Forking Fantastic! : Put the Party Back in Dinner Party

by O'Neill, Zora; Reynolds, Tamara

• ISBN13: 9781592405053
• ISBN10: 1592405053
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-06
• Publisher: Gotham

Summary

The innovative hosts of a hot-ticket underground supper club invite you to crank up your oven, break out the vino, and save the dinner party from extinction Twice a month, two veterans of the New York food world prepare a big meal in a tiny kitchen, serving heaping plates of spectacular cuisine to twenty diverse people (or more). Friends old and new at their Sunday Night Dinners supper club make spirited conversation while feasting on sumptuous cooking. Never obsessed with perfect place settings or fussy details, Zora O’Neill and Tamara Reynolds instead focus on the practical joys of down-to-earth entertaining at home. In Forking Fantastic, they showcase their very best recipes for making mouthwatering dinners—and for having the time of your life. With a healthy dose of irreverent attitude and infectious spirit, here Tamara and Zora take the pressure off and encourage us to reclaim the lost art of cooking delectable meals for the masses. Forking Fantastic!includes: * foolproof, party-tested, delicious menus that are easy to master, each with a "Plan of Attack" for preparing multiple recipes without panic. * practical tips on everything from shopping and stocking a kitchen to making creative vegetarian substitutions and trussing a whole lamb for spit-roasting * hard-won advice from the trenches and an inside look at Tamara and Zora’s own cooking disasters Food-forward but always realistic, Tamara and Zora celebrate seasonal, local ingredients while also extolling cornbread mix and the frozen pea. Quirky, funny and fresh, this book arms intimidated cooks everywhere with the courage, confidence and tools they need to have people over for the sake of food and community, not for the prize of being the best hostess on the block. A manifesto for bringing back a time-honored ritual one mind-blowing feast at a time, Forking Fantastic!makes dinner parties rock.

Author Biography

Former waitress Tamara Reynolds has worked at many top Manhattan restaurants, including Babo, Union Pacific, and Prune. Zora O-'Neill has cooked at Prune and hunts down tasty global food travel guidebooks. Both are self-taught cooks.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Cautious Beginners, Start Here	p. 17
The Pep Talk	p. 19
Anatomy of a Dinner Party	p. 25
Prep: The Food! The Shopping!	p. 35
A Dry Run	p. 57
Commando-Style Roast Chicken with Potatoes	p. 60
Green Salad with Currants	p. 64
Baked Apples	p. 66
Super-Secret Chapter for Vegetarians Only!	p. 67
Fettucine with Yogurt and Caramelized Onions (And Bacon?)	p. 68
Spanish Tortilla with Saffron	p. 70
Turkish-Style Eggplant and Lentils with Garlicyogurt	p. 72
Bulgur, Chard and Feta-Stuffed Vegetables	p. 75
Four Foolproof Menus (Proofed by Us Fools)	p. 81
Spring Lamb	p. 85
Leg of Lamb with Pomegranate Molasses	p. 87
Quick-Braised Romaine with Peas and Mint	p. 90
Asparagus and Poached Eggs with Miso Butter	p. 91
Plain Old Boiled Artichokes	p. 94
Salzburger Nockerl for Beauty School Dropouts	p. 97
Summer in the Yard	p. 100
Beer Can Chicken	p. 102
Dilly Beans	p. 104
Butter Lettuce Salad with Yogurt-Mint Dressing	p. 106
Husk-On Grilled Corn with Limes	p. 107
Grilled Peaches with Duck Fat	p. 108
Fall Means Ham	p. 108
Ham with Bourbon-Brown Sugar Glaze	p. 111
More-Delicious-Than-It-Sounds Potato-and-Turnip Casserole	p. 112
Roasted Fennel with Black Olives	p. 114
Bitter Greens Salad	p. 116
Apple Spice Cake	p. 117
Winter and Your Inner Braise	p. 119
Overnight Chuck Roast with Red Wine and Mushrooms	p. 122
Wee Salt-Boiled Potatoes	p. 124
Wilted Escarole	p. 125
Arugula Salad with Oranges and Dates	p. 127
Baci Di Ricotta	p. 128
Eat Your Vegetables!	p. 130
Zucchini and Summer Squash with Brown Butter and Basil	p. 130
Baked Beets with Balsamic Vinegar	p. 131
Kale with Pickled Red Onions	p. 131
Escarole Salad with Candied Bacon	p. 132
For Extra Credit: Lane Cake, Dapper-Style	p. 133
Get In Over Your Head	p. 139
Fried Chicken for a Crowd	p. 143
Buttermilk Fried Chicken	p. 148
Sliced Tomatoes with Melted Butter	p. 153
Peter's Caesar Salad	p. 155
Guilty-Secret Cornbread	p. 158
Melon with Lime and Salt	p. 160
An Oyster Roast	p. 161
Oysters and Clams on the Grill	p. 165
Oyster Toppings for Every Guest	p. 169
Wax Beans with Arugula	p. 170
Potato Salad with Bacon	p. 171
Grilled Tomatoes/Roasted Grapetomatoes	p. 174
Peach Cobbler	p. 175
The Amazing Cassoulet	p. 178
Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Cassoulet	p. 183
Escarole with Roasted Pears and Pomegranate Seeds	p. 192
Braised Celery and Radishes	p. 193
Orange Gingerbread	p. 194
The Magnificent Lamb Roast	p. 196
Whole Roast Lamb on a Spit	p. 202
Gürhan's Eggplant Salad	p. 207
Rice Pilaf with Cherries and Fennel	p. 210
Tamara's Mom's Cucumber Salad	p. 212
Dates with Almond Paste	p. 213
For Extra Credit: The Croke Monster	p. 215
Last Words
Further Reading	p. 225
Where to Get the Goods	p. 228
People We Looove	p. 231
Index	p. 235
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