Eric Akis is back, with the long-awaited compendium of his bestselling Everyone Can Cook? series. From his original book, Everyone Can Cook, to his subsequent guides to cooking midweek meals, slow coo
Eric Akis is back, with the long-awaited compendium of his bestselling Everyone Can Cook? series. From his original book, Everyone Can Cook, to his subsequent guides to cooking midweek meals, slow cooker meals, appetizers, seafood and cooking for celebrations, Eric Akis has been lauded by food writers across the country for delivering recipes that really work.
Everyone Can Cook Everything collects the best of over 10 years of Eric Akis—240 recipes—in one beautiful 400-pagesplus hardcover volume. This anthology is a must-have for any Akis fan and the perfect introduction for those who are just discovering Eric's straightforward and down-to- earth recipes.
The book's numerous chapters provide concise recipes and cooking tips for preparing a vast array of meals—breakfasts and brunches, appetizers, soups, salads, noodle and rice dishes, vegetarian entrées, seafood, poultry and meat dishes, condiments and side dishes, baked goods and desserts. Meals that can be cooked in a slow cooker are highlighted with a special icon.
Jump right in and master recipes such as:
° Morrocan-Spiced Potato and Carrot Salad
° Asian-Style Vegetable Noodle Bowl ° Poached Sablefish with Champagne Hollandaise
° Osso Bucco with Gremolata ° Lemon Lover's Cupcakes
° Cocoa Pavlova
Everyone Can Cook Everything is the perfect gift for the home cook, no matter what their skill level. With this book's detailed instructions, exact preparation and cooking times, serving sizes, and many full-colour photographs, Eric Akis continues to prove that everyone really can cook everything!
Can everyone cook? That's a question I've frequently been asked. It seems prepared food marketers have been ultra-successful in convincing many that preparing a meal at home requires a culinary school diploma and a whole lot of time. To me, it's not whether or not you can cook; it's whether or not you have the desire, the confidence and the inspiration. If you have those traits, learning to cook, or improving the cooking skills you already have, can be much easier than you think and a rewarding, taste filled experience.
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Eric Akis has been food writer for the Victoria Times Colonist since 1997. His columns are published in newspapers across Canada. Prior to becoming a journalist, Akis trained to become a professional chef and pastry chef. He worked for 15 years in a variety of operations in Ontario and British Columbia, from fine hotels to restaurants to catering companies. In 2003, his experiences as a chef and food writer inspired him to create the bestselling Everyone Can Cook series of cookbooks, which includes Everyone Can Cook, Everyone Can Cook Seafood, Everyone Can Cook Appetizers, Everyone Can Cook Midweek Meals, and now Everyone Can Cook for Celebrations. Eric Akis was born into a military family in Chicoutimi, Quebec, and has lived in six provinces. Victoria, BC, where he moved in 1992, is now officially home, where he lives with his wife, Cheryl Warwick, also a chef, and son, Tyler.
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