Synopsis
Great recipes for over 100 familiar dishes, including Cheese Souffle, Flank Steak, Key Lime Pie, Lasagna, and Waffles.
In Ann Hodgman's first cookbook, BEAT THIS!, which was hailed by Atlantic Monthly as "the funniest book ever written about food," she challenged readers to top her unbelievable recipes for favorites such as roast beef, chili, guacamole, molasses cookies and, her pride and joy, potato salad. Several everyday gourmets stepped up to the challenge and sent in their best culinary contestants and, shockingly, Hodgman presents a few which she deemed superior to her own dishes, including a new champion potato salad. With this hysterical mix of humor and ridiculously delicious recipes for clam chowder, deviled eggs, lemon squares, plum pudding, plus many, many more, Hodgman remains the queen of kitchen comedy and fabulous food.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-04-01 | | Illustrator: | Robin Zingone |
| Size | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 8.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
thought were better than hers. Now she presents the winners of that challenge--over 100 recipes in all--plus more of her own "bests-in" category. Line illustrations.
Industry Reviews
"Ann Hodgman's first collection of recipes, 'Beat This!', was as much a challenge as a book. It contained, she said, the best recipes, the only recipes, but she vowed to publish a sequel if enough readers proved her wrong. Enough did. Among the 'Beat That!' entries are 'The Greatest Garlic Bread', 'Mature Macaroni and Cheese', and 'Very Controversial Apple Crisp'. What no one can improve upon is Hodgman's writing; her stuff is tonic to anyone who hates lifestyle kits disguised as cookbooks--as well as to anyone who hates cooking."
Hamlin
"Surely the funniest book ever written about food..."
Weir
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