Book Description
The concept that change can happen in sudden and profound leaps is at the core of Mapes' energetic new book. This user-friendly guide to mastering the mind will help you make quantum leaps in personal growth in terms of defining your vision and developing a personal road map. Strategies, insights and practical exercises will help you build a personal support system and develop high-performance teams.
You can survive change and feel good about it.
Customer Reviews:
Insightful!.......2005-10-03
Although James J. Mapes's self-help book is stronger than average and includes some colorful stories from the author's life, it offers essentially predictable advice. Mapes uses the physics metaphor of quantum mechanics creatively, to show how you can make major life improvements, freeing yourself from the fear and inertia that may have held you back in the past. An actor, clinical hypnotist and corporate speaker, Mapes also includes a valuable section on how to encourage better teamwork. The material on visualization is strong, and we recommend the volume to both self-help devotees and newcomers.
Best book on the subject and may................2004-12-14
Tony Robbins and Zig Ziglar right behind. This book is intended to improve Your Self -Steem, -Knoledge and -Confidence to its very roots. As you realize that to be true, it will become mandatory as a reading.
How Much of an Expert is he Really?.......2004-05-05
I bought this book and then did some background checking on the author. Seems Mapes's PhD is from a "diploma mill" - a phony and now defunct outfit that purported to be "San Moritz University," but is really just a printing shop. In fact, San Moritz is one of a group of unaccredited "universities," many of which were closed in an ongoing effort by the FTC. Since San Moritz claimed a UK address, it is not a recognised body as described by the UK Education Reform Act either. San Moritz was famous for giving out academic qualifications, transcripts and phoney reference letters to anyone, sight unseen, just for a few bucks. Do a Google search on San Moritz University, and you will see what I mean :-).
Not an ordinary self-help book.......2004-02-22
This is a book that can be viewed as two complementary ways:
1) It is a summary of a lot of ideas from a great number of other self-help books. It adds valuable quotes and phrases from other books, and tries to make a unified view from suc different subjects and areas as NLP or (Neuro Linguistic Procesing) to Yoga, self-meditation and even hipnosis.
2) The author creates theorems (valid truths) that can help you realize how you can relax and see your life more transparently, like if you were seeing yourself through the eyes of another person. He creates 14 steps to accomplish this - so that you can gradually become more daring and more self-controlled at the same time.
This is a book that is not a revelation... Far from that.
However is a good reading and can help anyone to get a different view of themselves, guiding you to get a more fullfilling life, and become happier with themselves, by changing somethings or by letting you know how to stop and just relaize how you are doing today.
You Create a Reality That Adaps to Your Point of View!.......1998-06-15
The principles of quantum physics (and all of its 'relations') has finally made its way into the realm of human behavior and thinking through the easy to read and apply book by Mapes. This book will appeal to those whose center of control is located within themselves. For those with a center of control external to themselves, or those with a locus in reciprocity--as in the form of some 'System', i.e., ...isms of any nature, or formal religions, it would be more of a struggle. Precisely because 'You create a reality that adapts to your point of view', is a fundamental principle on which the universe is based. Challenging to some, breathtaking to others, this is fundamentally one of the finest books to ever spell out the functioning of human behavior based on a taking of personal responsibility. A 21st Century jump-start!
Book Description
Because we all face challenges that have never arisen before, we need to meet those challenges with creative thought, foresight and innovtion. In Quantum Thinking, discover how to bring out creativity and identify the traits that creative thinkers possess. also, learn powerful steps to creative planning and problem solving.
Book Description
Note-taking can not only help you understand and remember valuable information; but it can also help you generate fresh ideas, organize thughts, spark creativity, and overcome memtal blocks. In Quantum Notes, understand the benefits and how to use Mind Mapping, mindscapes, and Notes TM.
Customer Reviews:
Quantum Notes- Is it worth it?.......2006-03-20
I found this book to have a lot of good information for someone who has never experienced Quantum. If you know anything about Quantum Learning, though, it's just a review of VERY BASIC Quantum Notetaking Techniques. Good to have around to brush up on, I guess, for those who teach Quantum.
Quantum Notes.......2004-06-17
Don't waste your time and money. Not worth half of the asking price. It's as though, the author's are so delighted in the success of their first works, they think they can compile and package any kind of garbage, call it a book and rely on their former success and names to sell it. I Could have given the money instead to my 8 yr. old granddaughter and asked her to explain and show me what she is learning in her accelerrated-learning classes in grade school and would have gotten much more info than what is in the pages of this pamphlet. Totally disappointed! A much better 'BOOK', is 'Learning Maps and Memory Skills' by Ingemar Svantesson. Another great one is 'Mindmapping' by Joyce Wycoff. Again,'DON'T BOTHER'!
Book Description
With nine simple principles and the wisdom of quantum physics, improvisation, and new management models, you can release creative passion in your workplace that will help you energize and innovate in every aspect of your job. Top management consultant and educator Pamela Meyer teaches you to improve
- Communication
- Morale
- Collaboration
- Participation
- Satisfaction
- Employee retention and recruiting
"Finally a business book about seeing the extraordinary possibilities in every single situation. . . . Quantum Creativity is refreshing, not boring us with yet another round of the newest things we can do to plan or manage or lead our business better. Rather than advising us on what to do, Pamela Meyer reminds us how we can be." "What lies dormant within every human being is the power of their own creative spirit. . . . What better time than now for it to be rediscovered, dusted off, and allowed to reignite the workplace." -- Holly Shulman, VP Creative Director, Fankel & Co. "For all of us who fall prey to living in the dismal ruts of routine and the boringly safe, this thought-provoking book whacks our thinking and challenges us to blast apart those learned blocks to lead a more abundant, joyful, creative life! Be prepared to listen to your essence and to play, discover, trust, and grow." -- Barbara Glanz, author, C.A.R.E. Packages for the Workplace and The Creative Communicator Pamela Meyer works with organizations that want innovative solutions and teams that need to jump-start creative collaboration. Her clients have included Lucent Technologies, American Airlines, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. She draws on her years of experience in improvisational theatre to present dynamic seminars and keynotes around the country. In addition to her speaking and consulting practice, Meyer teaches courses in creativity and communication at DePaul University. She lives in Chicago.
Customer Reviews:
Thought-Provoking, Well-Organized.......2003-06-20
Creativity is so important, readers are offered a wide range of books on the topic. This one has several advantages that make it worth the investment of your time and money.
While it contains a lot of information, insight, and inspiration, this is not a long book that makes the acquisition of knowledge a laborious process. Less than 200 pages-tight and comfortable. The text is highly readable-nicely designed and easy on the eyes.
The subject matter is well organized. Meyer offers nine principles, each succinctly presented in its own discreet chapter. The chapters are all presented in the same format, making it even easier for the reader to grasp the concepts. The principle is presented, followed by a section on Learned Blocks-the things that get in our way of applying the particular principle of creativity. The third section of each chapter is Doing Things Differently-how to get out of your own way and gain the greatest benefit from application of the learning.
The language of the book is appropriate for smooth movement through the material. I didn't encounter stumbling blocks of words, phrases, or explanations that forced me to puzzle out what the author was saying. There's a sort of conversational tone, enriched by the author's personal anecdotes and illustrative stories about others' experiences with her creativity principles.
The book closes with a valuable bibliography. No index-not needed. The author's background is broad and significant for the reader. She practices what she preaches as a consultant, professional speaker, and university instructor. Her background in improvisational theatre contributes to her expression of creativity in ways readers "get it."
It was only a mission statement...(thank you Cameron Crowe).......2000-09-24
This beautiful book is an experience in what sustains,inspires and invigorates the soul.I believe this book is one of the first of what will eventually be seen as a reconciliation of the masculine and feminine principles in business,and more importantly,in life.Every time I pick this book up I learn something.Within these pages are are an invitation to discover yourself,to enroll and employ yourself as student and teacher in the only school or business that ever mattered,your life.
the abyss looked back.......2000-09-01
Ms. Meyer has written a book that not only describes her own experiences embracing Creativity, but also shares a range of observations and suggestions which WILL have an impact on your life. I always want to congratulate an artist for having the courage to be honest; for being brave enough to bare their soul; share their thoughts. Pamela deserves thanks for doing so in this book. Every artist who has ever risked ridicule -- or even worse, just plain obscurity -- deserves to know when their creation has touched someone. This book touched me and has made a difference in my life. What more could you want as a reader?
To have faith in something as ethereal as Creativity requires a leap -- after all, faith is what you have when there is no reason whatsoever to have it. Following a Creative path can be challenging, often calling on resources that feel similar to faith. Pamela's clear articulation of her nine principals teases out the important differences between the universe happening around you and how you involve yourself in it. Look into the abyss -- it looks back. And it's thrilling.
Get the heck out of your box!.......2000-07-25
Ask anyone you work with today and they'll tell you they're working faster, keeping longer hours, have more goals and have less time and enthusiasm about their job. After reading this book, I'm convinced that by calling on my internal creative resources, I can overcome any business obstacle. What Pamela Meyer has done is written a terrific, easy-to-follow and more importantly, easy-to-apply book which helps us all get ourselves out of that box which says, tried it before, won't work, can't do it, or as Pamela puts it...the "YEAH BUT" syndrome. In business today, it's easy to throw up creativity roadblocks and give way to nay-sayers, in fact it happens several times per day. With Quantum Creativity, readers are given essential tools to combat yeah butters and convert them to "YES AND'ers" Pamela's book is so practical! Put it in your brief case and read the principle(s) that applies to you before you walk into any business, heck, any situation. This book tells you what successful people are doing to make shifts in the mind sets of co-workers who are standing in the way of progress. This book helps the reader understand how powerful creativty is without any techno jargan.
Thanks Pamela for sharing Quantum Creativity with us all!
Customer Reviews:
The principal theme of this wonderful book is how to energise your inner & outer environment for productivity & creativity!.......2006-10-26
The principal theme of this wonderful book is how to energise your inner & outer environment for productivity & creativity.
The author argues that, an energy-riched & stress-free inner & outer environment gives you full access to the natural unlimited 'energised intelligence' within you. She shows how to use the non-physical energy patterns of your brain & body:
- perception;
- thought;
- emotion;
- belief;
- communication;
- stress coping;
to sustain the 'energised intelligence'.
I would like to recap here what the author has written:
"Success is a commerce of positive energy. It is now known by most people that everything in this universe is a form of energy. An accepted scientific truth is that what distinguishes any one thing from any other thing is the differing vibratory frequencies of energy.
All interactions in nature are essentially energy interplays. This includes human interactions with the environment. That environment can be an internal emotional/mental personal environment or an external interpersonal one, all occurring within a third environment of a specific space/time. When energies of diferent vibratory frequencies meet, either the lower frequency energies raise their vibration or the higher frequencies will lower their vibration as they interact. The result is that a new energy resonance is produced which is different from the original energies.
In a natural state, unpolluted by human negativity, a confluence of positive energy interactions will resonate to produce a higher-energy environment. Such an energy-rich environment facilitates access to 'energised intelligence'. 'Energised intelligence' is the force behind every major exponential progress in all areas of human experience. Often such an environment is encountered in solitude."
At first glance, all these may look or sound esoteric, but I can assure readers that the author is very serious in her work. Each of the above energy patterns is systematically treated with its own chapter in the book. The author's explanation for each energy pattern, particularly its role & contribution to the 'energised intelligence' is very lucid, & overall, her writing is clear, lively & concise.
The author's final premise is that under an energising total environment, ordinary people are able to move beyond coping & survival to superb performance with ease & satisafction. I fully agree with her.
This wonderful book is definitely worth exploring.
Product Description
In 1975, at the age of 19, the author Ronald Grafton, was diagnosed in the early stages of schizophrenia and psychosis. Rather than capitulate to the diagnosis, he chose to go into religions armed with science and logic to seek the solution to his mental anguish by understanding the workings of his mental ‘parts.’ Having succeeded, this is the first time that a schizophrenic/manic-depressive person has described their reality scientifically and logically. As such, this book reflects true Gnosticism in that by knowing the real Self through the sentience of experience, he has been able to unlock many mysteries of the Mind by bringing together Quantum Physics, Biology, and Religion! His main finding is that of seven basic Emotions, the Creativity/Sadness emotion is behind schizophrenia and manic-depression, which are very treatable once one understands the workings and effects of neurotransmitters upon our emotions, which will give hope and relief to millions of people.
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- This book has many fascinating qualities.
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Quantum Creativity: Nine Principles for a Life of Possibility
Pamela Meyer
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This book has many fascinating qualities........1998-08-22
The following originally appeared in the June/July 1998 issue of BrandPackaging Magazine.
Review of Quantum Creativity, Nine Principles for a Life of Possibility Author: Pamela Meyer Publisher: Yezand Press, Chicago, 1997
If creativity is a key element in developing packaging with impact, then you have to like a book that includes the word "galumphing". However, let's not get to specifics as yet. That is because this book should be viewed, this reviewer believes, as a "helicoptering" tool. It allows one to hover over the popular subject of creativity and observe it from a new perspective. That is one of the book's fascinating qualities.
Pamela Meyer presents a broad scene of creativity, an infrastructure which allows one to see new opportunities. It is a book, therefore, which should be read before you read other creativity/innovation texts. That may be impossible, given the many books already available on the subject. So, maybe it should be read after all those others. Better yet, read it before and after. It's that good.
In her Introduction, Ms. Meyer states "This book is not intended to define a specific experience for the reader. That would be arrogant and disrespectful." That is the type of considerate empathy she has for her readers. Because of this, each chapter can offer something quite personal for each reader's own thoughts, introspection and "re-cognition". That is a fine achievement for a creativity book.
The book presents its holistic overview related, in part, to the author's improvisational theater experiences. Using these and surprisingly understandable quantum physics allusions, Ms. Meyer is able to move the reader away from purely mechanistic and linear thinking. Each of the nine principles - some more immediately accessible to this left brain reviewer than others - serve that purpose. Other readers, I am sure, will find their own insights in their own personally involved principle(s). That is, perhaps, another charm of the book: instant recognition of something quite specific to "lead you back to what you once spontaneously and intuitively knew."
Each principle has its own chapter with its own visually creative symbol/logo. As further aids toward the re-acquisition of the process, toward "re-cognition", each principle is clarified by showing its antagonistic Learned Blocks and how we may progress by Doing Things Differently. At least one principle particularly began to gnaw on this reviewer's many blocks: Embrace Chaos. I have seen elements of this principle presented in many ways by John Cleese, Roger von Oech, Carl Jung ("In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.") and others. Ms. Meyer's Chapter 7 parsimoniously affirms them all.
What is "galumphing"? Exploration just for the fun of it, I think. Galumph through this book then study and re-study the Nine Principles for a Life of Possibility. Whether you are a team member, a manager, a graphic designer, a copy writer, an editor, a printer - whatever -- you'll be rewarded with a whack to the seat of your psyche.
The reviewer is the principal at JFT Studios, a member of the BrandPackaging magazine Advisory Board and an instructor at DePaul University's School for New Learning where he teaches Management for Creativity and Innovation.
Book Description
700 recipes, each uses only 4 ingredients. This is a kitchen rescue system for busy people who want home cooked meals in minutes. Everyday ingredients combine to make delicious meals in minutes. Included are over 200 light recipes, making this book an excellent weight management guide. Recipes include Poor Man Steak, Fruit Cocktail Salad, Sweet Potato Salad, Baked Orange Roughy, Cocktail Sausage Balls, Tortilla Roll-ups, Sugared Angel Food Cake, Quick Cookies, Pecan Pies.
Customer Reviews:
My favorite cookbook!.......2005-01-19
I own many cookbooks and this is the one I always use. The recipes are simple, quick and incredibly tasty. It has a great variety of items and I haven't found a recipe yet that I didn't like.
Best Cookbook in the House!.......2004-03-14
I originally bought this cookbook for my young teen daughter. She is required to cook one dinner each week, and I thought this would be simple and straightforward enough. Then I started using it, and it has become the only cookbook I ever seem to use these days. No exotic or expensive ingredients, easy directions for each recipe, and the food actually tastes good! My other cookbooks are all lined up on the bookshelf in the living room, but this one lives on top of the microwave in the kitchen...so, that's a good recommendation!
Good book, too bad you can't put your hands on it.......2002-12-10
This is an excellent cookbook, especially for newer cooks who don't have exotic ingredients on hand. However, after receiving this book for a wedding present in May, I decided to order 3 copies for family as Christmas presents. I ordered in early October, but will not likely have this book until after the holidays. So, save your breath and buy this elsewhere. What good is a great book if you can't really get it.
Excellent for College Students!.......2002-09-24
I bought this cookbook for my daughter who was going away to college and would be away from home for the first time. I thought it would be quick, easy and inexpensive for her to cook from. I was right! What I didn't expect was how much I would ultimately use it myself after she came back home again. It is filled with tasty recipes that go together quickly on my busiest of days.
not for me.......2002-08-17
I really like to cook and got this thinking it might have some shortcut meals for busier days. But they were just too lightweight and too many packaged ingredients for me. If you have to cook against your will, then go for it.
Amazon.com
At Le Bernardin, seafood is always the star. From the day this posh restaurant opened in New York City, it was recognized for revolutionizing the way fish was prepared. Chef-owner Gilbert Le Coze and his sister, Maguy, quickly gained an exalted four-star rating for their original, impeccable, exquisite food, which you can now reproduce at home using their recipes.
Le Coze avoided using classic sauces because, lacking professional training, he did not know how to make them. Instead, he created Carpaccio of Tuna, a kind of paper-thin sashimi on a plate, Baked Sea Urchins, and Roast Monkfish on a Bed of Sautéed Savory Cabbage with Bacon, a dish that is both rustic and rich. When Gilbert died in 1994, at just 48, his chef de cuisine, Eric Ripert, stepped in and has continued to dazzle with his own fish dishes. Ripert, who had a classical chef's training, is especially innovative in his Poached Lobster in Lemongrass-Ginger Bouillon. If following three pages of meticulously clear instructions for handling the lobsters, puréeing their coral, and much more is not for you, try the salmon fillets served in a magically cream-free but creamy lemon sauce, the Roast Cod Niçoise flavored with basil, capers, and black olives, or the saffron-and-orange-perfumed Fish Soup.
Le Bernardin's desserts are famous, too. A reasonably competent cook can create ecstasy with the Bitter Chocolate Soufflé Cake, lavish with dark chocolate, butter, eggs, and just one tablespoon of flour.
If you read mostly cookbooks, the spirited dialogue between Ripert and Maguy, their anecdotes of culinary adventures, and characteristically Gallic commentary may divert you. Typically, Maguy says, "My favorite way to eat calamari is with a nice green salad. How American!" Seems the French only ate a lettuce salad with meats until nouvelle cuisine came along in the 1970s, and Maguy still considers it an aberration with seafood. Just as her taste has changed, this book may open you to new experiences with seafood. --Dana Jacobi
Book Description
Le Bernardin, New York's only four-star seafood restaurant, is renowned not only for its impeccable cuisine but also for its understated elegance. Now the Le Bernardin experience is made accessible to everyone in more than 100 meticulously formulated and carefully tested recipes for all courses, from appetizers through dessert.
The food served in Le Bernardin's beautiful dining room is as subtle and refined as any in the world, and because fish and shellfish are often best turned out quickly and simply, the recipes in this book can be reproduced by any home cook.
Maguy Le Coze traces the origins of Le Bernardin's "simplicity" to her late brother, Gilbert, the restaurant's legendary cofounder and first chef: "Gilbert was not a classically trained chef," she says. "He had never been to culinary school. When he cooked, he made things he liked, and things he knew. He focused on the quality and freshness of the fish. He made nages and vinaigrettes because he'd never made a hollandaise or a béarnaise. He focused on flavors that were delicate, subtle, herb-infused."
Today, Chef Eric Ripert carries on that tradition with dishes such as Poached Halibut on Marinated Vegetables, Pan-Roasted Grouper with Wild Mushrooms and Artichokes, and Grilled Salmon with Mushroom Vinaigrette. And, of course, there are the desserts for which Le Bernardin is also so well known--from Chocolate Millefeuille to Honeyed Pear and Almond Cream Tarts.
Essential to the experience of dining at Le Bernardin and to the Le Bernardin Cookbook are the dynamic and charming personalities of Maguy Le Coze and Eric Ripert, whose lively dialogue and colorful anecdotes shine from these pages as brightly as the recipes themselves.
Customer Reviews:
Four star lengthy recipes.......2007-02-15
If you have a large kitchen staff in your home, or 2-3 days to prepare a meal this is the book for you. The recipes are impractical for anyone at home and I don't understand why they would make a cookbook with such lengthy and involved directions and call it four star "simplicity"
Le Bernardin Cookbook.......2005-08-21
A lovely book from one of our favorite New York restaurants. The recipes are flavorful and delicious.
One of the Best Seafood Restaurant Books.......2005-05-25
`Le Bernardin Cookbook' by highly regarded seafood chef Eric Ripert and restaurateur Maguy Le Coze (cofounder of the restaurant with her brother Gilbert) is the first case where I wished I could give a half a star. In many ways, it is a classic restaurant cookbook which is better than average in many ways, but I usually need a little more than `better than average' to give five stars. In comparison to Rob Feenie's `Lumiere' cookbook I reviewed yesterday, `Le Bernardin' exceeds expectations in the following ways:
It is almost entirely a cookbook for all sorts of fish, based primarily on classic French recipes. This means that if you had a shelf of 100 famous restaurant cookbooks and wanted a recipe for fish, you could immediately go to either this book or Bob Kinkead's recent restaurant book, depending on whether you wanted something from Brittany or Baltimore. Oddly, this book also shares with the Kinkead book the fact that at least one recipe author (Bob Kinkead and Gilbert Le Coze) for each book was entirely self-taught.
The story behind this book is about as endearing and as interesting as they come. `Le Bernardin' was originally opened in Paris by brother and sister Le Coze in 1972, after the siblings spend their early life together helping their parents run a struggling little restaurant on the coast of Brittany. After an initial splash and failure based on no experience, they ultimately succeeded in Paris. They followed this with opening the Manhattan restaurant in 1986, just as culinary consciousness in New York made it worth their while to open a restaurant which specialized in fish. All of this would be very ordinary if it were not for the incredible affection brother and sister had for one another, ended with the death of Gilbert at the age of forty-eight in 1994, just a year or two after hiring classically trained Eric Rippert as executive chef at the Manhattan restaurant.
The recipes, many the creation of unschooled Gilbert, tend to be much more original than what you may find in the standard fish cookbooks by Mark Bittman, James Beard, and Alan Davidson. None of the classic bistro recipes for mussels (which you will find in Tony Bourdain's `Les Halles' book) are here. While some tend to the involved, fish recipes tend to be involved primarily in the preparation of stocks, nages, butter sauces and court bouillons. If you get the techniques for doing these things well, many of the recipes devolve into very simple preparations, befitting the generally fast cooking times for fish.
Each recipe has a separate headnote from each author, and the counterpoint between them is almost worth the price of the book in itself. It is not uncommon for Madame Le Coze to really hate a recipe that Monsieur Rippert has just praised up and down the avenue. She usually comes around in the end, but the honesty is so unexpected that you start looking forward to contretemps in the next recipe dialogue.
The recipes are organized in a very satisfactory way for a restaurant book on fish. The first chapter is an especially good collection of recipes for the basics. These are for the stocks, nages, butter sauces and court bouillons cited above. This is one of the few cookbooks I can thing of which includes a shrimp, lobster, and clam stock recipe. And, near and dear to my heart is the fact that the chicken stock recipe cooks for only three hours! The following eight chapters on fish dishes is just a little mixed, in that two chapters represent courses, `Salads' and `Appetizers' while six chapters represent the techniques `Raw Fish', `Poached and Steamed Fish', `Sautéed Fish', `Roasted Fish', `Grilled Fish', and `Shellfish'. The penultimate chapter on `Big Parties' gives seven over the top recipes for entertaining, most giving eight servings rather than the usual four to six servings. The last chapter on desserts seems relatively long, giving 31 recipes, including three for basics such as pastry cream, hazelnut-almond cream, ganache, and sweet pastry dough. With all the pastry books available, you will not be buying this book for the desserts, but it does add to the book's value. As usual, some of the dessert recipes are quite involved.
There are no chapters or separate recipes for vegetables, as all the vegetable side dishes are included in the recipe for the seafood. This means many of the fish recipes may not be as complicated as they seem from their length if you removed the vegetable garnish, but that would take away the cachet of serving a dish as done at the great and famous Le Bernardin!
Ultimately, this book deserves more than four stars because it is a restaurant cookbook that is more valuable than a source of instructive recipes to read. It has lots of great fish recipes that can be made by an amateur at home, as long as you have access to high quality ingredients. My only disappointment in reading the book is the feeling that there is simply no way I would be able to get the kind of fresh fish used by Le Bernardin unless I opened a restaurant in an Atlantic seaport.
The mantra for this book that should be intoned as you look for a recipe is to respect the differences between the fishes. Things that work for skate will not work for tuna and vice versa. Respect the fish and you will be rewarded.
Great food, surprisingly achievable.......2003-09-11
Unlike some other reviewers, I've always found Le Bernardin and its staff to be very warm and accommodating. That feeling comes through in the text and personal reminiscences included in this book.
The big surprise for me was how very well written the recipes are. Although there is plenty here for the over-achieving home chef, well over half of the recipes can accommodate a harried schedule and/or moderate talents in the kitchen. If you scan through the book and follow Le Bernardin's three-course format, you can put together an unbelievably elegant dinner in a reasonable amount of time.
Four-Star Simplicity with Seafood.......2002-12-05
I'm really into seafood, and this is the cookbook for that genre.
The sophistication of taste and presentation is the ultimate maxization of the fresh seafood.
One is impressed instantly upon perviewing the recipes and trying them of the intense experience this chef has had with the ingredients and prep techniques.
Four-star chefbooks are typically intimidating due to all the ingredients and steps, but here it's minimal, yet turns out utmost in culinary heights.
Try these, they'll be knockout dishes! Pan-Roasted Grouper with Wild Mushrooms and Artichokes (served with unbelievable pork jus); Roast Monkfish on Savoy Cabbage and Bacon-Butter Sauce; Black Bass in Cabbage Packages with Purple Mustard Sauce; Yellowtail Snapper with Garden Vegetables.
Accompaniments are worth paper as well, with monster dinner dessert of "Earl Grey Tea and Mint Soup with Assorted Fruit;Gruyere and Potato Cakes.
Tough one to match in my extensive collection!
Book Description
Emily Cale and Linda Coffee, co-authors and publishers of the original Four Ingredient Cookbook series, have combined their skills to bring over 700 quick, simple 4-ingredient recipes to help busy people conserve time, energy and enjoy cooking. This revised edition contains all the recipes from The Four Ingredient Cookbook, More of the Four Ingredient Cookbook, and Low Fat & Light Four Ingredient Cookbook—it's three cookbooks in one! Using only four ingredients, you'll create delicious dishes like:
- Roasted New Potatoes
- Rolled Chicken and Asparagus
- Lemon Angel Food Cake
- Cucumber Salad
- And many more!
With over one million sold, this essential cookbook belongs in every kitchen!
Customer Reviews:
This book is the greatest!.......2005-01-26
This book is the best! My mom got this book for me when it first came out and I lost it at college. I can not belive that I found it again. I have looked everywhere for a book like this. If every one ordered this book no one would not know how to cook. My dad is a Cheif and he likes to make receips from this book too.
This book is truly a gift to share with others. Just like my new beverage of choice that replaced my morning brew. Its called s oyfee and taste so wonderful with no caffeine or acids. Organic and made from soya! Bye bye acid stomach and hello healthy tummy! Google it under "acid free coffee". Great pleasure while reading. Thanks.
YUCK!!!! Just a BAD book!.......2004-08-08
After trying 2 recipes, I thought that I was a pretty bad cook. So, I asked my friend, a very good cook, to try a couple more recipes. She had the same results. Disgusting!! These recipes must not have been kitchen tested. Mine as well just boil some chicken and dump a can of cream of mushroom soup on top. The results would be better. Stay away!
I hate to cook...I love this book!.......2003-08-07
I would rather clean the bathrooms than cook. However, after 20 years of marriage and two teenagers in the house, I've found that I do occasionally have to cook a meal. Thankyou ,God, for this book. I have so impressed everybody with my new gourmet dishes. Great recipes like Tex-Mex Chops, Tangy Spinach Salad,and Mississippi Mud Pie. No lie sweetie pie, it's all with 4 INGREDIENTS OR LESS. Trust me, NO-ONE WILL EVER KNOW! Anybody with the smallest amount of talent for cooking will think this book is a joke...but I know there's alot of people out there like me that will put this cookbook before all others. Do you skip any recipe that requires mincing garlic, grating orange rind, involving capers, or blanching?? Me too. Buy this book. Impress everybody. Take the Chocolate Truffles or Carmalitas into work. Enjoy your new reputation as a great cook.
Book Description
From the bestselling authors of The Four Ingredient Cookbook comes this special collection for those on a diabetic diet. With over 300 hearty recipes requiring four ingredients or less and complete nutritional data for each meal, it's the only cookbook the busy, diabetic cook will need. Learn to make:
-Savory Baked Lemon-Chicken
-Orange Roughy with Red Peppers
-Swiss Steak
-Herbed Pasta
-Chocolate Fudge Pudding Cake
-Stuffed Baked Potatoes
-And more!
With delectable appetizers, salads, vegetables, main dishes, desserts, and more, the whole family will love eating great diabetic cuisine!
Customer Reviews:
Four ingredients = 200+ recipes!.......2000-05-15
Easy and quick recipes for newly diagnosed diabetics or anyone wishing to monitor their carbohydrate and fat intake. Useful food exchange and serving size information for each item.
Average customer rating:
- Best Cookbook for Busy (cheap) people!
- Worlds greatest cookbook!
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Best Ever Three & Four Ingredient Cookbook
Manufacturer: Hermes House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0681186631 |
Product Description
The book contains over 400 fuss-free and fast recipes for breakfasts and brunches, appetizers, lunches, family meals and dinners, elegant entertaining, and desserts -- all using only four ingredients or less. Fully illustrated with color photographs.
Customer Reviews:
Best Cookbook for Busy (cheap) people!.......2007-09-15
I bought this on a whim, mostly for the pictures and it has been a dream to cook from. Its perfect for entertaining - the recipes Ive tried so far have been very well appreciated. And there are only 3 ingredients needed! As a college student on a budget, I love the chance to make good food with little prep and not too much money invested. I wish theyd make many more!!! Also cookbooks with pictures of every recipe is my favorite!
Worlds greatest cookbook!.......2007-03-09
I LOVE this cookbook! It has pictures for EVERY recipe. I've bought about 5 of these and given them as gifts. People who don't use or like cookbooks love this one. It's great for people that don't love cooking, too!
Product Description
This fabulous collection of over 200 recipes is the ultimate cookbook for anyone loves simple, easy-to-prepare food.
Customer Reviews:
Simple, fast and delicious! Highly recommended!.......2006-07-24
I discovered this gem of a book at the library and am now looking for a copy to add to my own collection of cookbooks. I don't like recipes that involve a ton of ingredients and steps that end up taking forever so this was perfect! Dozens of four ingredient recipes, pictures on every page so you can see what you're making at a glance, and tasty. It's a refreshing change from some books that call for a can of this and a can of that. This allows you to make homemade meals with fresh ingredients and little fuss. The only con was that no substitutions were given for some uncommon ingredients in a couple of recipes. This would make a great gift!
Must have if you love to cook.......2005-04-24
I have made about 1/3 of the recipes in this book, and they have all been fantastic. Many of them are surprisingly simple to prepare. I give it four stars instead of five because some recepies are missing essential bits of explanation and several require kitchen implements that only the most well stocked kitchen would have.
Product Description
3 cookbooks in box
Average customer rating:
- Not Haute Cuisine, But Simple Fare That Kids Can Help Make
- Thoroughly enjoyed this useful, easy kitchen helper
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Four Ingredient Cookbook
Linda Coffee , and
Emily Cale
Manufacturer: Coffee and Cale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
General
| Quick & Easy
| Cooking, Food & Wine
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0962855081 |
Book Description
Our best selling cookbook! Contains over 200 four ingredient recipes. A great tool for busy families, students,campers...just about everybody. Appetizers, vegetables, main dishes and desserts.
Customer Reviews:
Not Haute Cuisine, But Simple Fare That Kids Can Help Make.......2005-11-08
One of our favorites is "potato chip fried chicken".
Thoroughly enjoyed this useful, easy kitchen helper.......1997-12-31
The Four Ingredient Cookbook, Coffee & Cale, eds. Here's a helpful kitchen guidebook for fast, easy, nearly foolproof dishes -- and the range is excellent, from beer-batter bread to flourless fruitcake. Simple, quality ingredients plus imaginative combinations provide alternatives to fast food that are as quick, and less expensive to prepare. Plus, if a special diet consideration is important, readers can readily substitute low-fat or low-sodium versions of ingredients right off the shelf. I would recommend this book -- and its sequels -- for anyone who wants to improve the speed, ease and variety of make-at-home dishes in his or her repertoire. I think students, brides, newly single folks or recently empty-nesters would find it a welcome gift, both practical and fun. Handy features include a lay-flat spiral binding and heavy pages, which allow a cook to stand the book vertically during use in a small kitchen. Its format is clear and its typeface very readable; the one change I would make is a larger size of text.
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