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Cookbook Reviews
Breakfasts for lovers
By Lu Lockwood
Peregrine Press - 1981
What a pleasure to find a cookbook filled with wonderfully named menus for gourmet breakfasts.
This book has 31 menus, with recipes. They are whimsically titled, too. Among the menus and recipes are: Hawaiian Lovesong with Papaya Champagne and Cheese Stuffed with Many Things; Sleepy Island with Rum Swizzle, Baked Sausage in Crescent French Toast with Maple Syrup; Marriage of Figaro with Marriage of Figaro (burgundy and champagne drink), Angels on Horseback and Tiny Omelettes; Some Like It Hot with Margaritas, Mexican Eggs, Toasted Pita Bread; and April in Paris with Frothy Mocha Frappe, Layer Cake of Crepes, Jams and Cream.
The menus and recipes are all slanted towards romance and the recipes fit the themes remarkably well. And of course, since this is a book about cooking for couples, the recipes all yield two servings.
On each left-side page is a gorgeously detailed drawing that fits the menu theme. The name of the menu is listed in various stylized fonts along with the recipe names. Each menu is done very differently from the others. On the right-side pages, a shopping list of ingredients (without measurements or quantities, so it's not so useful) is listed vertically. To the right of this list are the recipes for the menu. Ingredients are called out within a paragraph or two of instructions and not listed separately. Instructions are clear, simple and straightforward.
While many of the menus sound exotic or gourmet, the recipes really are quite simple and can be put together quite quickly. Most menus include a recipe for an alcoholic beverage.
Book Title: Breakfast for Lovers
Author: Lu Lockwood
Illustrated by: Jill Coykendall Callaway
Category: Breakfast recipes and menus
Number of Recipes: 80 in 31 menus
ISBN: 093361411X
Publisher: Peregrine Press
Publisher address: Old Saybrook, CT
Date published: 1981
Edition: first
Description: softcover
Illustrated: yes
Photographs: no
Pages: 71
Retail price: US$8.95