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Summary: Wonderful and gracious cookbook...
Review: This cookbook really is incredible. It's not only filled with many wonderful recipes from the famous New Orleans restaurant, but also with stories about the history of the legendary restaurant as well.The recipes are just what you would expect - the best. Everything from appetizers to drinks to mouth watering desserts are included. What I love most though is along with most of the recipes are little stories behind the recipes. Where they came from. How they came to the restaurant. There's also some short tales about the history of the restaurant itself. That's what I love most about the cookbook - the little stories that make the recipes that much more special. Overall the book is incredible and I highly recommend it. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is I thought it could have had some more pictures and illustrations.
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Summary: Great compliment to a great restaurant!
Review: This is an excellent compliment to one of the best restaurants. Ilove to cook & eat!! Most restaurant cookbooks have cookbokks which its hard to duplicate their meals. Usually they have recipes so complicated ( require kitchen appliances the average person doesn't have or ingredients impossible to find. Nothing is further than the truth with this book. It has easy to follow recipes, which can be cooked with basic cookware. The dishes come out fantastic. If you love creole food, but can't get to New Orleans regularly-- BUY THIS BOOK. You won't regret it.
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Summary: Great compliment to a great restaurant!
Review: This is an excellent compliment to one of the best restaurants. Ilove to cook & eat!! Most restaurant cookbooks have cookbokks which its hard to duplicate their meals. Usually they have recipes so complicated ( require kitchen appliances the average person doesn't have or ingredients impossible to find. Nothing is further than the truth with this book. It has easy to follow recipes, which can be cooked with basic cookware. The dishes come out fantastic. If you love creole food, but can't get to New Orleans regularly-- BUY THIS BOOK. You won't regret it.
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Summary: Absolutely Lovely
Review: This is one of the most loveliest cook books I've ever seen..It's very generous with recipes and cooking tips. I gave up on Louisiana cooking after trying out several recipes from Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse. Prudhomme's recipes are too spicy for my taste while most of Lagasse's recipes are obviously gimmicky. Over the past weekend, I cooked several dishes from the Commander's Kitchen book and they all came out perfect...They tasted perfectly balanced. For instance, the Red Beans and Rice dish was the best I've ever tasted and my friends wiped out the whole pot. And now I'm tempted to make it at least once every week. The book has a mixture of classic and down-home Creole dishes, perfect for all occasions. Commander's Palace may be the classiest restaurant in New Orleans but don't be intimidated by the name...at least 90% of the recipes are easy to do, thanks to the wonderful authors for making them amazingly accessible to home chefs. The Commander's Kitchen is a remarkable keeper.
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Summary: Absolutely Lovely
Review: This is one of the most loveliest cook books I've ever seen..It's very generous with recipes and cooking tips. I gave up on Louisiana cooking after trying out several recipes from Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse. Prudhomme's recipes are too spicy for my taste while most of Lagasse's recipes are obviously gimmicky. Over the past weekend, I cooked several dishes from the Commander's Kitchen book and they all came out perfect...They tasted perfectly balanced. For instance, the Red Beans and Rice dish was the best I've ever tasted and my friends wiped out the whole pot. And now I'm tempted to make it at least once every week. The book has a mixture of classic and down-home Creole dishes, perfect for all occasions. Commander's Palace may be the classiest restaurant in New Orleans but don't be intimidated by the name...at least 90% of the recipes are easy to do, thanks to the wonderful authors for making them amazingly accessible to home chefs. The Commander's Kitchen is a remarkable keeper.
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Summary: Eating great...New Orleans style!
Review: When my wife and I recently visited the Commander's Palace restaurant and sat at the Chef's Table (located in the kitchen where you are pampered by the staff), current Executive Chef Tory McPhail wrote "Eating great...New Orleans style!" on a menu he signed as a memento of our visit. Not only was he right about the food we had at Commander's Palace that evening, but he also provides a short and to the point description for this cookbook. This book is a must for those that "live to eat" (as opposed to those that "eat to live") and truly enjoy the New Orleans and Creole food styles. The recipes we've tried so far have turned out wonderfully (the recipe for the Chocolate Molten Souflee alone is almost worth the price of the book) and, thus far, have been easy to follow. The narratives provided by the authors about both the food and the restaurant itself are a great addition to the great recipes. I would recommend this book, and the restaurant, to anyone.
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