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Not Your Mother's Casseroles: member book reviews

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This cookbook. from TheKitchn's Faith Durand, uses a liberal definition of casserole to bring us a wide assortment of baked dishes. I especially like breakfast casseroles, and there is an interesting assortment here.

Many recipes are familiar - e.g. gratins and chicken and rice, while others are quite interesting - e.g. Baked Avacados with Tomato and Crab and Breakfast Barley with Pistachios and Dried Apricots (I haven't tried these yet).

Including a baked dish for your dinner can be quite liberating - freeing up your hands to prepare the other meal's dishes. The wide assortment of recipes means its also easy to find a recipe that will complement your planned meal and that uses ingredients you are likely to have on hand.

My experience has been a bit mixed. Half the recipes I've tried have been unequivocal hits, but we didn't so much care for the other half. That said, a few have already become family favorites (luscious creamed corn and German Apple Pancake), and none of them are fussy (difficult techniques or hard to find ingredients). This is a great addition to my library, and I find myself reaching for it often.

(edited 21st March 2011) report

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