[.ca] Home for Dinner: Fresh Tastes, Quick Techniques, Easy ... (ISBN 0679312242)

Amazon.ca:
Cooks who prepare the tantalizing recipes in Lucy Waverman's Home for Dinner may relax in their own homes while they eat, but they'll experience a world tour of exotic cuisines. Waverman, who is well-known to Canadians through her Globe and Mail column and television appearances, has collected more than 200 recipes ideal for casual entertaining or family dinners. The author emphasizes fresh ingredients, quick techniques, and easy preparation. Dishes range from a modest Yorkshire Sausage Jumble to an elegant French Roast Chicken and sizzling Goan Shrimp. Waverman knows how to make recipes that work: Vietnamese Chicken, for example, is quick to make and splendidly flavoured with a sweet red pepper dipping sauce. Crusty Rice and Lamb Tagine really did--miraculously--unmould from the baking dish into an intensely fragrant golden column. Well-organized chapters include "Appetizers and Soups," "Fish and Seafood," "Poultry," "Meat," "Noodles, Grains and Rice," "Vegetables and Side Dishes," and "Desserts." An intriguing chapter entitled "Slow and Fast" is devoted to the slow food movement which encourages carefully preparing traditional foods and enjoying them over a long, social dinner. While all of the book's recipes are simple even for a novice cook, assembling some of the ingredients may require a trip to a specialty gourmet shop: Items such as Israeli couscous, pomegranate molasses, and red Thai curry paste are not available on every grocer's shelf (although Waverman often offers substitutes). Glossy photographs show the mouth-watering potential of a few recipes, but most of the dishes are not illustrated. Still, it takes little imagination to picture the dreamy confections of Molten Brownie Soufflé and Grilled Bananas with Caramel Sauce. --Carolyn Leitch

A great cookbook!:
I just received Lucy Waverman's new cookbook Home for Dinner via amazon.ca and I think it is a great new cookbook. I am already a fan through her Globe and Mail column and some of her best recipes are included here. The food tastes great and you don't have to spend all day in the kitchen or search for hard to find ingredients to make them. These recipes are good for family, company or taking to a pot luck dinner with a minimum of fuss and effort. Perfect for today's busy cook.

Another Waverman classic!:
I'm proud to say that I own all of Lucy Waverman's cookbooks. Home for Dinner is her newest cookbook and I think, one of her best. The recipies are delicious and remarkably easy to make. They all seem suited to a `sit-down' dinner, but there are some that would be terrific for a buffet. Home for Dinner proves that Lucy is the best!