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Hardcover
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
ISBN13: 9780307396457
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Two hundred recipes perfect for dinner when you have a little time—but not all day—to cook. For meals that are meant for sharing with friends and family but created with busy cooks in mind, Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home is a new classic that cooks of all levels will depend on. Whether you're making a Sunday supper or hosting a casual get-together, Martha Stewart has put together 52 diverse menus that make the most of each season's flavors—and the various ways we like to cook as the weather changes.
The menus—featuring starters, main courses, side dishes, and desserts—are cleverly designed with a simple preparation schedule that enables you to plan and cook dinner so that it is on the table in about an hour. Using easy-to-find ingredients from the grocery store or farmers' market (and Martha's helpful tips and shortcut techniques), each meal is fresh and inspiring without demanding too much effort. Examples include:
• Watercress-Cauliflower Soup, Roasted Pork with Sage and Garlic, Braised Fennel and White Beans, Pears with Candied Walnuts and Gorgonzola
• Asparagus-Parmesan Tart, Shrimp in Saffron Broth, Couscous with Golden Raisins, Apricot-Almond Ice Cream Sandwiches
• Roast Chicken Breasts in Creamy Tarragon Sauce, Warm Lentils with Spinach, Caramelized Endive, Poached Pears with Chocolate Sauce
• Avocado and Lemon on Toasted Rustic Bread, Seared Tuna in Tomato-Basil Sauce, Green Beans with Lemon Butter, Peaches in Honey Syrup
Martha has put so much thought into Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home that cooking for family and friends will be something you look forward to doing again and again.
From Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home: Braised Chicken Marsala
Ingredients  - 4 skin-on bone-in chicken thighs (about 1 1/4 pounds)
- 4 chicken drumsticks (about 1 pound)
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 red onions, peeled and quartered through the stem
- 2 plum tomatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 6 sprigs thyme
- 3/4 cup Marsala (sweet Italian fortified wine)
- 1 1/4 cups chicken stock, homemade (see page 260) or low-sodium store-bought
- Sage Polenta
(Serves four) Directions Preheat oven to 400 F. Rinse chicken, pat dry with paper towels, and season both sides with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large, high-sided sauté pan over medium-high. Working in batches, brown chicken on both sides, turning once, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer chicken to a platter; tent loosely with parchment paper, then foil, to keep warm. After all chicken is browned, pour off excess fat. Add onions, tomatoes, and thyme to the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Pour in Marsala; cook until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Return chicken to pan and pour in stock; bring to a simmer. Transfer to oven; cook until chicken is cooked through and tender, about 35 minutes. Transfer chicken to a platter, and cover to keep warm. Skim off excess fat from liquid in pan; simmer liquid over medium-high until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. To serve, divide polenta among shallow bowls and arrange chicken on top; spoon pan sauce over each.
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| looooove Martha |
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Honestly, the woman can't make a bad cookbook. Completely fabulous and accessible. And I love the images.
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| Awesome cookbook but............. |
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This is my first Martha Stewart cookbook and I have loved each of the 9 menu's I've prepared so far. They are NOT quick though and they are definitely not cheap to make. I thought maybe I was a cooking moron, so I was glad to read in the other reviews that others have had the same opinion. It has taken me every bit of 3 hours just to prepare each menu and that's not including time spent shopping for the ingredients! I've had a blast with the menus though and love the cookbook.
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| Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home: 52 Quick Meals to Cook for Family and Friends |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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//Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home// promises quick meals when you don't have "all day." Looking through the table of contents, you may wonder if shrimp in saffron and candied pears could really be considered a quick meal? And quail? Really? ||Indeed, it can be done, and Stewart does it masterfully by planning menus by season, thereby working your food pairings for you, and making sure that all ingredients are readily available--a service she calls "menu planning strategy."
Each season has a potential 10-12 meals which are laid out with descriptive names in that season's introductory page. The book should be used according to this system, which is key to its time-saving effect. As this menu page employs very specific names, the cook can preliminarily choose a meal with ingredients that are already available in the pantry or garden.
Additional features include suggestions on obtaining or substituting ingredients that may be hard to find, a "basics" section for the new cook, and several offerings of culturally coordinated menus--such as Spanish torrijas paired with Strip Steak Chimichurri.
In addition, each plate is beautifully presented, and the heavy hard cover and flat binding are perfect for the kitchen.
Reviewed by Allena Tapia
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| Martha Stewart's Dinner At Home |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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An excellent book by Matha Stewart. My wife loves it and I reap in the benefits of her cooking
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| Great recipes! Love this cookbook!! |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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My family has loved everything I have made out of here so far. I love the variety of different meals. Although there is not a single meal in here that can be made in 1 hour or less.
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