Crockery Cookery: 262 Tested Slow-cooker Recipes

Hoffman, Mable

ISBN 10: 0553256041 / ISBN 13: 9780553256048

Published by Bantam (edition Later Printing), 1983

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crockery Cookery: 262 Tested Slow-cooker Recipes
• Publisher: Bantam (edition Later Printing)
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553256041
• ISBN 13: 9780553256048
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition: Later Printing.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Mable Hoffman (1922-2010) was a food stylist and home economist. In the early 1970s, she received a gift of the newly invented electric slow-cooker. Unsure of what to do with it, she decided to write a cookbook. Hoffman’s test kitchen amounted to 20 slow cookers lined up in her Solana Beach home. The resulting "Crockery Cookery" (1975) was an instant bestseller. It was "the right book" at "the right moment," the New York Times declared in 1976, adding that 20 million Americans who had bought slow cookers "were eager for tips." The initial infatuation with such slow-cooker recipes as her simple "Round Steak with Rich Gravy" or "Mission Chicken" (with grapes and topped with slivered almonds) would wax and wane. Yet the shift in American culture that first helped popularize the gadget -- the rise of the working woman -- also secured its future on kitchen countertops. A prolific and award-winning cookbook writer, Hoffman published 18 cookbooks over 25 years, working with her husband, Gar, and daughter Jan. Only a third were dedicated to the slow cooker, and two books emphasized speed -- "Cookies in Minutes" (1993) and "Pasta in Minutes" (1994).

From the Publisher

Mable Hoffman loves to cook. A professional home economist, she cooks to develop recipes, to promote food products and to prepare those tasty, eye-appealing dishes you've seen in ads and food-preparation articles. She's also a food stylist and editorial consultant for Better Homes & Gardens.

Slow cooking is different and requires special recipes. Mable developed every recipe specially for slow-cooking pots. Every one has been tested and re-tested to bring you sure success with each meal you prepare. You'll see how your slow-cooking pot invites culinary creativity. Just use these recipes as a foundation and add a little pinch of your own ingenuity to the pot.

You'll find slow cooking makes good eating!