The first-ever Twitter cookbook filled with 1000 recipes for great eats and special tweats... The New York Times called tweeted recipes quite possibly the "first great recipe innovation in 200 years" then crowned microblogger Maureen Evans the queen of the genre. This talented home cook has a knack for boiling down recipes to their essence: every single step and ingredient is condensed to Twitter's maximum of 140 characters or fewer, and not a single keystroke more. Eat Tweet the first ever Twitter book of recipes is like a shorthand sous-chef. Part of the fun lies in decoding the author's clever recipe tweets, each one a model of clarity and usefulness. But this one-stop compendium of curated recipes and food ideas is so much more. There are recipes from around the world, from Kashgar Noodles to Biscotti, as well as homey favorites like Garlic Chicken and Chocolate. In addition, Eat Tweet contains kitchen tips and techniques (also 140 characters max) and a lexicon for translating Twitterese cooking terms like s+p (salt and pepper) and tst (toasted). From Lemon Lentil Soup to Pumpkin Pie, it's like a shelf of cookbooks in one tasty volume.
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Maureen Evans is a prolific amateur cook and traveler who tweets recipes from around the world to her thousands of followers on Twitter. When not cooking or tweeting, this Canadian native can be found studying for her master's in creative writing at Queen's University, Belfast. She lives with her partner, Blaine Cook, who was the lead programmer on Twitter.
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By Sios
Format:Paperback
What a sweet little nugget! I bought this book for the recipes, and because I've followed @cookbook for ages -- but the parts I actually love most are the poetic interludes that lead into each chapter. They're gorgeous! I'm glad she's so young -- maybe she'll write more.
Other favourite things about this book:
- Diversity of recipes -- they come from all over.
- Buying recommendations -- how to choose fruits and vegetables, and how to keep them.
- The "tips" are actually tip-worthy and thoughtful.
- The menus are lovely, and inspiring.
- The index works (hooray for a good index!)
- No photos for comparison -- so however I make things is always plenty good enough.
My only gripe is with the book's binding, that it's not made to sit open on my counter while I cook. Fortunately, these recipes are so short that to copy one out is hardly a hassle.
People who enjoy this cookbook might also appreciate Rozanne Gold's "Recipes 1-2-3" -- lame title but lovely book. Doesn't hold a candle to Evans' simple poetry, though, and I wish more poets would write cookbooks.
Other favourite things about this book:
- Diversity of recipes -- they come from all over.
- Buying recommendations -- how to choose fruits and vegetables, and how to keep them.
- The "tips" are actually tip-worthy and thoughtful.
- The menus are lovely, and inspiring.
- The index works (hooray for a good index!)
- No photos for comparison -- so however I make things is always plenty good enough.
My only gripe is with the book's binding, that it's not made to sit open on my counter while I cook. Fortunately, these recipes are so short that to copy one out is hardly a hassle.
People who enjoy this cookbook might also appreciate Rozanne Gold's "Recipes 1-2-3" -- lame title but lovely book. Doesn't hold a candle to Evans' simple poetry, though, and I wish more poets would write cookbooks.
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Easy to follow recipes in bite size 140 character tweets
Oct 31 2010
By Rabble
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I got a copy of this book as a gift. It's great, i like twitter, and thinking about how to be concise.
The author has taken recipes, lots of them, over 1000, and wrote them in the shortest form possible. I thought it'd be hard to decode, figure out how to translate the short hand in to food on the table. There's a guide, but i didn't need it.
There's a game you can do with it, pick a recipe you have no idea what it'll look like, follow the discussions, and cook it. Then compare the food as you eat it with the wikipedia page about the dish.
Eat Tweet's a great gift for the tech savvy chef.
The author has taken recipes, lots of them, over 1000, and wrote them in the shortest form possible. I thought it'd be hard to decode, figure out how to translate the short hand in to food on the table. There's a guide, but i didn't need it.
There's a game you can do with it, pick a recipe you have no idea what it'll look like, follow the discussions, and cook it. Then compare the food as you eat it with the wikipedia page about the dish.
Eat Tweet's a great gift for the tech savvy chef.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Travel Size
Jan 25 2013
By Nancy Branham
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I haven't used it yet but its nice and travel sized… convenient for a college student with little storage space.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun book
Feb 7 2011
By Bill Calamita
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is an imaginative and fun book. I gave it to a friend for Christmas and he got a laugh out of it, although I don't think he's actually tweeted any recipies from it.
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