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This may be my favorite cookbook to date! Emeril’instructions are easy to follw and the overal layout of the recipes are perfect. Great selection of my favorites (I’ve eaten there many times) and beautiful photos of many of the recipes. Emeril also did an amazing job of sharing stories and the history of the restaurant and dishes. Great read. So very impressed with this cookbook-so happy I discovered it! Many thanks Emeril Lagasse
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That first guy, davepearson, that rated this book low ought'a be ashamed. He didn't talk about the book at all, gave it a 1 rating, all because he didn't get his book from the seller. That is a buyer-seller issue. Reading is Fundamental, this is a review section for the book, NOT a complaint section. Unfortunately his score now affects the over-all rating of this awesome book! We are impressed, my wife and I have bought several cookbooks over the years and this one surpasses most if not all of them. Professional and yet personal in content, there are numerous recipes for soups, salads, brunches, seafood, poultry, side dishes, meats, sweets, cocktails and libations with easy to read recipes all backed up by full page COLOR photos. Even the most inexperienced cook ~ yours truly ~ can follow and fix these recipes without much difficulty and end up with mouth watering food that will curl your toes, make you smile REAL BIG and make you say, "Mmmmmmmmmm, that's so GOOOOOOD! Talk about turning it up another notch! My wife said that usually there is only one or two recipes in any given cookbook that she is normally interested in, that's mainly why she buys them but doesn't like spending the money for just 1 or 2 recipes, but in this book she has found several that she likes and said that the money spent was worth it, especially the dessert section! There is a short history of the restaurant itself from it's origin in 1820 to the one presently located in New York, there is a short tribute to the old Delmonico cooks, and a thank you section for all that contributed in the making of this book by Emeril himself that really adds a personal quality to the content of this book. This book was not something that was thrown together at the last minute that had Emeril's name attached to it so that it would sell, it is really something special that came together during it's making that I am sure you will see if you buy one. It's in hardback so that it can take a beating in the kitchen while recipes are being made. My wife says that it's also good for running your husband out of the kitchen while things are cooking! I am a mediocre cook at best, however, when I am armed with this book while I'm cooking, I really do feel super and I have a lot more confidence than I normally do! My wife is the master cook of the family and she loves it and recommends it, I think that it is safe to say that you probably won't be disappointed if you buy it. If you're still not sold on this book then I encourage you to go to one of the retail book sellers in your area to look at the book and check it out for yourself in their store. That way you don't have to spend any money. Thanks for letting me share!Read full review
The book is in really great shape.
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This book is not difficult to read at all. It is full of interesting stories to go with some of the interesting recipes. Not for poor people? Where was that in the title? Haha.....be real. Emeril makes delicious food that is very affordable to most of us......unless we are living in a box somewhere. I loved every inch of this cook book and have made serveral of the dishes for my family...like the chicken and smoked sausage gumbo, overstuffed, twice baked potatoes(YUM) balsamic brown sugar vinaigrette is awesome on a light green salad..... and his special lemon meringue pie that my husband loved.
In my opinion this book contians some of Emerils recipes that are more on the 'fancy' side but with the ever present endearing Cajun / Southern flair! The recipes are from his 'Delmonico' Restaurant. For example: 'Hickory Roasted Duck with White Cheddar Grits, Collard Greens and Dried Cherry Cane Syrup Reduction', and 'Crab Meat Imperial'. Gotta love Emeril, he's one of the best!
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