Get Saucy : Make Dinner a New Way Every Day with Simple Sauces, Marinades, Dressings, Glazes, Pestos, Pasta Sauces, Salsas, and More

From Publishers Weekly
Parisi, a chef and writer for Food & Wine magazine, goes far beyond garden variety ketchup- and barbecue-based sauces in this compendium of flavorful recipes. Though she includes versions of those too, the bulk of her book is taken up by more unusual vinaigrettes, pestos and dessert sauces. She takes her inspiration from all over the world, showing that the French don't have a monopoly on inspired flavor combinations. On a two-page spread, recipes for marinades from Turkey, Tuscany, Vietnam and Latin America appear, all giving simple takes on ways to spice up various meats. Most of the ingredients are readily available, with the exception of a few Middle Eastern and Asian specialty items, and the instructions are easy to follow, though they do require some cooking knowledge, particularly for main-dish recipes like Turkey with Roasted Shallot-Teriyaki Gravy. Parisi introduces each recipe with a short note about appropriate ways to serve the sauce or tips on preparation; other helpful hints pop up in boxes throughout, addressing such dilemmas as how to keep gravy warm and lump-free or how best to freeze pesto. Cooks who want to take their meals to another level without learning a whole new repertoire of full-fledged dishes will find this book to be a great resource. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Book Description
Home cooks of all skill levels can dress up everyday dinner with these 500 sensational recipes. Get Saucy revisits all the classics and creates even more brand-new ones. It's an indispensable kitchen aid.


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"Get Saucy is bursting with simple yet flavorful recipes that you can use to inject variety into dinner every night of the week. This comprehensive and contemporary collection of 500 sauce recipes covers them all, from Alfredo to zabaglione, from Asian dipping sauces to Southwestern salsas." "Whether it's a simple vinaigrette or stock-based sauce or something more indulgent, nothing enhances, enlivens, and enriches a dish like a delicious sauce, and Get Saucy is packed with creative ways to use sauces to dress up and vary your meals. And best of all, these sauces are a healthful yet convenient alternative to preservative- and sodium-laden commercial sauces and dressings." Each of the recipes in Get Saucy offers specific suggestions for using that sauce. And when you need a new recipe idea fast, check out the special index that lists every sauce according to what it pairs well with, be it meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, vegetables, noodles, or another meal staple.


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