Braises and Stews for People Like Me

I have found Tori Ritchie's "Braises and Stews" to be just the book for me. I grew up in the midwest (Chicago) where braises and stews were the staple of winter cuisine. My Irish heritage was certainly front and center in my grandmother's and mother's kitchen. And what else is easy to make for five boys (the famous Loarie Boys of the Northshore)...a slow cooked stew or braise! Ritchie provides 74 recipes using beef, pork, fish, lamb, and poultry. She also covers the basic equipment needed, cuts of meat to buy, and the essential ingredients. This book is really a hoot for those longing for a great stew or braise. I am now fully prepared for my brothers' next visit.