Cool Kitchen: No Oven, No Stove, No Sweat! 125 Delicious, No-Work Recipes For Summertime Or Anytime

by Lauren Chattman

Tired of toiling over the stove in the sweltering summer heat? Annoyed by the thought of spending your summer evening in the kitchen cooking dinner? Cool Kitchen is the solution. Serving up 150 recipes prepared without going near the oven or stove top, Lauren Chattman proves that a delicious no-cook meal of Summer Minestrone with Tomatoes, Peppers, and Garlic, Smoked Mozzarella Sandwiches with Lemony Olives and Peaches with Ricotta-Walnut Filling can delight, satisfy, and impress. From Honeydew and White Wine Soup to Black-Eyed Pea and Smoked Ham Salad, from Roast Beef and Rosemary Mushrooms on Focaccia to Chocolate-Cherry Sundaes, this book is filled with soups and starters, mains and desserts -- all prepared in little time and with little effort. Written in an easy style with readily available ingredients, Cool Kitchen is sure to be a refreshing addition to anyone's summertime cooking.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

288 pages, Hardcover

First published May 6, 1998

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lauren Chattman gets it with this book on summer cooking! Far too many cookbooks and chefs suggest summer recipes which require you to turn on the oven when the air conditioning is straining to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures and the outdoor temperatures are in the 90s. My idea of summer cooking is light fair based on wonderful summer produce and using only the outdoor grill. While many of the recipes are very casual and perhaps more suitable for lunch, you will find plenty of ideas in this book.

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple recipes with little cooking involved. A must for those hot nights when you don't want to turn on the stove.

[John Bess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting cook book with some ideas I might like to try. I didn't even recognize some of the ingredients proposed in some of the recipes. That's wasn't Google is for of course.