- Hardcover: 244 pages
- Publisher: Harvard Common Press (Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1558323406
- ISBN-13: 978-1558323407
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 20.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Small Scale, Big Flavor! Even if you have a smaller household, you can still take advantage of the ease, convenience, and versatility that are the hallmarks of slow cookers. These 125 recipes are for delicious meals specially created for preparation in a small (11/2- to 31/2-quart) slow cooker. Beth Hensperger showcases fresh, wholesome ingredients (rather than relying on packaged convenience foods) to create fabulous brand-new dishes and contemporary takes on classic favorites, including Moroccan-Spiced Tomato Chicken with Almonds, Individual Pot Roasts, Jerked Pulled Pork with Rum Barbecue Sauce, Fresh Corn Risotto, and Chipotle Black Bean Vegetable Soup. The flavors are so big, the small slow cooker can barely contain them! Praise for Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook "These capable cooks wrest slow cooking from the back cupboard of uncertainty ...with a wide range of sound recipes and advice for every meal...For today's home cook, this is a comprehensive and multi - cultural guide back to slow food, and a friend in the struggle to keep us cooking and eating at home." - San Francisco Chroniclea "From meatloaf to soups to desserts, this book might make your oven a storage space...The perfect companion to a Crock-Pot." -
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Beth Hensperger's career as a prolific food writer and educator began when she was chosen as the guest cooking instructor for the March 1985 issue of Bon Apptit. She has gone on to author more than twenty cookbooks, including the best - selling '' Not Your Mother's'' series. She is also the author of The Bread Bible, winner of a James Beard Book Award, and has been nominated twice for an IACP Cookbook Award. Hensperger writes a food column, '' Baking with the Seasons,'' for the San Jose Mercury News (which was nominated for a James Beard Award in newspaper journalism). She is a contributor to dozens of national and online cooking and lifestyle magazines, such as Food and Wine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Prevention, Veggie Life, Working Woman, Family Circle, and Cooking.com, as well as being a sought - after radio interviewee speaking on cooking, baking, and entertaining. An East Coast transplant who now considers herself a true Californian, Hensperger lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book, having just acquired a small slow cooker and needing some recipe ideas aimed at its small capacity. The book is American so some of the terms may not be familiar to everyone and possibly some of the ingredients may be a little hard to find in some supermarkets. Some of the cuts of meat described, I have never heard of! Altough described as recipes for 2, some of the recipes do make very large portions and are designed for larger slow cookers. On the whole though, I have found the book very useful as there are useful tips on getting the best out of your slow cooker as well as the recipes.
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248 of 251 people found the following review helpful
Excellent recipes, good info, a few hard-to-find ingredients
19 Jan 2007
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I ordered this after reading a recipe in our local newspaper taken from the book. It has some wonderful, original recipes, with clear instructions, and, even better, guidance about how to buy a small slow cooker and what you can do with it once you have it.
Most of the recipes are too large for the really small 1 1/2 quart slow cooker, though a few fit that size. Fortunately, each recipe includes a recommended cooker size in the instructions.
My only disappointment was that some of the recipes call for ingredients I cannot possibly find in my rural area grocery stores. But if you live in a city or metropolitan area you can probably find all the ingredients.
Finally, do not buy the "350 recipes" cookbook Amazon tries to bundle with this one in the "buy both" listing near the top of the page. It's really awful - I've reviewed it separately.
If you have a 3 quart slow cooker, you'll enjoy this cookbook.
Most of the recipes are too large for the really small 1 1/2 quart slow cooker, though a few fit that size. Fortunately, each recipe includes a recommended cooker size in the instructions.
My only disappointment was that some of the recipes call for ingredients I cannot possibly find in my rural area grocery stores. But if you live in a city or metropolitan area you can probably find all the ingredients.
Finally, do not buy the "350 recipes" cookbook Amazon tries to bundle with this one in the "buy both" listing near the top of the page. It's really awful - I've reviewed it separately.
If you have a 3 quart slow cooker, you'll enjoy this cookbook.
141 of 142 people found the following review helpful
Good Cookbook!
7 May 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This cookbook was favorably reviewed in the San Francisco Chronicle, so I decided to buy it and a small slow cooker.
Of course, I bought a round slow cooker, before I read the cookbook (she recommends an oval one, so that turkey breasts fit nicely.)
I've tried three of the recipes so far - the Beef Stew Classico - one of the best beef stews I've ever had.
The Tomato Lentil Soup was very tasty. I like my lentil soup thicker (this one was broth-y), but that's minor.
The Pulled Barbeque Chicken was just wonderful - we all but licked out the pot.
There are another 30 or so recipes in the cookbook I'm planning to try, and I'll bet all of them will be worth making again.
Of course, I bought a round slow cooker, before I read the cookbook (she recommends an oval one, so that turkey breasts fit nicely.)
I've tried three of the recipes so far - the Beef Stew Classico - one of the best beef stews I've ever had.
The Tomato Lentil Soup was very tasty. I like my lentil soup thicker (this one was broth-y), but that's minor.
The Pulled Barbeque Chicken was just wonderful - we all but licked out the pot.
There are another 30 or so recipes in the cookbook I'm planning to try, and I'll bet all of them will be worth making again.
114 of 117 people found the following review helpful
This is a Fabulous cookbook!
6 Mar 2007
Format:Paperback
These two authors know their stuff. Everything I have made from this book has come out much better than I expected. Every single recipe works just the way they say it will!! Yes, some are a little time-consuming, but all use fresh ingredients, no canned soups. I live in rural Hawai'i, no fancy gourmet shops here, yet I have no trouble finding all the ingredients called for. My husband and I are both astonished at how delicious our meals have been lately. Since I boght this book a few months ago I have used it exclusively. And I too have become a slow-cooker addict. Thank you Beth and Julie!
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