Fun with Entrees: Getting to the Heart of Cooking

Publisher Marketing: Why purchase and have make you way through an all-encompassing cookbook (at additional cost) when you are only interested in finding great recipes for yourself or your guest dinners. Other than chapters that deal with basics of cooking, this book concentrates on entrees and hearty soups that can be entrees or side dishes. Cooking great meals has three main foes... ** first, of course, is a lack of time ** second is the normal multi-dish cooking with the need to have all dishes ready at the same time ** third is the chore of cleaning several pots, pans or bowls after meal or the entertaining is over One helpful solution to the time dilemma might be the "minutes" meal concept. Another may be the "almost-homemade" cooking style that uses many off the shelf ingredients to simplify the cooking process. The main disadvantage to both of these methods can be that neither of them does much to address the time that is required for cleanup. However, a reduction in cooking time matters little if there is still a substantial cleanup routine to go through once the preparation and service is finished. This is how Fun With Entrees comes to the rescue. The cookbook's premise is a wide variety of classic and gourmet-level meals and soups that can be prepared (usually) in a single pot or pan in order to mitigate the cleanup routine. Over time I have accumulated a number of recipes that are conducive to being prepared in a single vessel, and I have reworked others in order for them to fit into this pattern. The result is a cookbook that simplifies food preparation and reduces the cleanup to (usually) a single pot or pan, and perhaps a serving dish." Contributor Bio:  Koehler, Kip ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kip Koehler Kip, though retired, is still an active author, construction consultant, and computer systems engineer. He and his wife Cheri, moved to Prescott AZ in 2002 where they built their custom home. Its highly creative design was subsequently highlighted in the local paper. The home's most unusual features are its "wine cave" and a "New Orleans" rooms. While they both love Prescott and their new friends, they do miss the California ocean, and try to return regularly for a seaside fix. As Cheri puts it: "There is no ocean in Arizona." Kip's computer background dates back to working for IBM in the late 60's. He purchased one of the first PCs off of the production line about 1980, and has been addicted to them ever since. Eventually as a consultant he developed financial software for IBM's clients and then for national sales. Fortunately for Cheri today, he can fix her computer problems rather quickly. Cooking has been a long standing interest with Kip, as reflected in his wide variety of cookbooks. Being somewhat unwilling to do excess work, they mirror that disposition in recipes that focus on easy cooking and clean-up. Another of Kip's interests is the nature of nature, both scientific and metaphysical. This curiosity is reflected in several of the book offerings. The books and booklets can be purchased for Kindle and Nook readers at amazon.com and other sites. The 6x9 inch paperback format of the books are available at createspace.com. If you are interested in hiring a freelance writer or editor, I am available by the job or $35 per hour. By the job is $1 per word for a well-defined project. Editing is $.10 per word in Word format.