- Paperback: 132 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books (August 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811845125
- ISBN-13: 978-0811845120
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 18 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
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#287,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #50 in Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Meals > Appetizers
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From Publishers Weekly
Bringing his successful Food Network show, The Surreal Gourmet, to the page, the author of this slim cookbook offers a collection of 50 innovative appetizers with names like Haiku Halibut, Pearls of Wisdom and Byzantine Bruschetta. Perfect for an avant-garde cocktail party or even a Dadaist dinner, these recipes are quirky in presentation but consistently delicious. What could be wrong with a Caesar Teaser, a biteful of classic Caesar salad wedged into a miniature parmesan cup? Or a Samurai Scallop, a sesame-crusted scallop bathing in a soy-based marinade, to be served on a large Chinese spoon? Some of the recipe names try a bit too hard to be cute at the expense of sounding appetizing—Chicken Popsicles, for example, don’t sound the least bit tempting even though they’re simply fried chicken on a stick. But several of the recipes are poetic simplicity, such as Bee Stings, chunks of parmesan drizzled with truffle oil and honey. The author serves each recipe with a sidecar of cloying commentary, listing "Uncommon Goods" instead of hard-to-find ingredients and suggesting "Liquid Assets" instead of appropriate wines and beers. He even goes so far as to suggest appropriate music by which to make each recipe. Is Moby really the right thing to listen to while cooking Bang Bang Drumettes? Perhaps, but even if prepared in Zen-like silence, the recipes in this book would still result in delicious, unconventional treats.
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Bob Blumer breathes new life into party food with 50 creative, wow-inspiring recipes guaranteed to knock the socks off any party guest. Tired of making the same old appetizers for parties? Leave it to Bob Blumer (aka the Surreal Gourmet) to breathe new life into old party food. Bob offers fifty wow-inspiring appetizers complete with tips and techniques for each one, including lists of uncommon ingredients, ways to simplify the dish, difficulty level, prep times, and even suggestions for music to cook by. The recipes read as light-hearted as the party itself: Chinese Snow Cones (chicken salad with ginger vinaigrette in wanton cones); Coconut Shrimp Lollypops (skewered shrimp with an apricot dipping sauce); S'more Shooters (amaretto hot chocolate with roasted marshmallows). Serve a few of these and the guests will be talking about the food all the way home. With ingredients found at most local markets and enticing whimsical presentations, each appetizer is simple enough for most home cooks and memorable enough to become addictive. With the Surreal Gourmet Bites, the food will be the life of the party.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Artist Still Playing With His Food with Amuse-Bouche!, Sep 14 2004
By rodboomboom - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Surreal Gourmet Bites: Showstoppers and Conversation Starters (Paperback)
Teasers as warmup course, or appetizer feast, here is consummate surreal gourmet providing the inspiration with about fifty recipes composing sections on: fish, meat, fowl, veggies, sweets.This continues his strong past of imaginative food with stylish twists of humor and fun with food. Try the likes of: Fish Cakes (salmon cupcakes with dill mashed potato icing); Cocktail Dates (bacon-wrapped parmesan-stuffed dates); Cowboy Cookies (chile-crusted tenderloin between carmelized yam slices); Inside Out BL's (bacon, arugula, and goat cheese sandwiched between fried tomato slices);Knuckle Sandwich (nutella, hazelnuts and sauteed pears on toasted pound cake).
Add to all this suggested menus, brief primer and notes oon frying and advance-prep ingredient handling, and suggested menus.
This is fun food, more lighthearted but serious food as well along the lines of Gale Gand's "Just A Bite" or her partner's Rick Tramonto's "Amuse Bouche."
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT NEW FOODS!, Dec 12 2005
By Donna Giavon - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Surreal Gourmet Bites: Showstoppers and Conversation Starters (Paperback)
I tried the smores shooters, and coconut shrimp popsicles, the sauce on the shrimp popsicles tasted great like something you would get in a resteraunt.I also tried the bang bang drummettes, and the inside out BLTs which tasted great. Living in Colorado I enjoyed the smores shooters as they are a great treat to have before you go snowboarding!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun with food, Feb 17 2006
By CC - Published on Amazon.com
Through my job in the kitchen appliance industry, I was lucky enough to see Bob Blumer do his thing in a very intimate (about 10 people) setting. From the moment he showed up wearing an AC/DC t-shirt and a pair of outrageous chef's pants, I knew this was going to be a lot more fun than the typical Food Network cooking shows(except maybe maybe Giada's Everyday Italian...but that's for different reasons).Besides tasting great, the foods he prepared were just downright funny! He was very personable and had a great sense of humor which is reflected throughout this entire book.
I wasn't going to give this book 5 stars simply because these are just not foods you can prepare on any sort of a regular basis. They are mostly meant to be...for lack of a beeter way to describe it....different. But I reconsidered and gave it 5 stars anyway because it's just so damn funny and so damn original!
If you are going to a party, get-together or anytype of social event where food will be served, and you want your offering to be the talk of the moment...this is the book for you. Even if you're not a great cook or don't do such a hot job preparing these bites, the presentation alone will make you the hit! Check it out!
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