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The Frugal Gourmet
by
Jeff Smith
All the incredients that make THE FRUGAL GOURMET one of the most popular cooking shows on television are in this bestselling cookbook, including: a complete range of cooking techniques, advice on kitchen equipment, special hints and tips, exciting ideas for vegetarian meals, PLUS more than100 illustrations of recipes and techniques.
Hardcover, Large Print, 407 pages
Published
September 1st 1988
by Thorndike Press
(first published 1984)
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Jeff Smith is a strange but entertaining guy. I watched his show on PBS for years.
This book is great for some very simple to prepare classic dishes. Small book, and does not cover complex techniques, but there are recipes here you will turn to again and again.
This is a good addition to a library for someone who likes simpler recipes, and has a cookbook that covers technique already.
It is a bit dated.
This book is great for some very simple to prepare classic dishes. Small book, and does not cover complex techniques, but there are recipes here you will turn to again and again.
This is a good addition to a library for someone who likes simpler recipes, and has a cookbook that covers technique already.
It is a bit dated.
Loved watching his show on PBS for years as a child.
We never did make anything out of the cookbook though, as it seemed we needed to buy so many specific hard to find ingredients or tools at the time to make something.
We lived in a small town in the middle of cornfields in the 80s....it wasn't like we could just run out to whole foods or something.
We never did make anything out of the cookbook though, as it seemed we needed to buy so many specific hard to find ingredients or tools at the time to make something.
We lived in a small town in the middle of cornfields in the 80s....it wasn't like we could just run out to whole foods or something.
Yes he was accused of sexual harrasment, but damn it, the man knew how to cook. This book is jam packed with recipes for simple and exotic dishes and they all use the most of the ingredients you have. I bought a used one at Goodwill for $1.78 and has a bunch of notes the previious reader had added.
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Jeff Smith presents classic and simple recipes from his entertaining TV series "The Frugal Gourmet". His enthusiasm inspired many (including me) to push themselves deeper into the culinary arts. The classic recipes from the TV show are here.
Mar 23, 2009
Dixie Diamond
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Seems like a good enough general book, but not really to my taste. Feels like it tries to cover too much ground and offers only a few recipes in each section. Might have been better with less breadth and more depth and variety.
I bought the original book in the 80's and taught my boys to read recipes and cook from this book. It is simple and good food . They still turn to it when they want to be creative in the kitchen.
Sep 18, 2011
Michel
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Recommended to Michel by:
Rita
Gourmet? Reminds me of a fast-food joint in town, that features "Gourmet hotdogs".
Maybe a good primer for someone who cooks vegetarian for the first time. So frugal you'll outgrow it fast.
Maybe a good primer for someone who cooks vegetarian for the first time. So frugal you'll outgrow it fast.
I have to admit Jeff Smith is a good writer and most of his recipes are excellent. I had nearly all of his books, and gave them away because I found I rarely if ever refered to his books.
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My mom handed down her copy to me a few months ago. It is a great cookbook with yummy recipies and lots of basics! I love it!
my aunt trish gave me this book 15 years ago, and this is how i learned to cook, and grew to love cooking.
Mar 03, 2013
pjr8888
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Alan Boyle
one of the VERY few cookbooks that i've read and used to successfully prepare good tasting food!
My very first cookbook. I learned so much from watching this guy on TV.
I adored this guy when I was a kid... I looked forward to this show! I wouldn't say it's beginner cooking, but I'm finding some good recipes. A lot of basics, but a good staple for any cook's bookshelf.
Fed my love for food
A good collection of easy, simple recipes. This is a good general cookbook.
Nov 11, 2010
Kathleen
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Shelves:
food-and-cooking,
non-fiction
i am so sentimental about this book. i remember the tv show. i remember the cookbooks on my parents shelves. and there are a few recipes in here that i go to frequently (esp. the hollandaise). however, looking through it now, it's definitely no longer gourmet (if it ever was). these are simple recipes for people just learning to branch out with cooking. and there are some great meat dishes i remember from my childhood. however, those aren't for us anymore...
I have very vague memories of watching Jeff Smith on television when I was quite young, and enjoying it, even when I didn't have the slightest idea of how to cook anything.
This book remains one of the most helpful in my collection of cookbooks; it's one of the places I turn when I want to find the simple way of doing something, rather than the method involving 10 extra ingredients or some entirely new tool for doing a simple task.
This book remains one of the most helpful in my collection of cookbooks; it's one of the places I turn when I want to find the simple way of doing something, rather than the method involving 10 extra ingredients or some entirely new tool for doing a simple task.
loved the recipes. loved his stories.
Hasn't aged well, sold.
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Jeffrey L. Smith was the author of a dozen best-selling cookbooks and the host of The Frugal Gourmet, a popular American cooking show.
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