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Top Chef The Cookbook

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Top Chef: The Cookbook By the creators of Top Chef Foreword by Tom Colicchio"Top Chef presents the official companion cookbook to the No. 1 rated food show on cable television! Featuring 100 fabulous recipes from the first three seasons of the show, inclu

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Date: 2008-06-30
Really Nice Book
My son got me this book for Mother's Day. I took it into work to share with my other Top Chef fans and didn't see it for a month. We all loved it. It was very interesting to be behind the scenes of the show. I've tried some of the recipes and feel that I had to take creative license in preparing them. Zahtar? Not available in Tucson, Arizona. Would a teaspoon of it make a difference in taste? I have no idea. That's what I mean. But it's all good fun and if you are a TC fan, buy the book.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-24
TOO MUCH CHEF INFO TOO LITTLE RECIPES
I think my "title" tells you what I think of this book. I really had no interest in the fluff, on competeing chefs. The dishes that were created sparked my wish to settle in and try a few of these wonders. Sorry, it did not give me the desire.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-24
Great gift for die hard fans!
I bought this for a friend who is a die hard fan. He loves the book and said he actually liked reading the behind the scene "tid bits" just as much if not more than reading the recipes.

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-18
Not a review, just a question
Are there any recipes in this book that aren't available on the Bravo website?

If not, why should I buy the book?

Rating:
Date: 2008-06-15
Amazing recipes
I'm a huge Top Chef fan and was super excited to get this book. So far, I've made Harold's Duo of Beef and Dave's Truffle Mac and Cheese with Cognac cream (both from season one). Both turned about amazingly. There are very minor omissions in some of the recipes (i.e., the recipe tells you to bake the mac and cheese for ~20 mins, but omits any mention of temperature) which are easy enough for the more experienced home cook to figure out. I probably wouldn't suggest this to a newer cook, as some of the recipes are a bit intimidating, but totally worth the effort.

In summary:
Pros - delicious recipes, plenty of pictures of finished product
Cons - some recipes lack detail and may be a little difficult for a beginning chef and there is a LOT of space wasted talking about the different seasons and recapping every. single. challenge. (elimination and quickfire)

At the end of the day, the quality of the recipes makes up for any other deficiencies. I'd rate this 4.5 stars overall.

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