Create all of your favourite Earls' dishes at home with this much-anticipated cookbook from the wildly popular restaurant chain. Read insider stories from the past 30 years, while cooking through more than 100 recipes for legacy dishes, staff favourites and current menu selections.
The first cookbook from Earls is as authentic and approachable as the restaurants are themselves. This book captures the soul and character you feel in every one of the Earls' restaurants--passionate, authentic, accessible and playful, and full of Earls' unique charm. Fans of Earls will be thrilled to make their favourite meals at home, and get a peek inside this iconic restaurant chain. Earls invented premium casual dining in 1982 and has been redefining and revolutionizing it ever since with 67 locations (and counting) across Canada and the US. The book will include stories from the restaurant's rich history and feature its most popular recipes. Readers will recognize their favourites, from shared dishes, to sandwiches, soups and salads, noodle bowls and wok dishes, burgers, pizza, main courses, steaks, dessert and brunch. Look for recipes like Pear & Beet Salad, Artichoke Dip, California Shrimp Pizza, Calamari, Potato Skins, French Onion Soup, Nasi Goreng, Tandoori Chicken and Apple Crumble--all complete with mouthwatering photography. At last, the food from your favourite restaurant can be yours at home. Read, cook, relax and enjoy this collection of delicious, accessible and easy-to-follow recipes, for fun dishes inspired by food from around the world. The perfect gift for yourself, and the Earls fans in your life.
This has been a favorite restaurant since my teen years. It has had staying power, I think, because their menu has changed over the years. They are constantly reinventing themselves (but not so often that I can't find favorite meals I long to go back for). One of my current favorites is the Santa Fe Chicken Salad. It's nice to have a recipe so that I don't always have to go to the restaurant to have it. It's also nice to have recipes for some of the old favorites that are no longer on their menu.
I got this cookbook as a Christmas Present and I love it! The very next day after receiving it, I went out and bought the ingredients for the Focaccia bread and Alfredo sauce. Both turned out perfectly. I can't wait to try out more of the recipes, including the warm potato salad and Santa Fe Chicken Salad, both of which are my usual order when I go to Earls.
It's great to find all your faves from throughout the years in this cookbook. The pictures are great. Not all the ingredients are things you would have on hand (which is why you go out to eat) so plan ahead if you are going to make some of them. Recipes are clear and easy to follow.
I waited over three months to finally get a copy of this this cookbook and was so excited, I could hardly stand myself when it finally arrived. The book is beautifully photographed and makes my mouth drool. Earl's restaurants in Canada are an establishment that consistently serves the best quality and delicious menu items, all prepared with a gourmet chef's touch. In over 30 years, I have never once been served a meal that I wasn't happy with; which really says something.
I have already tried two of the recipes, one of them a salad and one a soup; and was floored as to how easy they were to prepare and how delicious they were. Some of the recipes have ingredients that are not too common, such as truffle oil; but I will definitely go out and purchase these items. Some of the recipes also seem quite detailed and time consuming to prepare as well. I am already planning ahead to prepare more of the recipes!
I wish more restaurants would come out with a cookbook; and YES, I still plan on regularly going to Earl's restaurants every chance I get!! A real gem of a book! This is one book that is never going to be loaned to anyone because I fear that it might not be returned to me!