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Title: The Pressured Cook : Over 75 One-Pot Meals In Minutes, Made In Today's 100% Safe Pressure Cookers by Lorna J. Sass ISBN: 0-688-15828-5 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 03 March, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.74 (19 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A little dissapointed
Comment: I was happy and excited to buy this book. Lorna Sass was touted to be the "Mother of Pressure Cooking". Meanwhile, I have not been impressed with a majority of the recipes in her book. Complaints: She uses the weirdest ingredients that are probably available in NYC but not in the suburbs of Boston. Come on, what market DOESN'T stock fresh Swiss Chard? Well, Lorna ... almost no stores stock fresh Swiss Chard. The thing is that going to find all the exotic ingredients is contradictory to the concept of pressure cooking! It is supposed to be fast but if you spend days looking for weird ingredients that's not saving you any time. My other complaint is that that a lot of the recipes just aren't that good. I think she stretches the envelope too much in trying to do crazy stuff and it just doesn't turn out well. I tried the "BBQ Chicken and Corn" and the "Lentils and Swiss Chard". They were both bland an unappealing. There are a few recipes that are good, but they are more basic like the "Pork, Sauerkraut, and Potatoes" recipe.
Rating: 5
Summary: Pressure Free Meals
Comment: I am constantly amazed at how quickly I can put dinner on the table for my family when I use my pressure cooker. And I couldn't do it without this book. Each recipe I try is better than the next - full of flavor and color without a lot of fat or fuss. So often I buy cookbooks that appear great but then I find only a few recipes I truly like. In this book, I've tried more than 2 dozen of the recipes so far, and loved all of them. The minestrone soup is delicious and takes only 4 minutes! I'm happy the book includes a number of recipes for beans - as well as lots of vegetables. The chilies, both The Black Bean Chili With Squash and Corn and Turkey Chili, are family favorites. The lamb stew with white wine, prunes and apricots melts into a luscious sauce to accompany fork-tender lamb (in 16 minutes). Previous to buying this book, my favorite beef stew cooked for almost 3 hours in the oven. The Old-fashioned Beef Stew in The Pressured Cook takes 30 minutes and is so delicious. I could go on and on. I have recommended this book to any friend who buys a new pressure cooker. Having a pressure cooker without this book would be akin to the proverbial ship without a sail.
Rating: 2
Summary: Yuk on the bean recipes!
Comment: Every time I try a recipe and it doesn't turn out, it breaks my heart. I borrowed this cookbook from the library looking for pressure cooker recipes for beans & legumes, but have had nothing but disappointment -- the three dishes I've tried have been bland or downright tasteless:
'Red Lentils with Swiss Chard' -- bland
'Asian Beans with Barley and Bok Choy' -- Yuk!
'Chickpeas in and Eggplant Tahini Suace' -- Yuk!
If you're looking for flavorful bean dishes, search elsewhere...
Side Note: One of the recipes that other reviewers praise, 'Pork Vindaloo' is a modification of a recipe from Madhur Jaffrey's Quick and Easy Indian cooking. I love that cookbook and whole-heartedly recommend it. If you're at all curious about Indian cooking, pick it up... it's why I bought a pressure cooker in the first place.
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Title: Cooking Under Pressure by Lorna J. Sass ISBN: 0688088147 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 01 November, 1989 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Recipes for the Pressure Cooker by Joanna White ISBN: 1558671943 Publisher: Bristol Publishing Enterprises Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The New Pressure Cooker Cookbook by Pat Dailey ISBN: 0809241862 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Pressure Cooker Gourmet: 225 Recipes for Great-Tasting, Long-Simmered Flavors in Just Minutes by Victoria Wise ISBN: 1558322000 Publisher: Harvard Common Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure by Lorna J. Sass ISBN: 0688123260 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 20 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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