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Cook Smart:Camilla's Catering Secrets for Home Cooks


                                   How this Book Is Different
                                    book will appeal to you:
  • Cook Smart is different from other cookbooks in the smart & simple tips I share with you.
  • You know how you want to scream when you try to prepare classic recipes without enough
        tips? This won't happen to you when you use COOK SMART!
  • You'd like to be able to season food perfectly - but just don't know how? You'll find that
        perfect seasoning in the recipes in COOK SMART!
  • You have leftovers that need more flavor to serve for dinner tonight? See the index and
        chapter first pages for quick seasoning references.
  • Wonder how much and what kind of garlic to use? Use fresh garlic my way with Garlic
        Puree on Page 189. Not only will this easy concoction simplify your cooking and enhance
        your seasoning but it is also great for your health. Put a piece of parsley on the plate to
        sweeten your breath!
  • How to make your own beautiful vegetable platters: how to cut those veggies and how to
        make delicious dips.
  • How to dip your own CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES - it's so easy, but there are a
        few things you must do to keep them looking nice.
  • How far ahead can you make your food? I tell you on each recipe how far ahead you may
        prepare it and if you can FREEZE IT! Food freezes beautifully if you know how to do it.
  • How to tell when meat is cooked perfectly every time with the TOUCH TEST FOR MEATS!
  • How to make a MERINGUE without going crazy - it's easy! - but again, there are a few tips
        you'll need to know!
  • Would you like to make BAKLAVA - but think "I could never do that?" You can with the easy
        version in COOK SMART!
  • Serve DINNER PARTIES FIT FOR ROYALTY - easily. I tell you how to do it ahead!
  • MEN love my salads and salad dressings. I think YOU will too.
  • EVERY RECIPE has been served to hundreds or thousands of people in my catering business
        - so you know people are going to like them!
  • The complete index tells you quick reference for ethnic feasts, elegant dinner parties,
        holiday recipes for your family, uses for leftovers, or that one piece of something you'd like
        to use up tonight!
  • The COMPLETE glossary of herbs and spices will de-mystify these for you - and the plant
       and root origins makes for interesting reading.
  • Then there is the GLOSSARY OF SCARY COOKING TERMS - to define terms such as Brulee
        or Béarnaise. And what the "zest" of an orange is.
  • Cook healthy without even thinking much about it using canola & olive oils, garlic puree, using
    de-fatting techniques that are simply all a part of my kitchen in COOK SMART!
    There are no LENGTHY TREATISES on cooking -
  • QUICK REFERENCE PAGES for what to keep on hand
  • SIMPLE KITCHEN TOOLS you probably already have
  • TIPS on what you can freeze to keep on hand
  • a successful PARTY info page
  • 95% of ALL ingredients used in COOK SMART may be purchased at your supermarket
  • Cooks from a beginner to very experienced may use this book with ease
  • SIMPLE COOKING LANGUAGE is used.
  • The EASY RECIPE FORMAT in COOK SMART will allow you to keep your place STEP BY
        STEP and all STEPS are NUMBERED with the ingredients for each step right there!
  • All ingredients are in bold type so you may easily compile a SHOPPING LIST.
  • Just think - a WHOLE BOOK for the cost of ONE COOKING CLASS! I absolutely GUARANTEE
        you'll find this book to be an indispensable asset! Come COOK SMART with me!

    Camilla
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