Books by Barbara Kafka and Complete Book Reviews
Barbara Kafka, Author William Morrow & Company $25 (575p) ISBN 978-0-688-06843-1
Kafka focuses here on producing interesting, pleasing dishes rather than on teaching readers how to operate their new microwave ovens. Microwaved classics like sauce espagnole may raise conservative eyebrows, but she is, by and large, successful in...
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Barbara Kafka, Author, Maria Robledo, Author William Morrow Cookbooks $29.95 (464p) ISBN 978-0-688-13135-7
The first hairy hominid who discovered that fire rewarded the successful hunter with sublime pleasures of taste and smell could not have foreseen that that first rack of mammoth's rib might lead to Kafka's King Mackerel with Jalapeno Lime Sauce....
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Barbara Kafka, Author, Gentl and Hyers, Photographer Artisan Publishers $35 (464p) ISBN 978-1-57965-125-1
Kafka (Roasting: A Simple Art; The James Beard Celebration Cookbook, ed.) is known for her strong opinions and thorough probing of her subjects, and this encyclopedia of soup lore and nearly 300 recipes follows that pattern. The recipes are terrific.
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Barbara Kafka, Author, Tom Eckerle, Photographer William Morrow Cookbooks $27 (323p) ISBN 978-0-688-11184-7
Kafka ( The Opinionated Palate ) here combines her talents for creating original recipes with good old common sense. This is a very practical guide to home entertaining (in our teetotaling times) when cocktail parties, as she writes, might be better
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Barbara Kafka, Author, Christina Cornish, Photographer, Christopher Styler, With with Christopher Styler. Artisan $35 (708p) ISBN 978-1-57965-168-8
Kafka, a 20-year veteran cookbook writer whose credits include Roasting: A Simple Art
and Soup: A Way of Life
, allows vegetables to take center stage in this encyclopedic tome. Her collection of inspired recipes isn't about vegetarianism; many
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