The Best of Secret Restaurant Recipes

Discover the secrets behind your favorite restaurant recipes! Find out how to create more than 90 dishes from some of America's most popular restaurants, from irresistible appetizers to decadent desserts and everything in between. Learn how to prepare copycat versions of everyone's favorite menu items--crowd-pleasing appetizers and snacks such as potato skins, wings and nachos, or hearty breakfasts including pancakes, waffles and French toast. Choose from dozens of big restaurant salads, oversize sandwiches, stellar soups and flavor-packed pastas, plus perennial restaurant favorites like finger-licking ribs, chicken fried rice and steak fajitas. Leave room for some over-the-top restaurant desserts--spectacular sweet treats like Brownie Lasagna, Carrot Cake, Tiramisu and French Silk Pie are just a few of the fabulous dishes you can enjoy any time when you make them at home. Chapters include Breakfast & Brunch, Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Sandwiches, Main Dishes, Side Dishes, and Desserts. More than 85 beautiful photographs.