Academy-Award winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has released a book that deals with one of her talents that isn’t acting. Paltrow authored her cookbook My Father’s Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness in April of 2011. This cookbook offers photographs and 150 recipes for breakfast to dessert and everything in between. There are full-color photos throughout the book and the recipes feature good food that will inspire you to cook. The foreword of this cookbook was provided by chef Mario Batali.
Although Paltrow is typically a very private person, she allows you access to her favorite family recipes in this book. This cookbook shows how food can shape a person, and play a role in spending time with family. My Father’s Daughter offers recipes from categories like breakfasts, sandwiches and burgers, soups, salads, main dishes, sides and desserts. You are sure to find something you like in the cookbook full of wonderful recipes.
Highlights some tasks that kids can perform to get them involved in cooking
Includes meals that are vegetarian and vegan
Recipes have a key so that you can select them based on the amount of time you have available
CON
Red meat recipes are excluded due to the author’s eating preferences; this may a drawback for some cooks
DIET and NUTRITION
There are several tasty recipes and photos available throughout My Father’s Daughter. Paltrow shares some of her family’s classic recipes along with her other favorites. Paltrow does not eat red meat, so there are no recipes involving those types of ingredients. She suggests buying various organic ingredients when you can. The category breakdown of the recipes include soups, salads, burgers and sandwiches, pastas, main courses, side dishes, breakfast, and desserts. There are several recipes for vegetarian and vegan dishes included as well. Some of the different recipes you will find in the cookbook include:
Basic Tomato Sauce
Asian Portobello Burgers
Blythe’s Savory Bread Pudding
Aunt Evelyn’s Brisket
Broiled Salmon with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
Cheesy Stuffed Burgers
Fried Flounder with Tartar Sauce
Macaroni & Cheese
Homemade Root Beer Floats
Oyster Po’Boys
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
EXERCISE
There is no exercise guidance given with My Father’s Daughter due to it being a cookbook.
CONCLUSION
Gwenyth Paltrow has taken her love for family and food and combined them into a nice cookbook. This cookbook encourages you to involve your family in the cooking process and suggests you use quality ingredients. This cookbook allows you to make some great meals while seeing a more personal side of Paltrow and her family.
Common Misspellings
my fater’s daughter, my father daughter, my father’s daugter, my father’s doughter
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