Anthony Tripodi - The Everything Panini Press Cookbook

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EVERYTHING
PANINI PRESS
COOKBOOK Dear Reader, Have you ever been to a trendy caf or coffee shop and marveled over the items on the menu board? Did you wonder to yourself, Why cant I make sandwiches like that at home and why arent they just as delicious? Well, stop wondering and start preheating your panini press! You can make delicious panini in the comfort of your own home any time you want. You dont need exotic ingredients or fancy equipment. All it takes is a panini press and the willingness to try something new. But if you just use your panini press for making panini, youre not using it to its full potential. You can make desserts, steaks, seafood, hors doeuvres, and even wontons with a panini press. Its time you started fully utilizing this valuable kitchen tool.

So if mouth-watering meats, cheeses, and vegetables heated and pressed between crispy and chewy bread sounds like your idea of an excellent meal, then this book is just what youve been looking for. Have a panini today! Welcome to the EVERYTHING Series! These handy, accessible books give you all you need to tackle a difficult project, gain a new hobby, comprehend a fascinating topic, prepare for an exam, or even brush up on something you learned back in school but have since forgotten. You can choose to read an Everything book from cover to cover or just pick out the information you want from our four useful boxes: e-questions, e-facts, e-alerts, and e-ssentials. We give you everything you need to know on the subject, but throw in a lot of fun stuff along the way, too. We now have more than 400 Everything books in print, spanning such wide-ranging categories as weddings, pregnancy, cooking, music instruction, foreign language, crafts, pets, New Age, and so much more. When youre done reading them all, you can finally say you know Everything! PUBLISHER Karen Cooper DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITIONS AND INNOVATION Paula Munier MANAGING EDITOR, EVERYTHING SERIES Lisa Laing COPY CHIEF Casey Ebert ASSISTANT PRODUCTION EDITOR Jacob Erickson ACQUISITIONS EDITOR Lisa Laing ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT EDITOR Hillary Thompson EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Ross Weisman EVERYTHING SERIES COVER DESIGNER Erin Alexander LAYOUT DESIGNERS Colleen Cunningham, Elisabeth Lariviere, Ashley Vierra, Denise Wallace
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PANINI PRESS
COOKBOOK
Anthony Tripodi
The book is dedicated to my family:
Cathy, Max, and Alexa.
Theyre the best thing since sliced bread. Copyright 2011 by F+W Media, Inc.

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