Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication Date: June 2010
Featured Recipe: Height of Summer Blueberry Crumble; Oatmeal-Wheat Beer Bread
Love eating well but hate paying a lot? Amy McCoy’s cookbook, Poor Girl Gourmet (based on her popular blog), features decadent and delectable recipes for foodies with limited budgets, but sophisticated tastes. In Poor Girl Gourmet, McCoy breaks down the costs for each dish while also offering money-saving strategies, including tips for growing and preserving your own food, as well as ideas for quick and delicious family meals. McCoy, knowing that a gourmet meal is enhanced by the proper wine, also reviews more than 25 affordable wine varietals and blends, with pairing suggestions for many of the dishes. And there is a chapter of splurges ($15 to $30 per entree for a family of four) for when you’re feeling fancy. Because gourmets, regardless of their budget, appreciate a gorgeous cookbook, Poor Girl Gourmet bucks the pared-down trend in cost-conscious cookbooks, and is illustrated throughout with McCoy’s own mouthwatering full-color photography.
Cooks&Books&Recipes {Dee} on Poor Girl Gourmet cookbook:
This is a new favorite cookbook: we can’t quit making dishes from this one! Gorgeous photos, accessible recipes, useful and fun recipe intros, in addition to the cost for each recipe, tips for conserving cash, basic techniques, and a menu planner (yay!) that includes total cost for the meal.
Featured Recipes: Height of Summer Blueberry Crumble; Oatmeal-Wheat Beer Bread
Poor Girl Gourmet
Katie, I’m so glad that you enjoyed the crumble – it’s one of my family’s favorite summertime foods (though in the interest of full disclosure, unlike your mom, most everyone in my family is fully able to devour a pint of blueberries as a snack food – we *love* blueberries!), and I’m always glad to hear that it’s a hit with other families! Thank you for the post, and I hope that the blackberry crumble is equally enjoyed!
I tried the crumble with blackberries this past weekend and it was just as tasty. Â The blackberries were a little more juicy but the filling still turned out great. Â This is definitely one of my new favorite dessert recipes!