The Soho Charcuterie Cookbook: Fabulous Food for Entertaining by Francine Scherer and Madeline Poley

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  • ISBN 10 0688002900
  • ISBN 13 9780688002909
  • Published Jul 01 1983
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 272
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher William Morrow
  • Imprint William Morrow & Company

Publishers Text

From the BIG little restaurant in downtown New York, here are festive, unusual dishes selected especially for entertaining at home. THE NEW YORK TIMES restaurant critic, Mimi Sheraton, has called the fabulous food at the Soho Charcuterie part of an "emerging American cuisine". These two talented cooks are making their contribution to the new American style with their own wonderful mix of ethnic and international ideas. It all started with their menus for that great American favorite, Sunday brunch, which made the Soho Charcuterie famous: the best French toast in New York, Black Forest ham quiche, goat cheese and strawberry omelet, brioche stuffed with tarragon chicken, smoked turkey crepes, tuna curry salad, seafood blintzes, homemade duck pate, wild-rice pudding, pumpkin cheesecake. These and many more of their best recipes are collected here to use for every kind of occasion and for parties small, medium, and for a crowd. Elegant food for informal entertaining is the theme of THE SOHO CHARCUTERIE COOKBOOK, which allows a wide range of recipes. There are omelets, soups, sandwiches that couldn't be easier to make. Some recipes in the Charcuterie chapter, however, are major challenges; master just one or two, and your reputation as a cook will be made! Two special features complete this delicious and carefully made book. One is the remarkably succinct and useful chapter on choosing wines to complement your party menus, by Alexis Bespaloff. The other is the forthright chapter on party planning, including sample menus that show how to test whether the menus you plan are practical as well as balance just as they should be. Above all, this is a book by cooks with such feeling for fine and fresh ingredients and originality in using them, you needn't be planning a party at all to want to start cooking from it immediately!