The Silver Palate Cookbook: 25th Anniversary Edition

by Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins

Book by Lukins, Sheila, Rosso, Julee

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Foodie

452 pages, Hardcover

Published April 28, 2007

About the author

Julee Rosso is an American cook and food writer. In 1977 she and Sheila Lukins opened and ran a gourmet food shop in New York City called The Silver Palate. In the 1980s they wrote The Silver Palate Cookbook, The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, and others. A 25th Anniversary update of the Silver Palate Cookbook was published in 2007.

Reviews

[Julie Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this when it first came out and remember how fresh and trendy and cool it was. I cooked from it interestedly for quite a while and then it gradually slid into being forgotten on the bookshelf. Except for their Strawberry Pavlova which I make fairly regularly. I picked it up recently when my daughter requested chocolate mousse for her birthday. After all, it has a whole section on mousses and I made the Lime Mousse for company all the time.

That prompted me into a slow, enjoyable rereading which reveals that this book is still fairly fresh while still being a window back into 1980s cooking. Also revealed is my change in what I'll take the time and trouble to cook - which used to be dictated much more by laziness and a busy schedule. I'm more willing now to just say, "What the hell," and give things a shot even when I can't tell if we'll like it. Of course, that's because I've learned that we usually do. I'm going to be sampling many recipes from this old favorite in the weeks and months to come.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This cookbook is arranged both by type of meal and individual ingredient. Not only is it full of recipes (though some feel dated), there is a good deal of information about the history of ingredients, best way to shop or grow them, and how dishes are best served, preserved, or prepared. Nice photographs of the finished dishes and ingredients and spices along the way.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have used Julee Rosso other cook books years ago and thoroughly enjoyed them. About six months ago picked up the Silver Palate 25th Edition and have created some wonderful thing and have also returned to some of Rosso's other books on my shelf.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fantastic recipes and I loved the information sidebars everywhere. Probably not the healthiest food in the world, special occasion for the most part, but especially the dessert section was wonderful.

[RF · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another favorite... with some incredible easy recipes- tomato basil linguine, fish elvira...mmmm

[Lorenzo Pilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best carrot cake ever

[Margaret Dee · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was so much fun to find this at the library after so many years. I was given it this year as a Christmas Gift and I love to use it.

[Cheryl Schibley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good - I'm still using this cookbook frequently.

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a revolutionary cookbook at the time it came out and there are things that I make out of it that amazed people at the time