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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Hope Fox 610-527-3626 hope@impressforless.com Impress for Less! Finally...Terrific Recipes from the Finest Restaurants You Can Really Make at HomeBy Hope Fox With Beth D'Addono Finally... there is an effortless way for home cooks to prepare fabulous meals from the nation's top restaurants for less time, less money and less aggravation ~ just by going to the local supermarket. Millions of diners who have tried to re-create a dish from one of their favorite restaurants, but found themselves lost and defeated because of difficult recipe techniques and hard-to-find ingredients, now have hope. New author, Hope Fox, brings more than 100 recipes from the country's best restaurants into the home kitchen in her debut book, Impress for Less! Finally... Terrific Recipes from the Finest Restaurants You Can Really Make at Home (John Wiley & Sons, $18.95; August 2007). These recipes are streamlined and simplified for the basic home cook, but terrific enough to satisfy the fussiest gourmet. In Impress for Less!, Hope takes signature dishes from the menus of such revered eateries as: Jean Georges in New York, Lucques in Los Angeles, Mary Elaine's at the Phoenician in Phoenix and Commander's Palace in New Orleans, and creates simple, yet impressive home cook versions. She worked with culinary superstars, like Rick Bayless, Suzanne Goin and Joel Antunes, to transform their dishes and give home chefs the inside scoop on how to make them with basic kitchen skills. Impress for Less! includes main dishes along with starters, soups and sides for a full dining experience. Among the impressive re-creations are:
Impress for Less! is more than just a cookbook. It gives home chefs options to prepare meals in whatever way they choose. On every page, there are special short cuts, tips and tricks, and other helpful hints, including:
There also is a food dictionary to look up ingredients and terminology that are difficult to understand. Impress for Less! is a comprehensive culinary resource guide that home chefs can reach for even when making other recipes. "Impress for Less! is a cookbook that you will use time and time again," says Hope. "It's like your best friend in the kitchen that shows you step-by-step how to effortlessly and easily make a 5-star meal right in your own home."
Hope also is an avid cook, fervent entertainer and regular restaurant patron. For more than 30 years, she has been entertaining with a generous yet simple approach, making any occasion ~ from birthdays to holidays to afternoon summer picnics ~ inviting and memorable. She is dedicated to sharing the lesson that her mother and grandmother instilled in her: to entertain with a full heart and cook with love. Hope is developing an Impress for Less! television show, which debuted in the Philadelphia market in spring 2007. Related Attachments
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