Morgan Diane - Midnight munchies: more than 60 quick-fix snacks

MORE THAN QUICK-FIX SNACKS

By DIANE MORGAN
Photographs by PETER MEDILEK

Text copyright 2003 by Diane Morgan.

Photographs copyright 2003 by Peter Medilek.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

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ISBN 978-1-4521-2627-2

Design and illustration by Jennifer Sonderby / Sonderby Design

Photographs by Peter Medilek, Food Look NY

Food styling by Patrik Jaros, Food Look NY

Prop styling by Sonja Jrgens

The photographer wishes to thank the following:

Filipe from Room One, Nancy from Nancy Koltes, Cath from Karikter, Ellen from Lale, Banu from Terminal NYC.

Special thanks to Eva Turnispeed and Alexx Webber

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DEDICATION

To my son, Eric, midnight muncher extraordinaire.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

After looking at the recipes in this book, you are going to find it hard to believe that Im a bit of a purist when it comes to food. I shop at farmers markets as often as I can, buy organic, eat lots of veggies and very little red meat, and pick my fat calories carefullyoh, except for chocolate (there is always room for good chocolate). So, you might ask, what the heck am I doing writing a book called Midnight Munchies? My editor and dear friend, Bill LeBlond, had a lot to do with my decision to pursue this project. So did Leslie Jonath, another wonderful Chronicle Books editor. They convinced me to write the bookthere are lots of midnight munchers out therethat it would be fun, that Id come up with great recipes. To the two of you, many thanks, for you were right. This has been an incredibly fun project.

To Amy Treadwell, Michele Fuller, Sarah Bailey, and the others at Chronicle Books who have kept my projects on track and supported my efforts as I travel around the country teaching cooking classes, I am delighted, absolutely delighted, to be working with you. To Sharon Silva, I am thrilled to have you copyediting my book. Ive heard youre the best, and you are.

I couldnt have done this book without the help and insatiable appetites of my two teenage children. Eric, the number of times I have been awakened at midnight by the sounds of popcorn popping is uncountable. An empty chips bag and scooped-clean salsa container in the trash can are just two telltale signs of your many late-night kitchen invasions. Molly, ice-cream muncher and smoothie goddess, I know you expect the freezer to be well stocked with frozen fruits, sorbets, and yogurt. When the whim strikes to whip up some drinkable concoction, you always want choices so you can allow your kitchen creativity to flow. This project, you have to agree, kept you abundantly indulged.

Recipe testing and development takes energy, enthusiasm, and diligence. I am deeply grateful to Cheryl Russell for her assistance in the kitchen and multiple runs to the grocery store when we ran out of ingredients.

Many thanks to all the Reed College students, faculty, and staff who stopped by my table, strategically set up in the dining hall, and answered my survey about what favorite foods they eat at midnight. Your insights were brilliant, funny, and helpful.

To my friends who I tempted with calorie-laden munchies and who so generously obliged, many thanks and see you at the gym: Harriet and Peter Watson, Karen Brooks and George Eltman, Margie and Ken Sanders, Marci and Steve Taylor, Priscilla and John Longfield, Georgia and Tad Savinar, Sara Perry, Mary Corpening Barber, Sara Corpening Whiteford, Tori Ritchie, Tonya Holland, Karen Evenden, Josie Jimenez, Summer Jameson, Debbie Adams, Laura Jones, Michele Yurick, Roxanne Murata, Adrienne Silveira, and everyone else at the Pilates studioAlicia Buoni, Leslie Lewis, Rosanne Bergeron, and Rob Harvey.

To my husband, Greg, whose palate I trust, insights I welcome, and love I cherish.

Like Dagwood, no one wants to admit to sneaking into the kitchen late at night to scour the cupboards and survey the refrigerator. But the midnight muncher never goes undiscovered. The empty, crumpled tortilla chips bag stuffed into the garbage and the half-eaten container of salsa left on the counter are clues. The trusty nose of a sleeping pooch always wakes to the scent of popcorn popping. And the bleary-eyed student cramming for a test is heard shuffling down the hall looking for the next caffeine fix.

What is it about those cravings, whims, and munchies that pull us into the kitchen for the quick fix? Anyone can grab a granola bar, sneak a Snickers, or fill a bowl with ice cream. But a true midnight muncher looking for taste and adventure wants more. And thats what this book is all about.