Milk Street: Tuesday Nights - by Christopher Kimball (Hardcover)

About the Book

"More than 200 simple weeknight dinners that deliver big weekend flavor in under an hour--with many that take only 25 minutes"--

Book Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER -- WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD AWARD AND IACP AWARD FOR BEST GENERAL COOKBOOK

One of Epicurious' Greatest Home Cooks of All Time delivers creative, delicious weeknight dinners with this quick and easy cookbook for beginner cooks and foodies alike. At Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, Tuesdays are the new Saturdays. That means every Tuesday Nights recipe delivers big, bold flavors, but the cooking is quick and easy--simple enough for the middle of the week. Kimball and his team of cooks and editors search the world for straightforward techniques that deliver delicious dinners in less time. Here they present more than 200 solutions that will transform your weeknight cooking, showing how to make simple, healthy, delicious meals using pantry staples and just a few other ingredients. Here are some of the fresh, inventive meals that come together in minutes:

• Miso-Ginger Chicken Salad
• Rigatoni Carbonara with Ricotta
• Vietnamese Meatball Lettuce Wraps
• Peanut-Sesame Noodles
• White Balsamic Chicken with Tarragon
• Seared Strip Steak with Almond-Rosemary Salsa Verde
• Chocolate-Tahini Pudding

Tuesday Nights is organized by the way you cook. Some chapters focus on time--with recipes that are Fast (under an hour, start to finish), Faster (45 minutes or less), and Fastest (25 minutes or less). Others highlight easy methods or themes, including Supper Salads, Roast and Simmer and Easy Additions. And there's always time for pizza, tacos, "walk-away" recipes, one-pot wonders, ultrafast 20-minute miracles, and dessert. Great food in quick time, every night of the week.

Review Quotes

"Milk Street: Tuesday Nights stands above the rest... offers scores of inventive, delicious, and swift recipes ideal for any night of the week... On almost every page is a dish I'm dying to try... Coming in at a little more than 400 pages with gorgeous full-color photographs for each entry, the book has enough to keep an enterprising cook busy for weeks."--Portland Press-Herald

"A celebration of joyful any-day meals that'll give your routine a welcome boost."--Tasting Table

"A cookbook for the rest of us... packed with instructions for making delicious dinners during the week."--Monterey Herald

"A solid, eclectic group of recipes that is built for working into your own weeknight rotations."--Washington Post

"A well-tested book that turns the Tuesday-night recipe on its head... uses bright and bold flavors and smart techniques that allow even a modestly competent cook to eat well in the middle of the week... my Tuesday-night game was never going to be the same."--Kim Severson, New York Times

"Around-the-world meals you can actually pull off on a weeknight!"--Woman's Day

"As usual, Chris Kimball has the answer: replace hours of culinary labor with dramatic, high-flavor ingredients... it almost makes you wish every day could be Tuesday."--NPR

"Delivers 200+ recipes for palate-awakening meals... Generously seasoned with international spices and pantry staples, these speedy stir fries, pastas, pizzas, and other dishes will satisfy adventurous home cooks... Milk Street's globally inspired approach to fast cooking is anything but bland. Turn to their latest for flavorful weeknight winners."--Library Journal

"Easy weeknight recipes with an international twist... Tuesday Nights starts with big-flavor ingredients and combines them to maximum effect."--Boston Globe

"For the global adventurer... Milk Street: Tuesday Nights is a delicious gem... [and] the recipes are accessible for any skill level."--Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"Stress-free cooking... There's plenty to tempt even tired cooks, including a rich, flavorful Sausage and Mushroom Ragu with Pappardelle, lots of twists on no-fuss roasted chicken thighs requiring minimal active cooking time, and a bunch of satisfying dinner salads."--Christian Science Monitor

"Underscores how home cooks are changing up weeknight meals with flavors from around the world... for millions of home cooks, the thrill of the global pantry is the next big step in the kitchen... getting at the best and most efficient method that the home cook can duplicate... These are recipes, Milk Street guarantees, that work.--Houston Chronicle

"Wondering what to cook on a weeknight that could possibly be faster or better than takeout? Look no further... [than] this decidedly inventive, omnivorous, and international collection... the 200-plus recipes, each under a page and accompanied by a full-page photo, include start-to-finish (active and inactive) time estimates and, when applicable, 'don't' notes that discourage common pitfalls."--Booklist

One of the 10 Cookbooks Our Readers Couldn't Live Without--Food52

Winner of the James Beard Foundation Award and the IACP Award for Best General Cookbook
One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, Amazon, Food52, NPR, Washington Post, Barnes & Noble, Boston Globe, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Times, New Hampshire Public Radio

About the Author

Christopher Kimball's Milk Street is located in downtown Boston--at 177 Milk Street--and is home to a cooking school, a bimonthly magazine, and public television and radio shows. They are the authors of Milk Street: The New Home Cooking, Milk Street: Tuesday Nights, which won both the IACP and James Beard Awards for General Cooking, and Milk Street: The New Rules.