About the Books
Not Your Mother’s® Slow Cooker Cookbook
Already a classic, this first book in the Not Your Mother’s® series made home cooks everywhere fall in love with their slow cookers all over again.
See why the Times Union called this book, “One of the best… a compilation of recipes that is thoroughly modern, covering a wide flavor spectrum.”
Not Your Mother’s® Slow Cooker Recipes for Two
With recipes designed especially for the small slow cooker, this cookbook is just what singles and small families need.
See why the Ann Arbor News says, “These recipes are fresh and sophisticated.”
Not Your Mother’s® Slow Cooker Recipes for Entertaining
When you need to feed a crowd, your slow cooker is indispensable! Put together a tantalizing entrée hours before your guests arrive. Or turn your slow cooker into a fondue pot, chafing dish, punch bowl, soup tureen… the possibilities are deliciously endless!
Find out why About.com says, “The recipes will definitely inspire. From classic to creative, and spanning all cuisines and levels of formality, there’s something for everyone here.”
Not Your Mother’s® Weeknight Cooking
You really can have a hearty, delicious meal prepped, cooked, and served in under an hour.
Think it’s not possible? Test us out! Try Baked Halibut Parmesan, Hungarian Paprika Chicken, or, yes, the Ratatouille Tortilla Pizza.
If these are Not Your Mother’s® cookbooks, then what are they?
Okay, so maybe your mom was a great cook, and you couldn’t wait to get to the dinner table every night to dig into whatever delicious dish she had lovingly prepared all afternoon
Or… maybe not.
But did she ever pull Cornish Game Hens with Mango Tomato Salsa Fresca out of her pea-green Crock Pot? Or put Veal Stew with Champagne on the holiday buffet table? When you asked her, “Can we have pizza tonight?” did she whip up a Ratatouille Tortilla Pizza in half an hour?
Didn’t think so.
And that’s what the Not Your Mother’s® cookbook series is all about. It’s not about knocking Mom’s cooking, it’s about taking traditional favorites and making them new with modern flavors and time-saving tips for today’s busy cooks. It’s about showcasing global recipes that we’ve all come to know and love, and inventing contemporary favorites that will become classics of the future. Most of all, it’s about using fresh, healthy ingredients in quick-to-prepare recipes that result in delicious meals. See what’s cooking in these fantastic cookbooks, and then get cooking, for yourself… for your family… maybe even for your mom!
About the Authors
Beth Hensperger
Beth Hensperger’s career as a prolific food writer and educator began when she was named guest cooking instructor for the March 1985 issue of Bon Appétit. She has gone on to author more than twenty cookbooks, including the best-selling Not Your Mother’s® series. Her other cookbooks from The Harvard Common Press are The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook and The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook. She is also the author of The Bread Bible, winner of a James Beard Book Award, and has been nominated twice for an IACP Cookbook Award.
Hensperger writes a food column, “Baking with the Seasons,” for the San Jose Mercury News, and she is a contributor to dozens of national and online cooking and lifestyle magazines. An East Coast transplant who now considers herself a true Californian, Hensperger lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
Julie Kaufmann
Julie Kaufmann, a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has lived in California since 1979. She is the food editor of the San Jose Mercury News, which has twice been nominated for a James Beard Award in newspaper journalism. Before becoming the paper’s food editor, she wrote “Kids in the Kitchen,” a twice-monthly food column for kids. Kaufmann is an avid home cook who lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and two children.