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Summary: tasty reading
Review: Bobby Flay, owner of Mesa Grill and Bolo - along with numerous shows on the Food Network, has published his latest cookbook, "Bobby Flay Cooks American." This collection of regional recipes from his travels across the country is a wonderful way to experience new tastes, new combinations with a little bit of the down home flavor. I love Bobby's use of fresh ingredients and being from the Midwest, it allows me to expand my horizon's with new variables. A few of my favs are : Mesa Grill's Pumpkin Soup with Cinnamon Cream and Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, Shrimp and Avocado Salad with Roasted Chayote, and Pressed BBQ Rueben Sandwich with Homemade Spicy Pickles. Bobby's unique (New York) gourmet palate expands into this down-home and Mexican adventure with great excitement and enthusiasm. You can clearly see why he enjoys this type of food. I have been a fan of Bobby's for years and really enjoyed this new book. I found it a bit more user friendly than some of his other's and find myself really enjoying the recipes and little intro's about this history of the dish. This one is a hit!
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Summary: Down On The Farms Meets Mid-Town Manhattan
Review: Bobby Flay, owner of Mesa Grill and Bolo - along with numerous shows on the Food Network, has published his latest cookbook, "Bobby Flay Cooks American." This collection of regional recipes from his travels across the country is a wonderful way to experience new tastes, new combinations with a little bit of the down home flavor. I love Bobby's use of fresh ingredients and being from the Midwest, it allows me to expand my horizon's with new variables. A few of my favs are : Mesa Grill's Pumpkin Soup with Cinnamon Cream and Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, Shrimp and Avocado Salad with Roasted Chayote, and Pressed BBQ Rueben Sandwich with Homemade Spicy Pickles. Bobby's unique (New York) gourmet palate expands into this down-home and Mexican adventure with great excitement and enthusiasm. You can clearly see why he enjoys this type of food. I have been a fan of Bobby's for years and really enjoyed this new book. I found it a bit more user friendly than some of his other's and find myself really enjoying the recipes and little intro's about this history of the dish. This one is a hit!
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Summary: Unique, Bursting with Flavor Recipe Collection
Review: Flay is really good at combining flavors in great, unique combinations, e.g. Lemon Sweet Potatoes. Here in this his new cookbook he takes regional American recipes and spices them up with his normal approach, Southwestern/Spanish influence.
Great dishes in here, including: Roasted Cauliflower and Lobster Soup with Crushed Almonds, Carmelized Apple Salad with Maytag Blue, Black Walnuts and Spicy Orange Vingarette, Crab Cocktail with Avocado, Coconut, Fresh Chiles and Lime, Sixteen Spice Rubbed Squab with Aged Goat Cheese, White Chicory and Wild Mushrooms, Fresh Fig-Blackberry Shortcake with Maple Whipped Cream, and Toasted Coconut Custard Pie with a Brulee Crust. These are bright, fresh flavored recipes that will stretch many a cook's reportoire of recipes. It spans cusisines and geographical regions, providing a unique collection. Well done book with wide format, great color photos along with Sources and well done Index. Don't try this if you're looking for simple dishes. But if interested in stretching and expanding your cooking horizons, this is defintely a book for you to try out. You'll be delighted with the results. Your best yet Bobby.
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Summary: Not a fan
Review: I don't like Bobby Flay, but I have to say the guy knows how to cook! This is a great book, and I enjoy cooking out of it.
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Summary: tasty reading
Review: I have read all of Bobby Flay's cookbooks and made several of the recipes. This is my favorite cookbook. It is so much fun to read and the recipes are so incredibly varied. The recipes are presented well: clearer and more organized than his previous volumes. Julia Moskin, co-author, may be the new ingredient that makes this cookbook so special
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Summary: down home yummy
Review: I like a cookbook that I can use, not one full of esoteric ingredients and recipes with many steps that are many pages long. This book captures the best of both worlds - short, simple (if you're kind of a foodie)recipes that bring glory to regular ingredients. Not another American food goes uptown book, this book keeps the cooking down on the farm, but modifies and combines American ingredients to achieve new and flavorful dishes.
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Summary: Bobby Flay At His Best!
Review: OK, I'll admit it...
I am a Bobby Flay fan. But Bobby Flay Cooks American
is truly Bobby Flay at his best!
The recipes are easy to prepare, with basic ingredients,
with not a lot of frill. Easy to understand, and will
bring you many compliments!
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