- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: GOTHAM BOOKS PB; Original edition (Oct 6 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1592405053
- ISBN-13: 978-1592405053
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 19.2 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#271,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #17 in Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Special Occasions > Party Planning
- #30 in Books > Home & Garden > Entertaining > Party Planning
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Product Description
Product Description
The innovative hosts of a hot-ticket underground supper club invite you to crank up your oven, break out the vino, and save the dinner party from extinction
Twice a month, two veterans of the New York food world prepare a big meal in a tiny kitchen, serving heaping plates of spectacular cuisine to twenty diverse people (or more). Friends old and new at their Sunday Night Dinners supper club make spirited conversation while feasting on sumptuous cooking. Never obsessed with perfect place settings or fussy details, Zora O'Neill and Tamara Reynolds instead focus on the practical joys of down-to-earth entertaining at home. In Forking Fantastic, they showcase their very best recipes for making mouthwatering dinners--and for having the time of your life.
With a healthy dose of irreverent attitude and infectious spirit, here Tamara and Zora take the pressure off and encourage us to reclaim the lost art of cooking delectable meals for the masses. Forking Fantastic! includes:
* foolproof, party-tested, delicious menus that are easy to master, each with a "Plan of Attack" for preparing multiple recipes without panic.
* practical tips on everything from shopping and stocking a kitchen to making creative vegetarian substitutions and trussing a whole lamb for spit-roasting
* hard-won advice from the trenches and an inside look at Tamara and Zora's own cooking disasters
Food-forward but always realistic, Tamara and Zora celebrate seasonal, local ingredients while also extolling cornbread mix and the frozen pea. Quirky, funny and fresh, this book arms intimidated cooks everywhere with the courage, confidence and tools they need to have people over for the sake of food and community, not for the prize of being the best hostess on the block. A manifesto for bringing back a time-honored ritual one mind-blowing feast at a time, Forking Fantastic! makes dinner parties rock.
About the Author
Zora O'Neill runs a "NYC Survival Cooking" class and has done her time as a line cook, in such places as Prune in the East Village. She has written for eGullet.org and Gastronomica, and also writes travel guides for Lonely Planet, Moon and Rough Guides. She relates her eating adventures abroad at the long-running blog Roving Gastronome
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic fantastic!,
By Yum Yum (Montreal) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forking Fantastic! (Paperback)
Truly a fabulous find. I laughed out loud at the anecdotes, explanations, and advice. A lot of fun, with delicious, easy to follow recipes. Perfect for people just starting out with cooking and entertaining, but also great for those who are more experienced. Forking Fantastic!
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Practical. Funny. Profane. Awesome.,
By James F. Greer - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Forking Fantastic! (Paperback)
Ok, I've only had this book for 24 hours, so the recipes are not battle-tested, with the exception of a yummy Spanish Tortilla I made with leftovers last night (think frittata, not mexican tortilla). Having said that, I love the spirit of the book. It's aimed at someone who basically never throws a dinner party because of the stress involved. The recipes, shopping tips, etc all emphasize maximum deliciousness with least effort - for instance, it recommends never peeling a vegetable. It correctly identifies the surprising tastiness of frozen peas. I could go on.The pleasure the authors take in a wine-infused, too-many-people-in-a-small-apartment kind of a dinner party is infectious. All in all, if the use of the f-word bothers you, or you want your dinner to look great in photographs, look elsewhere. If you've been meaning to get 8 people over for dinner more often, and want some help, this is just the ticket. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Brazen over-the-top fun! Who can resist?,
By Beverly Mcfarland - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Forking Fantastic! (Paperback)
If you've never considered cooking for another person never mind a group, this book will at least get you fantasizing about the possibility. Even if you rarely cook for yourself, you'll find yourself thinking Hmmm, I could make that... And seasoned cooks? I'm one of those ~ boasting dozens of years of creative cookery ~ yet there were multiple "who knew?" moments for me. These women know what they're talking about and better yet, know how to say it with clarity. And when's the last time you laughed out loud reading a cookbook?Despite the statement that their vision of vegetarianism includes a bacon exception, the authors' vegetable dishes are original and tantalizing ~ and don't actually contain bacon although the recipe for candying it might make you want to. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Laid Back, Delicious Food & Fun!!!!,
By Erin - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Forking Fantastic! (Paperback)
I just got this cookbook last week and am already in love with it -- I love the laid-back, no measurements approach (which is really how you're supposed to cook!), and the no-fuss approach to dining. I've already flagged a bunch of recipes to make for upcoming dinner parties.
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