Foodie Friday: The Lazy Gourmet Review and GIVEAWAY!! **ENDED**

 

I love going out to eat because, let’s face it, food is so much better when perfectly prepared by masterful chefs.  The Lazy Gourmet: Magnificent Meals Made Easy by Robin Donovan and Juliana Gallin was written for those who love delicious meals, but don’t have the time or patience to prepare them.  The book was created to prove to the reader that preparing an amazing meal does not mean you have to spend endless hours slaving over the preparations. With the help of volunteer testers who had no culinary experience, Donovan and Gallin created recipes that call for readily available ingredients, use common kitchen appliances, and do not require any training. 

My first thought when I reviewed the recipes was that what the authors consider readily available ingredient and what I consider these to be seem to differ. There were ingredients listed in most recipes that I definitely would not have in my kitchen cupboard and some that I had never even heard of (and I would have no idea where to find in a grocery store). The meals themselves are for mature tastes and there was not much I could find that was family friendly. However, if you like gourmet foods and/or are trying to learn how to cook then you may love this book. 


The following is the organization of the book:
Part 1: The Basics
1 - Party in Your Pantry - provides suggestions for what you should stock in your pantry 
2 - Tips for the Rookie Cooks and Lazy Gourmets - neat section that tells you the difference between common cooking terms such as dicing and slicing and tries to calm anxieties about taking on gourmet recipes
3 - The Lacy Gourmet Toolkit - describes kitchen tools you will need to make some of the meals 
Part 2: The Recipes
4 - Snacks and Starters
5 - Salads
6 - Soups
7 - Sandwiches
8 - Small Plates and Main Dishes
9 - Sides
10 - Condiments, Sauces, and Extras
11 - Desserts 

Buy it here: The Lazy Gourmet: Magnificent Meals Made Easy retails for $15.95 and can be purchase from Amazon for a discounted price. 

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