Inspired by a diversity of cuisines, James Beard Award-winner Raghavan Iyer's passion for potatoes shines through in his continent-by-continent celebration of the amazing potato and the tastiest ways you can cook it-including soups, salads, gratins, tarts, and the Ultimate French Fries.
Features recipes for: • Potatoes to start-from Cheesy Tarragon Tots to Steamed Potato-Chive Buns • Potatoes for dinner-from Creamy Massaman Curry to Chorizo-Stuffed Hash • Potatoes on the side-from Kung Pao Potatoes to Hasselback Potatoes with Cardamom Butter • And potatoes for dessert-from Thick-Cut Potato Crisps with Dark Chocolate to Sweet Potato Rolls with a Creamy Cointreau Glaze 75 glorious recipes from around the world, featuring everyone's favorite comfort food - a collection that will explode your idea of what it means to eat and love potatoes. Raghavan Iyer, an IACP Award-winning Teacher of the Year, is the author of 660 Curries, Indian Cooking Unfolded, Betty Crocker's Indian Home Cooking, and The Turmeric Trail: Recipes and Memories from an Indian Childhood. Born in Mumbai, Mr. Iyer lives with his family in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CONTENTS
INDEX . . . 245 "Every single recipe here looks like a winner, and this quirky little cookbook belongs in most collections" -Booklist
"If you think you know all the ways to cook a potato, think again. This fabulous cookbook is brimming with fresh ideas." -Library Journal, Starred Review
"It is a tuberous tour-de-force to have such an exciting array of original preparations for this familiar kitchen item." -Foreword Reviews