Rate this book

My Father's Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness (2011)

by Gwyneth Paltrow(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0446557315 (ISBN13: 9780446557313)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Grand Central Life & Style

review 1: I am writing this review as I eat the 'Duck broth with soba' from this book. Gwyneth Paltrow's stated intentions on the cover of this book, which are to provide '' delicious, easy recipes celebrating family and togetherness'' were almost met. The recipes are the standard fare for foodies. There wasn't much that was original, but I give her points because of how she put the book together. She gives tips on how to get young children interested in cooking through participation. I live with a 3 year old girl, who I often cook with, and I think that should be something all people do with their children. I think its bizarre how modern culture believes in lengthy education for children, but in their education completely ignores essential life skills like cooking. Gwyneth is very... more health conscious and it is apparent by the ingredients she stresses that one uses. I loved her healthy hoisin recipe and it will from now on be the recipe I will use for hoisin sauce. What a healthy improvement using ingredients I wouldn't have associated with hoisin sauce. But other than that, in terms of the tastiness of the food, there were hits and misses.In all I made 5 of her dishes:- The Best Miso Soup I changed up her recipe because in no way hell can great miso soup be made without kombu. But she piqued my interest in what the best miso recipe was. I googled for one and OMG I saw the light. The key is putting kombu in the water overnight in the fridge. I thank Gywenth though for informing me on the benefits of miso paste. Makes me keen to use it more.- Duck Broth and Soba wow...so yummy- Chinese Duck and Pancakes with Hoisin SauceThe Duck was alright. The hoisin sauce was the star.- Polenta with fresh cornThe polenta was great until I added the cream and milk that the recipe called for. - Artichoke PestoKinda okay.
review 2: I related with Gwyneth right away when I read about her great passion for food despite her skinny physique come to realize we have those things in common. I think everything is better with food too. I loved how she had comments of how her kids liked certain dishes. She also had stories to go along with the food which made it seem like a good friend was giving me her recipes. I was surprised by some of the simple family recipes in this book. She has practical recipes for stocks and sauces that can be made ahead of time, some of which can be stored long term in the freezer. Usually in celebrity cookbooks it seems like the ingredient lists are either strange food items I have never even heard of or they are too expensive for my taste. I have a big family of six to feed so I like low budget meals. She did have a few of those types of recipes though, for instance with duck. Assuming she was aiming to have this cookbook appeal to middle-income families, housewives and stay-at-home moms, I had to wonder “How often does the average housewife cook with duck?” Not many. Typically you would buy the everyday variety of chicken, beef, or pork. I already cooked the fried zucchini spaghetti which had a unique flavor I enjoyed. I mostly look forward to cooking: slow-roasted tomatoes, corn chowder, penne puttanesca, duck ragu (hey I never said I wasn’t interested in it), chicken Milanese, chicken and dumplings, even her father’s pancakes, berries with caramelized cream…and more. One funny note is when I came across a picture of her making pasta I could see one of her kids on the counter top—a BARE FOOT next to the food! “YUCK!” I have issues with that. “Get your feet off of my kitchen counter.” less

Download links for: My Father's Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness

Advertising