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(More customer reviews)The flavors are absolutely delicious. The pumpkin pie? So good I could hardly stop eating it. The cheddar rolls? Divine. The four-bean salad with homemade robust Italian dressing? Surprisingly flavorful and easy to boot.
Unfortunately, there's one problem that keeps me from wholeheartedly endorsing this cookbook: it seems the author didn't do an entirely careful job scaling back the quantity of food from what you'd make for an inn. In some cases this just means that a recipe produces amounts you're almost guaranteed not to use up: four cups of Italian dressing, using olive oil, which solidifies in the fridge, making it difficult to use after a couple of days without bringing it to room temperature first.
A greater problem, however, is that because of this scaling, some recipes have some rather glaring mistakes in them. Thankfully the proportions in the pumpkin pie recipe were right, so it tasted fine. However, the recipe that said it made two pies and called for two single-crust pie crusts made four deep-dish pies filled to the brim! Luckily I'd figured from looking at the ingredients that there was no way it could only make two pies, but it's a bit off-putting to end up with at least twice as much food as you'd counted on.
Back to the good news, the recipe layouts are clean and clear. If you're the kind of cook who really prefers to have photographs of the food, I'm afraid there aren't any; on the other hand, the numerous pages are filled to the brim with a veritable ton of recipes, so think of it as a tradeoff.[NOTE: review book provided by publisher]
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The classic cookbook from New England's most historic and widely loved inns, revised and updated with new recipes.The Red Lion Inn is one of the oldest and most famous country inns in the nation, and for more than 200 years it has been the destination for travelers seeking fine food and genteel lodging on what was once an important colonial road. The inn's beauty and hospitality have endured through the years, surviving a fire and harsh New England winters to provide respite for 20th-century presidents, literati, stage and screen stars, and television personalities. The legendary Fitzpatrick family continues to raise the inn's cuisine to new heights-blending new lighter and international fare with traditional New England favorites. 50 black & white photographs and illustrations.
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