- Paperback: 120 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books (1 Nov 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0811811859
- ISBN-13: 978-0811811859
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 20.3 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 838,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Originally a peasant dish, polenta is now showing up on the best restaurant menus in the country -- and plenty of home cooks are following the lead. Easy to prepare and marvelously versatile, polenta can be enjoyed plain and simple or embellished with a wide range of tasty fillings, spreads, and toppings. This beautifully photographed and wonderfully inspirational volume includes 40 tempting recipes for breakfast treats, appetizers, entrees, and even desserts. Complete with tips on preparing the golden grain, "Polenta" is a glorious celebration of one of Italy's most popular dishes.
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An inspiring introduction to polenta.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Polenta (Paperback)
This beautifully illustrated book is a must for all lovers of corn-meal based cuisine.Having recently moved to Islington, I felt all at sea in the dinner party circuit until I discovered this revelatory book. Thanks to Ms Legere Binns' fervent culinary imagination and infectious enthusiasm, I was encouraged to prepare a four-course dinner consisting solely of polenta-based dishes, which went down a storm with my guests. Be bold and trust these recipes - experimental they may be, but they really WORK! One of the real eye-openers was her polenta waffles with grappa and a summer fruit compote, but the "luscious Anglo-Italian fusion" the book aims for may have been pushed a step too far with her recipe for polenta-in-the-hole, which to my mind was just plain stodge. However my only real misgiving is that the section on polenta wines is not more comprehensive. Give polenta a try - you'll surprise yourself. Susie Risbridger, London N1
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Bland blending,
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This review is from: Polenta (Paperback)
A disappointing follow-up to Brigit's first foray into carbohydrate culinary concoctions: "Cous-cous: against the grain". This represents a departure from her usually exciting explorations into starch. Let's hope the third title in this series, "Sumptuous Sago", returns to her normal verve!
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Something other than Potatoes-Rice-Stuffing,
By rodboomboom - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Polenta (Paperback)
Polenta has started to really come into our diets, and even now we have the quick fix mixes, the packaged rolled variety ready to cut and grill. The Italian invasion is upon us and we're loving it.Here is a beautiful little book which really gives us a great resource to enhance our use of this corn based delight in so many ways -- small pizzetta, grilled plenta crostini (one of my favorites with smoked trout and mascarpone), Polenta Lasagne, and one borrowed from Rockenwagner's cookbook (which Brigit helped bring to press) Polenta Fries. This book will not only give the clues to turn out delicious polenta of all varieties but will expand our usage of this delightful side dish ever more. Mail order sources and great color photos abound. 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fab book,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Polenta (Paperback)
I've made about 6 different recipes and they are all wonderful! One in particular, soft polenta with braised sausage sauce, has become my stand-by polenta recipe.
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