500 3-ingredient Recipes: Simple And Sensational Recipes For Everyday Cooking

There are no groceries in the house and you've got to make a meal. You've scoured the cabinets and refrigerator, but the pickins' are slim, to say the least. Don't resign yourself to a dinner out and a pricey restaurant bill. Help has arrived.

500 3-INGREDIENT RECIPES: Simple and Sensational Recipes for Everyday Cooking (Fair Winds Press/October 2004/$19.95 Paperback) proves that great cooking and delectable meals don't have to involve extensive recipes and long lists of difficult-to-find ingredients. In fact, Chef Robert Hildebrand of Vermont's Three Stallion Inn, along with the help of his sister Carol, have compiled a list of recipes that will show frustrated chefs that the best dishes are often made from creative uses of easy-to-find ingredients already in the house.
Allowing readers only 3-ingredients per recipe (with salt, water and butter or oil acting as extra "free" ingredients), this hard-working book will offer the at-home chef an unlimited supply of menu ideas for any meal of the day, any time of the year. Some of the recipes include:
* Smoked Trout Mousse
* Basil Focaccia
* Sautied Chicken with Pesto Wine Sauce
* Beer Burgers
* Baked Alaska
* Chocolate Bread Pudding

Whether there's been no time to run to the store or the chef is just tired of extravagant meals that take all day to prepare, 500 3-INGREDIENT RECIPES is a veritable bonanza of hundreds upon hundreds of recipes readers can create in their own kitchens using 3-ingredients. From starters to soups and salads to entrees and desserts, this book has it all!

About the Author
Robert Hildebrand is the Executive Chef at Vermont's famous Three Stallion Inn. He has received mention in Bon Appetit magazine and after a busy day of creating complicated menu items for demanding clientele is grateful for any recipe requiring 3-ingredients or less.