Volume 1 of a two volume set, Copycat Appetizers Cookbook includes more than 50 copycat restaurant appetizers from some of your favorite restaurants. Stop spending hundreds of dollars a month on restaurant meals and fast food! With this book, you can easily indulge in your favorite restaurant appetizers at home and at a fraction of the cost. You can also take the opportunity to tweak recipes to make them even more delicious using favorite ingredients. Discover the secrets behind some of your favorite dishes from places such as Applebee's, BJ's, Bucca de Beppo, Cheesecake Factory, Chili's, Cracker Barrel, Chipotle and more.
This is a decent collection of popular appetizers from such restaurants as Applebees, Cheesecake Factory, and others. I was most interested in trying their versions of Popeyes Buttermilk Biscuits and the Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits. Like all the other recipes the ingredients were easily sourced and the directions clear. The end results were fairly close and quite tasty. The categories include dips and sauces, bread and biscuits, and a more appetizers category that includes everything from chicken wings to Swedish meatballs to jalapeno peppers. No photos or nutritional information is included but trust me, this isn't health food. But decent replicas that are palate pleasers nonetheless.
Copycat, you say? Maybe, but the Orange Julius sure tasted like I remember. I m sure that the others will be just as good. Now, I can t wait till spring,summer, and fall arrives so I can lay my hands on fresh fruit and get thirsty!
For now I ll read about the new favorites to unwind the day with.