Choosing Sides: From Holidays to Every Day, 130 Delicious Recipes to Make the Meal by Tara Mataraza Desmond

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    • Ingredients: pears; ham; Gruyère cheese; store-cupboard ingredients
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  • Chipotle black beans

    • swegener on February 17, 2015

      Good, but I increased the amount of chipolte.

  • Broccoli sesame crunch

    • intrepidcook on July 04, 2023

      Very tasty. Used white miso and mixed nuts that included lots of cashews (I didn’t have just cashews on hand). Doubled the amount of sauce. A nice balance of textures and sauce.

    • wkhull on December 19, 2023

      I preferred this hot vs. salad. When making again, will adapt the recipe to blanch the broccoli at the end.

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Reviews about this book

  • Huffington Post by Jamie Schler

    Best cookbooks of 2015: ...thank heavens...for gathering together 130 mouthwatering side dish recipes in one cookbook! Your plain mashed potatoes, although comforting and good, will pale in comparison

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  • Food52

    5 Questions with Tara Mataraza Desmond

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  • Serious Eats

    Desmond manages to tread the fine line between creative and realistic recipes with ease.

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  • Register-Guard

    “Choosing Sides” is the answer to what else to make. It may even have you thinking about the sides first, then deciding what main dish will go with them.

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  • Cristi's Reviews

    I was excited to find this book devoted to the lesser focused on side dish. I was even happier when I saw the vast array of recipes. Meals will never get boring with just this one book.

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  • Appetite for Books

    Some cookbooks are hard to review…because I can’t stop cooking from them... I'd flip through for inspiration. And as I’m flipping through I stick on a recipe that sounds too good to pass-by.

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  • Lisa Is Cooking

    I love that...the dishes incorporate a good variety of vegetables, mix together different textures with grains and nuts, and keep flavors bright and interesting with herbs and fresh dressings.

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  • Yum.Fi

    In all this colourful, energetic book gives you 130 different recipes that it claims will “make the meal” – in reality it gives you a nearly limitless set of tools and further inspiration...

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  • Kitchn

    This book comes packed with ideas for side dishes of every sort — some feel as familiar and loved as a favorite shirt while others will shake you out of a rut with their inventive riffs.

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  • ISBN 10 1449427111
  • ISBN 13 9781449427115
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  • Published Sep 10 2013
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 240
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Imprint Andrews McMeel Publishing

Publishers Text

"Choosing Sides" includes 130 fabulous recipes for side dishes to complement any entree and complete meals for every occasion.

"Here's a cookbook you'll pull from the shelf every time you ask yourself, 'What should I serve with this?' Tara Mataraza Desmond has written an inspired and creative cookbook dedicated entirely to side dishes. Accessorizing the main element of the meal, whether for a weeknight dinner, family get-together, or holiday feast, needs to be artful, nourishing, and practical. Choosing Sides brings excitement to every meal with these innovative and contemporary side dishes."

--Diane Morgan, author of "Roots: The Definitive Compendium"

"This is an extraordinary collection, able to turn anyone who can roast a chicken or grill a lamb chop into a top chef. Nobody needs another recipe for meatloaf, but accompany your old standby with the likes of Smoked Gouda Grits and Red Grape and Bacon Salad (easy to throw together while the meatloaf is in the oven), and I guarantee your best friend's other best friends will cringe with jealousy."

--Andrew Schloss, author of "Art of the Slow Cooker" and "Cooking Slow: Recipes for Slowing Down and Cooking More"

"Oh, to be an entree surrounded by Tara Mataraza Desmond's flavorful, colorful, vibrant sides! In Choosing Sides, Tara offers a modern spin on the humble, oft-neglected accompaniment. Her Chorizo Chard; Blood Orange Wild Rice; and Persimmon, Pomegranate, and Pistachio Salad are but three examples for how to turn supporting players into shining culinary stars. Tara can fill my plate any day."

--Cheryl Sternman Rule, author of "Ripe: A Fresh, Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables"

Choosing Sides, a cookbook devoted entirely to side dishes, honors the standards and offers fresh ideas for new favorites. It capitalizes on our obsession with accessorizing meals using quality ingredients in inspired, varied, and memorable recipes. Every recipe offers multiple entree suggestions and helps cooks design an entire meal. Instead of tagging bland afterthoughts on your plate at the last minute, you can create exciting combinations.

The chapters offer a range of recipes for broad appeal, crossing cuisines, techniques, and complexity. You'll find recipes for breakfast, intimate gatherings, picnics, holidays, and more. Coconut Cilantro Toasted Israeli Couscous, Pumpkin Cozy Rolls, Honey Balsamic Peaches and Burrata, and Sesame Braised Bok Choy are just a few. A helpful chart, organized by main entree, gives you a quick look at what to serve with chicken, beef, fish, and the like. Choosing Sides is a singular source for answering the mealtime question, "What should I serve with this?""

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