Dear SOS : Favorite Restaurant Recipes

by Rose Dosti

Book Overview

More than 200 recipes selected from the files of "Culinary SOS." The popular recipe request column in the Los Angeles Times. This is the third volume of the Dear SOS series. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883792606
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Los Angeles Times
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 0.9" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

SOS to the rescue!

Although most of the recipes are home versions from restaurants, Santa Barbara to San Diego, CA, there are a dozen or so from other states, as far away as Vermont. The recipes are universally simple and yield very good results. Some of the restaurants are no longer in existence so this book gives you a chance to recreate a favorite. There are also popular recipes from TGIFriday's, Olive Garden, Clifton's Cafeteria, Chili's, El Torito (those great corncakes), Knott's Berry Farm, Lawry's as well as restaurants such as El Cholo, the Border Grill and the like. There is a recipe from the now gone Twin Tower restaurant in NY. The soup section and the salad section are my favorites, although being able to make at home both Ranger Cookies from LAUSD and the Potatoes Romano from the Original Enterprise Fish Co. in Santa Barbara, CA is worth the price of the book! You'll enjoy the selection whether you have eaten at any of these eateries or not.Because these recipes are reader requested, over time they have endured and, just like on the Millionaire (Who Wants to Be), the Ask The Audience lifeline is almost always right on target. So is this book.