The Main Course: Second in the Series: Annie's Elegant, Delicious Cooking (Volume 2)

By Annie Simensen

THE MAIN COURSE is the second volume in the series, Annie's Elegant, Delicious Cooking. Like SALADS, the first volume in the series, THE MAIN COURSE features a full page, color photo with each easy-to-follow recipe. The photos will help you choose the recipes for entr?es, veggies, soups, side dishes and easy sauces that appeal to your personal preferences and tastes, and will provide serving suggestions. These straightforward, time-tested recipes will enable cooks at all levels of experience to prepare visually stunning and mouthwateringly delicious dishes from ingredients that are available in most American supermarkets. None of these recipes require special culinary training or complex processes. Besides the usual kitchen appliances, a food processor, stand-mixer and blender are the only other necessities. The focus of THE MAIN COURSE is Contemporary American Cooking: dishes that combine the flavors, textures and appearances of diverse national and regional cuisines, but are made from familiar, locally available ingredients. They are the dishes Annie prepares every day for her family meals as well as for dinner-parties and guests; dishes she's perfected and simplified over many years. Simple but elegant 'Entr?es' like Rack of Lamb with Herb Crust that looks like it came from a four-star restaurant and tastes as good as it looks, but is easy to prepare and turns out perfect every time; or, in the 'Sides' chapter, Basmati Rice with Almonds and Garlic that is so flavorful that you can eat it on its own for lunch or a light supper. In the 'Veggies' chapter, Annie will show you her favorite way to prepare mushrooms, Sauteed Whole Baby Bella Mushrooms with Garlic and Lemon. A feature of THE MAIN COURSE is tested wine pairings to accompany each dish; wines that enhance and complement specific flavors, textures and aromas. With the guidance of these concise, straight-forward recipes, wine pairings and photos, all of the dishes in THE MAIN COURSE become possible, practical and fun to create.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484198360
• ISBN13: 9781484198360
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 8.0"