Download or read book Dinner A Love Story written by Jenny Rosenstrach and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by her beloved blog, dinneralovestory.com, Jenny Rosenstrach’s Dinner: A Love Story is many wonderful things: a memoir, a love story, a practical how-to guide for strengthening family bonds by making the most of dinnertime, and a compendium of magnificent, palate-pleasing recipes. Fans of “Pioneer Woman” Ree Drummond, Jessica Seinfeld, Amanda Hesser, Real Simple, and former readers of Cookie magazine will revel in these delectable dishes, and in the unforgettable story of Jenny’s transformation from enthusiastic kitchen novice to family dinnertime doyenne.
Download or read book EASY ROMANTIC DINNER written by Quinn Carter and published by Quinn Carter. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTRODUCTION It's critical to set the tone for your romantic supper. If your dining table is normally well lit, you might make it more sensual by replacing it with candles. Place two candles on tall holders at the table's ends. Flowers can also bring color and provide the proper mood to an ordinary table. At romantic dinners, scents play an important role, inducing a wave of seduction and relaxation. Lavender, tangerine, jasmine, vanilla, and rosewood are some of the scents that are recommended. After you've set the tone, the difficult part begins: preparing dinner. No, you can't order a full meal online and have it delivered to your home; that would detract from the romantic message you're trying to send. Cooking dinner for your partner alone sends the message that he or she is unique because you took the time and effort to prepare dinner and make the evening extra memorable for them. For supper, you should have a complete menu planned, including a beverage, an appetizer, a salad, an entrée, and dessert. Here are a few ideas for things to put on your list. Beverages This is your opportunity to purchase your favorite champagne or wine. If you know what your partner's favorite drink is, go ahead and get it. Because the goal is to avoid getting drunk, you can also have some non-alcoholic fruit drinks. Appetizer An appetizer that includes cheese is a good choice. Small portions of seafood, such as shrimp, are also suggested. It all comes down to how the meal is presented; a splash of red hues, such as tomatoes or red bell pepper, can liven up a simple appetizer and go a far way. Salads You have a wide variety of salad dishes to pick from. Avoid being too adventurous with your salads and stick to the basics like green salads, mixed vegetables, and the like. If you can serve your salads on "fruit" plates, such as the outer layer of avocados, papayas, or coconuts, it will look great. Main Entrée For your main course, try something new. By using a different sauce or spice, you may make ordinary chicken and spaghetti into something extraordinary. Pay attention to what your date orders when you go out to eat and try to recreate his or her favorite restaurant dish. Desserts Dessert ideas include strawberries and cherries covered with chocolate bits. You can also make simple red-embellished biscuits or cakes. Whether it's a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day or to declare eternal love, to celebrate a return or simply the beauty of everyday life, to make an important proposal or announce some good news: no matter what the reason, a dinner for two it is an intimate, exciting, relaxing moment. Nothing like a romantic candlelit meal for two to invigorate a relationship. It can be difficult to decipher the menu. While you want to make something exquisite and seductive, you don't want to spend all of your time doing so. Do you want to celebrate an anniversary or Valentine's Day with a quiet romantic meal for two? Could you need some easy-to-prepare romantic supper recipes that say "I love you"? Then have a look at these romantic supper dishes for two that are both simple and exquisite. Nothing compares to a romantic dinner date between two people you care about. It's a tried-and-true dating idea that works for couples going out for the first time. It can be tweaked to suit the preferences of the two people sharing dinner. Romantic dinner ideas can be incorporated into a relationship by visiting one of the many beautiful restaurants in town or learning to prepare something special that you and your partner enjoy eating at home.
Download or read book The Defined Dish written by Alex Snodgrass and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2019 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gluten-free, dairy-free, and grain-free recipes that sound and look way too delicious to be healthy from The Defined Dish blog, fully endorsed by Whole30.
Download or read book Tasting Rome written by Katie Parla and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love letter from two Americans to their adopted city, Tasting Rome is a showcase of modern dishes influenced by tradition, as well as the rich culture of their surroundings. Even 150 years after unification, Italy is still a divided nation where individual regions are defined by their local cuisine. Each is a mirror of its city’s culture, history, and geography. But cucina romana is the country’s greatest standout. Tasting Rome provides a complete picture of a place that many love, but few know completely. In sharing Rome’s celebrated dishes, street food innovations, and forgotten recipes, journalist Katie Parla and photographer Kristina Gill capture its unique character and reveal its truly evolved food culture—a culmination of 2000 years of history. Their recipes acknowledge the foundations of Roman cuisine and demonstrate how it has transitioned to the variations found today. You’ll delight in the expected classics (cacio e pepe, pollo alla romana, fiore di zucca); the fascinating but largely undocumented Sephardic Jewish cuisine (hraimi con couscous, brodo di pesce, pizzarelle); the authentic and tasty offal (guanciale, simmenthal di coda, insalata di nervitti); and so much more. Studded with narrative features that capture the city’s history and gorgeous photography that highlights both the food and its hidden city, you’ll feel immediately inspired to start tasting Rome in your own kitchen. eBook Bonus Material: Be sure to check out the directory of all of Rome's restaurants mentioned in the book!
Download or read book Romantic At home Dinners written by Nan Booth and published by St. Paul, MN : Brighton Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Couples with children are not likely to have much time for each other--especially romantic time together--unless they plan it. This book offers just such a plan, presenting couples with seasonal menus and mood-setting ideas that emphasize their working together to prepare elegant meals and create a romantic atmosphere at home. The book also suggests various ways in which children can be involved in the preparation and then occupied in other ways to allow time just for parents. (Brighton Publications)
Download or read book A Couple Cooks Pretty Simple Cooking written by Sonja Overhiser and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular husband-and-wife bloggers and podcasters (acouplecooks.com) offer 100 recipes with an emphasis on whole foods and getting into the kitchen together. Pretty Simple Cooking was named one of the best vegetarian cookbooks by Epicurious and best healthy cookbooks of 2018 by Mind Body Green. A love story at its finest, Alex and Sonja Overhiser first fell for each other--and then the kitchen. In a matter of months, the writer-photographer duo went from eating fast and frozen food to regularly cooking vegetarian meals from scratch. Together, the two unraveled a "pretty simple" approach to home cooking that kicks the diet in favor of long-term lifestyle changes. While cooking isn't always easy or quick, it can be pretty simple by finding love in the process. A Couple Cooks | Pretty Simple Cooking is an irresistible combination of spirited writing, nourishing recipes with a Mediterranean flair, and vibrant photography. Dubbed a "vegetarian cookbook for non-vegetarians", it's a beautiful book that's food for thought, at the same time providing real food recipes for eating around the table. The book features: 100 vegetarian recipes, with 75 vegan and 90 gluten-free options A full-color photograph for every recipe Recipes arranged from quickest to more time-consuming 10 life lessons for a sustainably healthy approach to cooking, artfully illustrated with a custom watercolor
Download or read book Dinner The Playbook written by Jenny Rosenstrach and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Three signs you need this book: 1) Chicken fingers qualify as adventurous. (Hey, they’re not nuggets.) 2) You live in fear of the white stuff touching the green stuff. 3) Family dinner? What’s family dinner? When Jenny Rosenstrach’s kids were little, her dinner rotation looked like this: Pasta, Pizza, Pasta, Burgers, Pasta. It made her crazy—not only because of the mind-numbing repetition, but because she loved to cook and missed her prekid, ketchup-free dinners. Her solution? A family adventure: She and her husband, Andy, would cook thirty new dishes in a single month—and her kids would try them all. Was it nuts for two working parents to take on this challenge? Yes. But did it transform family dinner from stressful grind to happy ritual? Completely. Here, Rosenstrach—creator of the beloved blog and book Dinner: A Love Story—shares her story, offering weekly meal plans, tons of organizing tips, and eighty-plus super-simple, kid-vetted recipes. Stuck in a rut? Ready to reboot dinner? Whether you’ve never turned on a stove or you’re just starved for inspiration, this book is your secret weapon. Praise for Dinner: The Playbook “Your hard-to-please crew will wolf down these inventive ways to introduce ‘fancy’ foods. Jenny Rosenstrach created them for her family, and she swears you’ll be shocked by the clean plates. . . . Dinner: The Playbook mixes ‘You can do this’ inspiration, practical planning, and easy recipes [with] hard-earned wisdom for getting a kid-pleasing meal on the table, night after night.”—Redbook “The master of simple, low-stress cooking. You might know her from her blog, Dinner, A Love Story; her new book, Dinner: The Playbook, is full of the same secret strategies for busy women.”—Glamour “Families and novice cooks who accept Rosenstrach’s challenge will definitely find a few ‘keepers’ here.”—Library Journal “Jenny Rosenstrach has truly mastered the art of the happy family dinner. This is the most sensible advice on cooking for kids I’ve ever seen: no gimmicks, no tricks, just practical advice for working parents. I wish this book had been around when my son was small.”—Ruth Reichl “This book is for anyone who loves the promise of a home-cooked dinner but gets bogged down by the day-to-day reality of it: picky kids, picky spouses, the extinction of the nine-to-five workday, and the pressure—oh, the pressure—to get it on the table before everyone collapses into a hangry (hungry + angry) meltdown. Which is to say that this book is for me, me, me. And I bet it’s for you too.”—Deb Perelman, author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook “Well, Jenny Rosenstrach, on the behalf of my whole family, thanks for the most practical—and yet still inspired—cookbook on our shelf. You are singularly responsible for my return to the kitchen.”—Kelly Corrigan, author of Glitter and Glue “Jenny Rosenstrach is warm, wise and a genius when it comes to dinners.”—Joanna Goddard, blogger, A Cup of Jo
Download or read book Romantic Dinners for Date Night Easy Dinner Ideas for Couples written by Walker JOHN and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter how you choose to celebrate Valentine's Day this year, a delicious meal with your valentine is a non-negotiable. Food is the way to the heart, right? Although you can always let someone else do the cooking and take advantage of your local restaurant's specials on February 14, you'll really wow your sweetheart by going the homemade route with one of these Valentine's Day dinner ideas, made to feed two lovebirds.
Download or read book For the Love of the South written by Amber Wilson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named by Garden & Gun as one of the best books of 2018, For the Love of the South captures the essence of Southern culture—a deep devotion to family, friends, and food—in a charming cookbook featuring delicious, comforting recipes, her recollections of growing up on the bayous of Louisiana, and more than 100 full-color and black-and-white photographs. Amber Wilson’s popular blog, For the Love of the South, reflects the generosity, cordiality, and sense of tradition that are the heart of Southern culture. In her engaging posts, she shares personal, entertaining stories about her childhood in the deep South, pays tribute to her heritage, and presents mouthwatering recipes that showcase the best of the region’s cooking, accompanied by gorgeous photos. In this first book, drawn from her popular website, she brings together 100 delectable, accessible, and easy-to-make recipes for Southern classics, and mixes them with delightful family anecdotes, which convey her love and respect for her roots. A terrific cook and captivating writer, Amber is also an accomplished photographer. For the Love of the South showcases 100 of her pictures—both black-and-white and color images of ingredient prep and finished dishes, as well as photos that evoke quintessential Southern life. No matter where in the country you live, no matter if you’ve barely used a stove or are an old hand around the kitchen, Amber teaches you how to master a host of Southern dishes, from starters to desserts. The recipes use inexpensive, readily available ingredients and come with instructive, encouraging directions. Learn to make a roux, perfect the popover, fry okra, lattice a piecrust, and create irresistible gumbos and jambalayas like a true Southerner. From Pain Perdu, Pimento Hushpuppies, Corn Bisque, and Spicy Oven-Roasted Okra to Tomato and Bacon Sandwich with Chipotle Mayonnaise, Nashville Hot Chicken, Cajun Jambalaya, and Bacon-Latticed Apple Pie, there’s something tasty for everyone. Amber offers a pantry-full of time- and money-saving kitchen tips—from storing and freezing bacon to prolonging fresh berries in the fridge, seasoning cast-iron skillets, and making vanilla extract—and provides helpful do-ahead and leftover-saving tips for many recipes as well. Grab a chair, sit down for a spell, and enjoy a taste of Southern life and food with For the Love of the South.
Download or read book Date Night In written by Ashley Rodriguez and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rekindle the romance at home with a weekly date night, one on one, over an absolutely delicious meal for two. Sweethearts, spouses, and parents Ashley and Gabe Rodriguez found themselves deep into marriage and child-rearing when they realized they were missing the connection of their early relationship, and needed to prioritize each other. They instituted a weekly date night at home to sautéroast, mix, dice, and spend time reconnecting over delicious meals like: Crostini with Ricotta, Prosciutto, and Peas Tomato and Fennel Gazpacho with Dungeness Crab Fennel-Crusted Lamb Chops Dulce de Leche and Nectarine Creamsicles Simply carving out time to talk, cook, and eat together can be the relationship-booster you need to keep the spark alive. Just don't forget the cocktail (try a Rhubarb Sour or a Grapefruit 75). Make date night an integral part of your week and woo your partner all over again with food, drink, and sparkling conversation. Packed with tantalizing and delicious recipes, Date Night In is a must-have cookbook for any couple who wants to spice things up with special seasonal meals at home around a table for two.
Download or read book Romantic Dinner Recipes written by Jacob Palmar and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A romantic dinner for two at home is a thrilling idea to most couples. Determining how to accomplish it, what to serve and how to set a romantic ambience is often the hard part. A romantic dinner does not require extravagant food or decorations; only a little creativity, love and planning. A romantic meal with your significant other doesn't require a special occasion. Whether it's an anniversary, birthday, Valentine's Day or just a way to say I love you, a romantic dinner for two is appropriate any time of year. Be creative while cooking up some love for your sweetheart. We have collected the most delicious and best selling recipes from around the world. Enjoy!
Download or read book Once Upon a Chef Weeknight Weekend written by Jennifer Segal and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 70 quick-fix weeknight dinners and 30 luscious weekend recipes that make every day taste extra special, no matter how much time you have to spend in the kitchen—from the beloved bestselling author of Once Upon a Chef. “Jennifer’s recipes are healthy, approachable, and creative. I literally want to make everything from this cookbook!”—Gina Homolka, author of The Skinnytaste Cookbook Jennifer Segal, author of the blog and bestselling cookbook Once Upon a Chef, is known for her foolproof, updated spins on everyday classics. Meticulously tested and crafted with an eye toward both flavor and practicality, Jenn’s recipes hone in on exactly what you feel like making. Here she devotes whole chapters to fan favorites, from Marvelous Meatballs to Chicken Winners, and Breakfast for Dinner to Family Feasts. Whether you decide on sticky-sweet Barbecued Soy and Ginger Chicken Thighs; an enlightened and healthy-ish take on Turkey, Spinach & Cheese Meatballs; Chorizo-Style Burgers; or Brownie Pudding that comes together in under thirty minutes, Jenn has you covered.
Download or read book Cooking with Love for Two written by Yannick Alcorn and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reignite passion and connectivity with a romantic home-cooked meal for two. "Cooking with Love for Two" offers 30 recipes ideal for preparing with your partner to set the mood for an amorous evening. From candles and music to heartfelt gifts, a thoughtfully planned date night shows your dedication to keeping romance alive. But nothing complements that ambiance better than sharing a delicious meal made together, from start to finish. These dishes provide fun, intimate kitchen time that strengthens bonds through collaboration. From lively appetizers to sultry desserts, every step offers flirtatious opportunities. And personalized touches always impress more than takeout ever could. So invite that special someone into the kitchen and flip through these pages. Find inspiration for an evening of culinary foreplay and flirtatious cooperation. The path to pleasure is often paved with food and intimacy.
Download or read book ROMANTIC DINNERS written by Dorothie Laman and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-12 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While we all love a night out, date nights in can be special too. When was the last time you actually hosted a romantic date night dinner for your partner? Instead of pulling those less-than-appetizing leftovers out of the freezer, you can spice up both your plate and your love life without even leaving the house-and cook up your appetites for each other in the process. .With that in mind, this book will share a 5-course inspiring romantic dinner meal to celebrate your special love whether that be on Valentine's Day, anniversary dinners, birthday dinners, engagement dinners. Or just because! For those of us who don't have the chef's touch, it can be intimidating to plan a meal without knowing where to start. But as it turns out, making that extravagant spread isn't as hard as it seems (and it's easier with these awesome but simple recipes!)
Download or read book Romantic Date Night Cookbook written by Amanda David and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-06 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have a special someone in your life, there are several exciting date ideas for the two of you. There are lots of fun and romantic dates you can have from the comfort of your own home, whether you want to snuggle up together for a winter date or have an at-home date. Date night just got a whole lot tastier with these easy, healthy and delicious dinner ideas for two. These romantic dinner date ideas are sure to impress, and these easy meals for two can even be made together. In this Book, You will find lots of easy, delicious and romantic recipes to cook with your lover. Buy Now to get started!
Download or read book A Couples Cookbook written by Rola Oliver and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for a cookbook to help you prepare romantic dinners for two? Don't look any further! This book is jam-packed with recipes for delicious and romantic meals suitable for any night of the week. These pages will inspire you whether you're looking for a cozy home-cooked meal or something a little more unique This cookbook contains meals that will make your significant other swoon and excellent dishes for a dinner party. There is no reason to wait any longer. Get a copy of "A Couples Cookbook," a partner, and start cooking!
Download or read book 50 Romantic Dinner for Two Recipes for Home written by Kelly Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
