Crazy for Casseroles: 275 All-American Hot-Dish Classics

by James Villas

Crazy for Casseroles is the final word on American casseroles. Acclaimed food writer James Villas is a man on a mission, presenting all manner of casseroles from every corner of America that feature meat, poultry, game, seafood, or vegetables, plus appetizer, breakfast, bread, and dessert casseroles. All can be prepared ahead of time and popped in the oven for warm-up, which makes them ideal for entertaining, potluck, or weeknight dinners. They can be simple and homey, like Texas Beef Hash Casserole; No-Nonsense Spinach Casserole; or Sunday Sausage, Apple, and Cheese Strata. But they can also be fancy and fabulous like Venison and Wild Mushroom Bake or Deviled Crabmeat Ramekins.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

James Villas was the food and wine editor of Town & Country magazine for twenty-seven years. His work has also appeared in Esquire, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Saveur, The New York Times, and the Atlantic Monthly, among other publications. Two of his cookbooks have been nominated for a James Beard Award. He has also won a James Beard Award twice for journalism and received Bon Appetit's Food Writer of the Year Award in 2003. James Villas is the author of more than a dozen cookbooks and books on food, including My Mother’s Southern Kitchen and The Glory of Southern Cooking. He lives in East Hampton, New York.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, I've actually counted a cookbook among my Goodreads books! I love casseroles as much as I hate leftovers, but ,curiously, I don't mind eating casserole several times in a row. And that's a good thing because many of these recipes are family sized, and I'm a family of one--well, of the two-legged variety, anyway. I renewed this library copy twice because I wanted to copy recipes on cards (the old fashioned way) and I keep losing and splattering xeroxed sheets. There are great casseroles in this book, and naturally, most of them are more suitable for cold weather. But that just makes the thought of fall and and a dozen or so of these concoctions something to look forward to.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally! A cookbook I am willing to buy.

12/11: I made my first casserole last night using a recipe from this book. Two thumbs up from my husband = success.

[Kelley · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of a handful of cookbooks I randomly grabbed from the library.
I only found a few recipes that did not involve cans of condensed soup or giant hunks of meat, and only one of about three or four that I tried was in my opinion any good.

[Shelly Finn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pretentious and full of recipes I would never make...rabbit? Don't waste your time.