As always Susie Fishbein put together a wonderful cookbook with lots of insightful ideas and recipes. I love how she shows you how to stock your kitchen, as I am usually one who has to run to the store every day. I also really love how she shows you to transfer leftovers into new meals. There are so many beautiful pictures and each recipe is written out very clear and concise. She definitely is thinking outside the box in this book with interesting and unusual ingredients. She also shows some beautiful plating ideas and concepts, such as always having an odd number on each plate (it's more visually appealing), using white or earth tone dishes to allow the food to really take center stage, and using the same herb that is in the dish as a garnish on top. I also love how she has converted some traditional not kosher recipes (crab cakes and figs and prosciutto) into kosher attainable versions. Susie puts an upscale twist on some classics -(Crustless meat and onion pie, Buffalo chicken salad, and southern fried chicken). She even includes a recipe for chocolate Almond Smooches (Almond kisses!!) which I too remember enjoying as a kid from the chocolate sales. I have tried out a couple recipes so far such as the Gooey Walnut Brownie Pie and the Herb Roasted Baby Peppers. The pie was very easy to make (it uses a Dunkin Heinz mix!!) and tasted pretty good as well. The peppers came out great (I couldn't stop eating them); the roasting brought out the natural sweetness in those yummy peppers. I can't wait to try out more recipes from this unique cookbook.
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