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Cookbook

Lobster at Home

Jasper White
Publisher: Scribner
Edition: 1998
113
Recipes
3
Recipe reviews
4.3
Avg recipe rating
4.0
Avg book rating

Jasper White's 1998 cookbook contains 113 recipes focused on lobster preparations, with 3 recipe reviews averaging 4.3 out of 5 stars on Cookbooker. The most-reviewed recipes include Grilled Lobster, Lobster Broth with Angel-Hair Pasta, and Classic Lobster Bisque. Members gave the cookbook an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars.

Cookbook Reviews

⭐ 4/5
14 years ago

This is a beautiful book, written for a niche market. The author, Jasper White, is a winner of the James Beard Award, and so I suspect that all the recipes work well.

The seven chapters cover basic cooking techniques, a primer on lobsters, soups etc, appetizers and small dishes, salads and sandwiches, main courses, and recipes from famous chefs.

For me, the primer was the most interesting part of this book. It covers the biology of lobsters (a bit), catching, how to buy them, considerations for selecting a good lobster, and anatomy.

Buying lobsters is an investment. This cookbook encouraged us to use a new cooking technique, and gave us enough information to go to extra lengths to cut the lobsters in half (alive!).

If I lived in New England, and purchasing lobster was something I did occasionally, this would be an excellent book to own. As it is, I'm pleased to have it reside in the house where I stay when I visit.

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