Barbarians at the Plate: Taming and Feeding the Modern American Family

By Marialisa Calta

A wry and practical guide to the family meal. Veteran food writer and columnist Marialisa Calta offers advice, strategies, and recipes from families across the country, addressing the peculiar challenges and delights of enjoying dinner as a family. Part cookbook, part survival manual, part humor book, part voyeuristic peek into our neighbors' kitchens, Barbarians at the Plateis a field guide to an all-too-endangered species these days: the family meal. Barbarians at the Platecovers: - Last-minute meals - Slow-cookers and other effort-saving appliances - Barbecuing - Making the most of leftovers - Accommodating picky eaters - Creating mealtime traditions - Getting everyone to participate in cooking and clean-up - Insights into the ways families survive and thrive around the dinner table

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399531521
• ISBN13: 9780399531521
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Barbarians at the Plate

If you are a person who only knows how to boil water, but wants to look like you can do so much more then this book is for you. Marialisa gives you a lot of easy recipes, which can be made on the go. And lays everything out in easy to read steps. Feeding a family healthy meals, on the go, each night is a challenge. But Marialisa does all the hard work for you, laying it all out, she gives definitions to terms you may not be familiar with, she even gives you suggestions in how to be successful in your grocery shopping. She covers it all!! You can not go wrong with this book. I will be honest at first I was a little hesitant because of the cover (not sure why, just me). But I am sooo glad I got this book, it is really helpful in keeping my family of three teenage boys feed.