Manley - Copykat.coms dining out at home cookbook 2: more recipes for the most delicious dishes from Americas most popular restaurants

More Recipes for the Most Delicious Dishes

from Americas Most Popular Restaurants

Ulysses Press

Copyright 2013 by Stephanie Manley. Copyright design 2013 Ulysses Press and its licensors. All Rights Reserved. Any unauthorized duplication in whole or in part or dissemination of this edition by any means (including but not limited to photocopying, electronic bulletin boards, and the Internet) will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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Berkeley, CA 94703

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ISBN: 978-1-61243-194-9

Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013931788

10987654321

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Managing Editor: Claire Chun

Editor: Phyllis Elving

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Interior icons: shutterstock.com/Massimo Sairezzo, Harjis A, Seller, Miguel Angel Salinas Salinas, svidenovic, blondinkadesign, Tancha, Mikateke, nata_danilenko

Cover photos: coffee drink: Dreamstime.com/Andrei Levitskiy, fried chicken: shutterstock.com/MSPhotographic, pasta fagioli: shutterstock.com/Robyn Mackenzie

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To my mom, Grandma McDowell, Grandma Eynard, Denise, and Bella. All of you have inspired me in so many ways. You have taught me to cook and enabled my creative spirit through your encouragement. I am deeply grateful for all you have given me.

Contents

Note to the Reader

CopyKat.coms Dining Out at Home Cookbook 2 is a collection of original recipes created by the author, Stephanie Manley, for the preparation of food items that taste like the ones available from many of Americas favorite restaurants and food brands.

All trademarks that appear in recipe titles, ingredient lists, and elsewhere in this book belong to their respective owners and are mentioned here for informational purposes only. Every effort has been made to identify third-party trademarks with the or symbols, as appropriate. No sponsorship or endorsement of this book by, and no affiliation with, the trademark owners is claimed or suggested.

The author encourages her readers to patronize the restaurants and food manufacturers in order to find out for themselves what the authentic versions of these food items taste like!

I have been writing CopyKat recipes for a long time. I started my website, CopyKat.com, back in 1995. Initially it was a place to keep my own family recipes. Maybe you have a shoebox, a drawer, or a notebook where you store recipes. My mother filed some of hers in a binder shed once used for a sorority she belonged to.

Many of my favorite moments in life took place around a table, involving food. I can remember sitting at my great-grandmothers table as a small child when she served sauerkraut and potatoes. Her sauerkraut was homemade, meaning she made it from cabbage, salt, and time. It tasted amazing. I remember one time Mom and I were getting into a heated discussion about just how much of it I was going to eat, when whatever I was drinking got knocked over and spilled everywhere.

I can also remember cooking with my dads mother, and she was so neat and tidy. She would be shocked and horrified if she walked into my kitchen now, as messy as it sometimes is. Her pies and cakes were also neat. She was always trying out a recipe, and I always wanted to her to write down her recipes for me to take home.

My parents and I moved a lot when I was growing up because of Dads work in retail management. We got to move around and meet new people. In meeting new people, you get to try new food. On my website youll find peanut butter cookies, apple pie, and other goodies from neighbors we had when I was growing up. Just thinking about those baked goods reminds me of wonderful times I had with those people.

I was off to college and met more wonderful friends. Denise taught me how to make wine jelly and so much more, so thinking about wine jelly always makes me feel young, as if I were in college again. All the while I was collecting recipes. Then came the Internet, so in 1995 I began to post recipes online. I really only did it for myself, to make sure Id be able to find my recipes. Its amazing how I began to think of recipes from other people as my personal recipes; they arent mine per se, but the memories they evoke are wonderful.

I began to post re-creations of restaurant recipes. When I was in high school, we lived in a rural areaI mean, we lived off a dirt road and our TV came to us via a large antennae that you had to rotate when you wanted to watch a particular show. Sometimes wed go into town to eat at a restaurant, and I wanted to re-create those recipes at home. The first two recipes that would launch what I do now were the Olive Garden Alfredo sauce and sweet and sour sauce. Alfredo sauce was something magical; wed never had such a sauce on pasta when I was growing up. And sweet and sour sauce never tasted the same as at a restaurant when it came out of jar. So I began by reading all the cookbooks we had, and then all the cookbooks at the local library. Id then try out recipes until I felt I had it right. Who knew that going to the Olive Garden would turn into something that Ive done now for almost 20 years? I re-create restaurant recipes.

What makes restaurant meals so special? I think part of it is the memories you associate with them. Many of us go out to eat for birthdays and other celebrations, and we go with other people. It is sitting at a table breaking bread together that makes these meals special. And during these special meals we form new favorite dishes. It might be a special piece of cheesecake ordered for making straight As. It might be a wonderful cocktail to toast a promotion. Or it could be just celebrating that the mail arrived that day!

So it is with great care that I re-create these recipes for you and your family. While we cant always recapture the moment we shared with those we love, we can re-create the food we had. I hope these recipes will bring you much happiness and more good memories to come.

AUTHOR FAVORITE

COCKTAIL PARTY

DINNER FOR ONE

DINNER FOR TWO

GAME DAY

IMPRESS THE GUEST