The Silver Palate Cookbook: Delicious Recipes from Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, Edited by Michael McLaughlin

Bruce R. Gordon: We bought a new copy because the original was falling apart from frequent use.

One of the best recipe books in our kitchen-used frequently, especially when cooking for guests.

United States on Jan 13, 2024

DBH: The SP cookbook is always a good bet for the chef in your life. Grew up in NYC, and my parents always picked up stuff from there + made items from the cookbook. Now that I'm married (and my wife, thankfully, loves to cook), we can enjoy those items. Doesn't seem like a beginner's cookbook though, but it is approachable. At the very least some unique recipe inspiration.

United States on Dec 30, 2023

gmgf: A must for the stuffing recipe alone but so many easy, delicious others!!

United States on Dec 03, 2023

Rocket: This is a classic and has relatively easy to follow recipes with advice on menus for different occasions as well as presentation. Great for beginners and experienced cooks!

United Kingdom on Feb 04, 2023

Elizabeth Sheridan: I heard about this book on Rachel Belle's podcast - Your Last Meal, and had to get it for the Chicken Marbella recipe. The cookbook is beautiful and I can't wait to start cooking. However, the content of the book is spread out, all through the book. Soups, salads, veggie-sides and more are interspersed with meats, seafood and poultry dishes; it's very strange. This makes it hard to zero in on a specific food category, that you may want to make. It's not the most user-friendly cookbook. Also, as some others have mentioned, some of the portions are huge. 4 whole chickens for the Chicken Marbella. (This would make Jake Blues proud.) A version online portions it down to a more realistic recipe, 1 bird. And, for some recipes, the ingredients, I don't even recognize. Fortunately, I'm a seasoned (pun intended) cook and know how to improvise. I do recommend this cookbook, but just know what you're getting into. :)

United States on Feb 03, 2023

Cook and Drink: A beautifully illustrated book with lots of great recipes and helpful background information. When we're not sure what to prepare, we leave through it and choose one or more dishes. Never disappointed, always tasty and not too complex.

Netherlands on May 30, 2022

Kim in CLT: This book is a must have if you are a so so home cook, newly married couple or just trying to capture restaurant quality food at home AND better. Every step guide to great food cooked correctly. Sauces, soups, salads no fail entrees and wonderful desserts. Step by step to guide to get you through to the most beautiful meals. Roast chicken, homemade salad dressing, Mediterranean chicken salad to die for as is Pasta Primavera Gregory. So many to name! Love Italian it is here. Full menus for entertaining. Charcuterie to dessert! I forgot just how wonderful this book is. You want to prepare the best filet of beef tenderloin without it failing it's here. This is your book ! A perfect shower or wedding gift. A young individual just wanting to learn how to cook food correctly (your book)! I purchased two copies recently for a couple individuals that love fabulous food and are now going to have a full no fail guide. It is so nice when you cook a lot and find resources that fire up that passion for food. We are now empty nesters, my husband is getting ready to re live some of our old favorites without the peanut gallery moaning. You cook one way with kids and daily. It will be date night...

United States on Mar 06, 2022

T. Arkham: I bought this edition to sit on the shelf next to my copy of the original edition. (That one had fallen behind a stove when we had a commercial kitchen and disappeared there for a couple of years until we happened to pull the stove out. It's a little stained and bent, but still in use.)

In any case, this classic – indeed, breakthrough – cookbook is just as useful, exciting, and timely as it was back in 1982 (I'm guessing at the date) and we use it numerous times a week.

It's nice to also have a clean, new copy of this anniversary edition from 200. I don't think the update features (photos and the use of some colour) really add much to the book, but that doesn't diminish my pleasure in owning a new copy.

If you like to eat or cook, or know someone who likes to eat or cook, you gotta have this book.

Canada on May 04, 2020

LAE-aix.: Un livre plein d'idées et d'astuces pour une cuisine "fusion" entre les US et l'Europe. Je l'ai tellement utilisé que la relieur s'est cassée. Vous y trouverez un carrot cake légendaire; une farce pour la dinde incontournable; des idées de fêtes, de cocktails, tout. Je viens d'offrir le livre à mon fils pour son propre épanouissement culinaire.

France on Feb 13, 2020

Iqbal: brilliant

India on May 21, 2018