The Book of Great Hors D'Oeuvre

By Terrence Janericco

The Book of Great Hors d'Oeuvre, Updated and ExpandedTerence JanericcoNow the last word on hors d'oeuvre has been fully revised, rewritten, and expanded to provide you with the most reliable source... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843622105
• ISBN13: 9780843622102
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Cbi Pub. Co.
• Length: 513 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great cookbook; a masterpiece of practicality

Intended for people who want to cook food rather than gaze at pictures, Terrence Janericco's "Book of Great Hors d'Oeuvre" is one of the most useful cookbooks I own (and I have several hundred of them). Written by a caterer and from a caterer's perspective, this book is equally valuable for home cooks. There is no fussiness; Janericco would rather inspire readers to cook than to daydream. The book takes a no-frills approach which crams in as many first-rate recipes as the author can manage, with no digressions or stories or fluff. There are no photographs, but key techniques such as dumpling folding are illustrated with clear line drawings. The recipes themselves are excellent and wide-ranging, but more than that, they are written from a practical perspective, with clear instructions about how far in advance they can be made, and whether or not they can be frozen. I am, myself, an inveterate cookbook buyer and reader, but this really is the only book you would ever NEED for a lifetime of party-giving.