Just One Pot or The Houston Junior League Cookbook

Just One Pot: Over 320 Simple and Delicious Recipes, from Hearty Stews to Tasty Tangines

Author: Readers Digest Editors

From tasty, well-loved favorites like soups and pastas to more exotic creations like risottos and tagines, Just One Pot brings you an impressive repertoire of delicious recipes from around the globe. Each of the more than 300-plus recipes is prepared in a single pot and then cooked in the oven, on the stove, or in a slow cooker. No matter what the occasion, Just One Pot lets you move easily from pot to plate to serve hearty and tasty dishes your family will ask you to make again and again.

Ginny Wolter - Library Journal

As with Reader's Digest's other how-to books, its cooking titles aim to offer basic knowledge on a particular topic. Accordingly, this guide to one-pot cooking features delicious, easy-to-follow recipes for soups, stews, stir fries, chilies, and casseroles drawn from a variety of cuisines. Ingredients are easily found at most American supermarkets. Readers will not encounter much beyond the recipes, although a few explanations of technique and particular ingredients are scattered throughout. From Chicken Chili to Aduki Bean Soup to Coq au Vin, there are dishes for cooks who are interested in trying the various mutations of one-pot cooking, and they should find much to like and explore in this book. Recommended for public as well as some special libraries.

Table of Contents:

Introduction     9
Soup Pot: Soups and Chowders     10
Fry Pot: Stir-Fries, Sautes, Risottos, and Paellas     62
Stew Pot: Stews, Tagines, Curries, and Chilis     100
Boiling Pot: Vegetable and Meat Dishes, Polenta, and Pastas     160
Oven Pot: Casseroles, Dutch Ovens, Gratins, and Roasts     180
Tabletop Pot: Slow-Cooker Soups and Stews, and Fondues     224
Index     252

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The Houston Junior League Cookbook

Author: Junior League of Houston

This classic cookbook has been a necessity for Texas chefs for 30 years. There are more than 1,500 recipes, including sections on Gulf Coast cooking, Tex Mex, and wild game dishes. This pantry cookbook is one that no cook should be without.