Bon Appetit 30-Minute Main Courses: Over 200 Simple and Sophisticated Recipes

by Bon Appétit Magazine and By The Editors

Book Overview

More than two hundred delicious recipes, none of which take more than thirty minutes of preparation, include a wide range of main course meals, divided into sections on Pasta and Pizza, Poultry,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679442200
• ISBN13: 9780679442202
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Great main dish recipes, and MORE!

This is a great resource for cooks on a tight schedule. The book offers a nice variety of entrees, including a number of excellent vegetarian dishes, and I really appreciate the side dish and dessert suggestions. This is a useful, unique cookbook that would make an appetizing addition to anyone's collection.

I use this cookbook more than any other

I like this cookbook for a number of reasons: the recipes truly take 30 minutes or less TOTAL to prepare (prep and cooking), they use a combination of convenience foods as well as fresh ingredients, and the recipes all make 2 or 4 servings, which shows they were created as entrees for every night, rather than for guests. That said, I have served many of these recipes for guests and they have declared them "gourmet meals". The recipes can usually be doubled, and I've found it fairly easy to cut a "serves 4" recipe in 1/2. In fact, because the recipes are quick to prepare, I often make 1/2 of a "serves 4" recipe twice in one week rather than prepare the whole recipe once and reheating it on another night.

Simple, elegant recipes with complete menu suggestion.

Great cookbook, and simple recipes. Variety of recipes that appeal to everyone's tastes. Perfect gift for anyone who likes to cook and those that don't.

want a GOOD dinner - fast? Great ideas to work with.

I borrowed this book from my sister. We both love to cook and agree that this is a must. Not only are the recipes delicious, but the pictures are most tantalizing. How many times have you decided to eat at home, but you really want to eat within the next hour? This is what you need! The ingredients are basic, and of course you can always substitute in a pinch - but this cookbook will inspire you. I usually play with recipes, but these I want to try true the first time through.

A fabulous, easy cookbook you'll use again & again.

Everyone has cookbooks on their shelves that have maybe 1 or 2 recipes that they use in the entire book. Well, this one breaks that rule. So far, I've made about a dozen recipes. Each recipe I've made has ranged from "good" to "wonderful". Nothing is average - and they all really do take 30 minutes to make! The best part is, there are some really great recipes that I've used for entertaining guests. And they all thought that they were such extravagant meals. Ha.