Everyday Slow Cooking

Satisfying, easy, and great for family dinners, here are more than 200 modern slow-cooker recipes that focus on the fresh flavors, ethnic influences, and seasonal ingredients to inspire today’s cooks. Recipes yield the same fork-tender, heart-warming, and convenient dishes expected from a slow cooker, but are refreshed with an international pantry of seasonings, easy side dishes, and innovative garnishes.

Everyday Slow Cooking focuses on contemporary slow cooker favorites without forgetting some of the best slow cooker classics. A broad range of modern recipes take their cues from global influences, seasonal ingredients, and the richly layered, fresh flavors of today, while the classics continue to offer comfort, satisfaction, and make-ahead ease. Beautiful, full-color photography, easy-to-follow recipes, and a comprehensive introduction offer all the inspiration and explanation needed to turn out delicious slow cooker meals. Features spotlight essential slow-cooker ingredient (beef short-ribs, chicken thighs) and offer 4 easy preparations.

Chapters include:
• Beef
• Pork & Lamb
• Poultry
• Seafood
• Vegetables, Grains & Legumes
• Desserts
• Stocks, Sides & Sauces

Recipe highlights include: Adobo-Style Short Ribs with Mango Salsa; Ginger Beef Udon Noodle Bowl with Shiitake Mushrooms ; Lasagna with Beef Ragu, Kabocha Squash & Crème Fraiche; Bahn Mi Rice Bowl; Barbacoa-Style Pork Wrap with Cilantro-Lime Rice; Cider-Braised Pork Roast with Caramelized Onion-Apple Confit; Spicy Thai-Style Chicken Salad; Fennel, Orange & Olive Chicken; Mexican-Style Chicken Salsa Verde; Coconut Sea Bass Curry; Braised Salmon with Tamari, Lemon & Ginger; Meyer Lemon Barley Risotto with Chopped Greens; Cauliflower-Turmeric Soup with Toasted Almonds; Salted Caramel Creme Brulee; Warm Chocolate Budino Cake

KIM LAIDLAW is an award-winning cookbook editor, producer, and the author of Williams Sonoma Quick Slow Cooking, Home Baked Comfort, Dessert of the Day, and IACP award-nominated Baby & Toddler on the Go. As the owner of Cast Iron Media LLC, and with over 16 years of experience in book publishing and recipe development, Kim has worked with such clients as Weber, Kendall-Jackson Winery, Williams Sonoma, KitchenAid, Saveur, EatingWell, Sunset, American Girl, BabyCenter, and London chef and author Yotam Ottolenghi. She is a former instructor at the acclaimed San Francisco Cooking School, graduated from the California Culinary Academy, and previously worked as a professional baker. Kim lives in Sonoma County with her husband, daughter, and their bountiful home garden.