Cookbooks
Recipes from Frugal Gastronomy, collected in print. The first edition is below, and more are on the way.
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Frugal Gastronomy "Summer of Love" Cookbook
Gourmet Eating at Home, by Mary Kim Zeuner. 73 pages, 20 recipes across six chapters, with a spice guide, conversion charts, substitutions and cooking timetables between them. Paperback $25.00, Kindle $12.99.
These are some of the site’s recipes, collected in print. All 20 are free to read on frugalgastronomy.com. What the book adds is the organizing. Every recipe sits in one place, in order, with the spice guide, pan and utensil conversions, equivalents and substitutions, and the cooking timetables printed between the chapters. No screen to wake up with floury hands, and nothing to search for. It also wraps, which a website does not.
Frugal Gastronomy was born out of Mary’s creative mind, from her desire to eat restaurant-quality food at a lower price point at home.
She has the motivation and unique ability to crave something, look up recipes, and modify them to taste even better.
She has the ability to eat something at a restaurant and think about how it could have been better, then come home and recreate it with her own twist.
She also has the uncanny ability to find a deal and shop the sales, so we have ingredients at home whenever a craving strikes. No running out to pay full price, or even overpay for convenience.
1st edition of many, to teach, motivate and inspire the chef in us all!!
— Mary Kim Zeuner
Not sure yet? Six of the recipes, one from each chapter, are available as a free sample.
Table of Contents
Appetizers & Beverages
- Spice Guide 7
- Sunshine Vanilla-Pineapple Infused Vodka 9
- Mom’s Vietnamese Cha Gio 11
- Roasted Oysters with Uni Butter 14
- Chorizo and Mussels 17
Soups, Stews, Salads and Sauces
- Microwave Cooking Hints 19
- Thai Chicken Coconut Curry Noodle Soup 20
- Lobster Bisque 23
- Pork Ramen 26
Main Courses: Beef, Pork and Lamb
- Conversion of Pan and Utensil Sizes 29
- The “Not Just for Special Occasions” Prime Rib Roast 31
- Cantonese Style Salt and Pepper Pork 33
Main Courses: Seafood, Poultry, Pasta and Casseroles
- Equivalents and Substitutions 36
- Chicken Parmigiana 37
- Huli Huli Chicken 39
- Savory Blue Crab Infused Spaghetti 41
- Authentic Thai Pineapple & Shrimp Fried Rice 43
- Penne alla Vodka & Rosé with Pancetta and Peas 46
- Red Snapper Escovitch with Harissa Sauce 49
Desserts, Pies, Cakes and Cookies
- Baking & Whipped Cream Reference 52
- Cherry Garcia Inspired Cannoli 54
- Dessert Ube Waffles 56
- Chocolatey Delight S’more Cookies 58
- Very Vanilla Cheesecake 61
Miscellaneous
- Sauces & Vegetable Timetable 64
- Grandmom’s Kimchi 66
