Breakfast and Brunch Book Cookbook

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Description: Chocolate Chip Croissants, Banana Walnut Pancakes, Stuffed French Toast, Eggs Neptune with Orange Hollandaise, and Mixed Mushroom Frittata -- these are but a few of the dishes in the Breakfast & Brunch Book cookbook that make the morning meal worth waking up for.  Too many of us start the day with a blab breakfast of bacon and eggs or a cold cereal that is nutritionally sound but leaves us craving more. That's why food enthusiast and author Norman Kolpas has written this quintessential guide to getting the most out of your morning meal, whether you take it alone, with your family, or you are entertaining a group of friends at brunch. 

Breakfast & Brunch Basics will guide you through the myriad foods that make up fabulous morning meals and their quick and easy preparation. Brimming with more than 100 tantalizing recipes, simple preparation tips, whimsical quotations about food, and fantastic photographs, this section features chapters on fruits and juices; cereals and grains; muffins, biscuits, breads and spreads; pancakes, waffles and French toast; eggs; meats, poultry, and seafood; vegetables; dairy products; and hot drinks. Here are answers to such puzzles as how to get the freshest juice, how to make your own, better-than-store-bought, filled croissants, how to stuff French toast with everything from cream cheese and jam to peanut butter and bacon, how to create perfectly poached or scrambled eggs, how to make your own sausages, and how to brew a cup of coffee or tea that will start your day deliciously. Recipes such as Cinnamon Pecan Toast with Spiced Orange Honey Butter; California Scramble flavored with Monterey Jack, tomato salsa, and sour cream; elegant Cheese Blintzes; and Hash Brown Potatoes Gratinee round out this first section. 

Next, turn to Table Settings for guidance in making any breakfast or brunch as spectacular looking as it tastes. Then, the last section, Breakfast & Brunch Menus & Recipes brings all of it together with wonderful and exciting menu suggestions and more recipes. There are menus for special moments such as a family breakfast for four featuring Scrambled Eggs with Five Cheeses and a children's breakfast party for eight with Chocolate Chip Animal-Shaped Pancakes that grownups will enjoy as well. Or, if you're in a more international frame of mind, there is the hearty British breakfast of Mixed Grill with Fried Bread and Creamed Kippers for eight or the Italian-style breakfast for four, featuring Breakfast Pasta. 

"Breakfast & Brunch Menus by the Season" will take you through the year with such dishes as Hangtown Fry, Asparagus and Fines Herbes Frittata, or Sweet Corn Pancakes. And "Holiday Breakfasts & Brunches" has plenty of ideas for celebrating those special days in new ways. "Brunches From Four Great Restaurants" completes the collection with menus and recipes from the superb chefs of the Ritz-Carlton of Boston, Arnaud's of New Orleans, Michael's of Los Angeles, and the Four Seasons of New York City. 

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Condition: Bookboards and interior pages are in very nice condition. Dust jacket's top edge has minor shelf wear.