| Frog Commissary Cookbook |  | Authors: Steve Poses, Anne Clark, Becky Roller, Frog Commissary Cookbook
Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
Buy Collectible: $29.72
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Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 1486821
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
ISBN: 0385184565
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9780385184564
ASIN: 0385184565
Publication Date: September 1985
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Condition: Hard cover copy with no dust jacket, few stains on the front cover. The binding is split between the first and last pages and the covers. All of the pages are intact. Clean text with no marks. We ship fast and package well. Expedited shipping available.
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Amazon.com Review
Originally published in 1985, The Frog Commissary Cookbook harks back to a time when a reader wouldn't be too likely to choke upon reading a chowder recipe that called for a quart of half-and-half. Those were the days, author Steven Poses suggests in his foreword, when you could graduate from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in sociology, put in some time in the Peace Corps and the antiwar movement, work your way up from busboy to sous chef in a mainstream French restaurant and, with a copy of Jane Jacob's Death and Life of Great American Cities tucked under one arm and a total investment of $35,000, open a restaurant all your own in Philadelphia. Such was the success of Frog, its eclectic menu reaching out to many a flavor-starved palate, that seven years later Poses could reopen with a $1 million budget and expand into other restaurant ventures. The Frog Commissary Cookbook rises out of the experience of Poses's restaurants and catering business. It's not an easy collection to finger, to size up and categorize with a single swipe of the pen. And that makes for some exciting page turning. This would be a good book to have on the shelf and open when you simply don't know what to do or what you are looking for. You'll find goodies like Bourbon Pecans (this "Hors d'Oeuvres" section ends with 25 quick ideas; the same is true of the "Salads" and "Pizzas" sections), Chicken in Romaine Leaves with Lime Hot Sauce, Corn and Clam Chowder, a plethora of creative salads and dressings, Seafood Stew with Aioli, Stir-fried Duck with Chinese Sausage, Italian Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus and Prosciutto, and Pumpkin Waffles. This book is all over the place, leaving a trail of deliciousness in its wake. According to Poses, exemplary care was taken to work out the recipes in an apartment kitchen and not on a professional stove. While all the recipes have proved popular over the years in Poses's restaurants, they were all written from scratch for the home cook. --Schuyler Ingle
Product Description
Over 100,000 copies in print! "FrogCommissary's inventive, playful food is multiethnic butoften shows a distinctive Thai influence. Brightideas spill out everywhere." --Library Journal
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A Classic for 20+ Years!! November 24, 2008
I bought this cookbook > 20 year ago based on a recommendation from a college friend from Philly. Alas - I have loved my copy to death. While I have > 100 cookbooks, this is the only one that has literally fallen apart from too much use. My favorites incled the cheesecake recipe, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Walnut cookies, and the Chicken Breasts with Apples and Cider Cream Sauce. I am thrilled to be able to get a new copy to love to pieces!!
I accept that the 80s will not die. And, they are delicious. September 14, 2008
This afternoon I told my daughter we'd make oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies for her lunchbox ("No oatmeal!" "Yes oatmeal,") and went looking for a recipe online. As soon as I saw the words "Frog Commissary" come up on Google, I was happy. Why? I don't know -- maybe it was all that eastern-PA late-80s/early-90s bookselling, maybe I'd shelved the cookbook before, or maybe it was ESP cookie vibes reaching out to me from 1985. Because hot damn, these are wonderful cookies.
I must admit that reading the reviews makes me wince just that tiny bit -- all those terribly fashionable foods of the time. Reminds me of the year my dad added Belgian endive to my mom's shopping list every week just to annoy. You know, I could live without the raspberry puree brulee spinach asparagus crepe hazelnut big-puffy-sleeve dance again. But so what? I'm looking forward to cooking from this book, and I bet I'll wake up some pleasant memories in doing it.
This will make your reputation as a cook! August 5, 2008
This is the ideal dinner-party cookbook, and your guests will think you're a genius cook. I've been using it since the mid 1980's, and have made my reputation on dishes like Siamese Chicken Curry, Chicken Liver Pate with Brandy, Bacon, and Herbs, Vanilla Walnuts, and more. The flavorful dishes are sometimes high in fat, but who cares? This is food for special occasions, and it will be your "go-to" cookbook again and again.
Finally! May 27, 2008
This book is awesome. I am very pleased to see it back in print!
Amazing and much loved cookbook! April 1, 2008
As a local to Philadelphia, this came to my mother via the restaurant/ catering affiliations of Steve Poses, now of which I think there may only be Le Bus? Anyway, this has been a family staple for many years and the first book I grab for when I am serving company. Not light on calories, but guaranteed to be delicious... and I mean EVERY recipe. Awesome.
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