The Cooking Club Cookbook: Six Friends Show You How to Bake, Broil, and Bond

by Lucia Quartararo, Rebecca Gerstung, Cynthia Harris, et al.

Book Overview

The Cooking Club Cookbook is the story of how six friends learned to cook, the meals they created, and the fun they had along the way. Filled with tales of broken broccoli Christmas trees and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375759689
• ISBN13: 9780375759680
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Oh to be the SEVENTH girl!

Witty, charming, well designed, user friendly, and most of all- the recipes are wonderful!As a seasoned NYC home chef, the hardest thing to do is to come up with a recipe that involves little space, little equipment and little time. These six girls not only engage you with their wonderfully witty writing, but have simplified the difficult task of apartment-sized cooking so that anyone can do it and have excellent results.Plus the wonderful photos of the food and of the girls cooking, shopping and dining really does make you feel invited. And the graphic design gets great marks for being as chic as they are!I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of little cooking clubs don't start up because of it! [Word has it that they might be doing another book? Cross your fingers on that bit of gossip!]PS: this would make a great housewarming or hostess gift!

Irrestible read for everyday epicures

As a true "foodie" with more cookbooks than my small dining room shelf can hold, I can highly recommend this book. The book is organized by themes, such as Asian Night or Grill Fare, which are light and fun, yet diverse and focused. The recipes are accessible and intriguing, complete with clever anecdotes of how a club member came up with the recipe or how the group enjoyed noshing it. I thoroughly enjoyed the photography and overall design, definitely full of wonderful colors and varieties of food. The club members focus on food for pleasure not just fuel was refreshing. The Cooking Club Cookbook is a great thin addition to my shelf and will be pulled down often. Enjoy!

NOT JUST FOR GIRLS

I have to admit I was slightly dubious when I recieved not only a cookbook, but a cookbook with five girls on the cover, as a recent gift. The last thing I was going to do, as a guy in my 30's, was start my own cooking club with a bunch of my buddies. My friend explained that the book was being given to me as a last ditch attempt to get me interested in cooking for myself and the amazing thing is... it worked. This is perhaps the most fantastic gift you can get for a male friend, especially one who is stuck in the nightly routine of haunting deli salad bars and hotdog stands for dinner. Surprisingly, every dish in the book is relatively simple to make and will certainly elevate you from guy with a hot plate to guy who can make his own hot sauce...Ironically this THE COOKING CLUB COOKBOOK with five girls on the cover is the one cookbook that every guy should own.

Comaraderie and Cooking - a great combo

I LOVED this cookbook - what could be better than easy and delicious recipies, wonderful ideas for party and dinner themes, and charming, funny text combined with really helpful hints and absolutely gorgeous design? Add lovely, crisp photos and you've got the recipe for a marvelous cookbook for yourself or for gifts. I'm an experienced cook, not a young woman or man just learning - but this charmer seems to have something for everyone. And, if you are just learning -- this is really the ticket.

A must-have...

for home cooks who have high standards for good-tasting food. I have specific criteria for cookbooks that I enjoy using for home cooking and generally have a hard time finding books that meet those expectations. This cookbook exceeds those expectations. It manages to be witty, fun, well-organized with wonderful photos and a great layout, doesn't require that I possess the skills of a Babbo Ristorante chef or that I have direct access to Alice Waters' organic farm for unique ingredients. All this rolled-up into one book! I'm a midwestern gal with coastal dining tastes who looks for cookbooks containing recipes I can make within a reasonable span of time, for a reasonable cost, and whose ingredients I can buy at a grocery store in the middle of nowhere. I highly recommend this book.