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Mouth-watering mouth·wa·ter·ing or mouth-wa·ter·ing  
adj.
Appealing to the sense of taste; appetizing: the mouthwatering aroma of a baking pie.

Adj. 1.
 recipes which are NOT 'from scratch'? It seems impossible that 'fast food' and 'mouth-watering' can be equated, but Sandra Lee has done it--and produced two cookbooks to reinforce her strategy. Semi-Homemade Cooking (069-6226855) introduces the idea of producing foods which seem time-consuming but only take a fraction of the time. How? By blending 70% store-bought ingredients with 30% fresh foods to produce the taste of homemade. Open with a Raspberry Sake, move to a Crabby crab·by  
adj. crab·bi·er, crab·bi·est Informal
Grouchy; ill-tempered.



crabbi·ly adv.
 Bisque bisque 1  
n.
1.
a. A rich, creamy soup made from meat, fish, or shellfish.

b. A thick cream soup made of puréed vegetables.

2. Ice cream mixed with crushed macaroons or nuts.
 of condensed crab bisque enhanced with heavy cream and crabmeat crab·meat  
n.
The edible flesh of a crab.

Noun 1. crabmeat - the edible flesh of any of various crabs
crab

crab cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce
, then use the slow cooker to produce Chinese Braised braise  
tr.v. braised, brais·ing, brais·es
To cook (meat or vegetables) by browning in fat, then simmering in a small quantity of liquid in a covered container.
 Short Ribs or Southern Pulled Pork--or top it off with Cinnamon Buns made from frozen white bread dough enhanced with spices, sugar, and butter. Lest you think the enhanced recipes are a fluke--or wish for more--turn to Semi-Homemade Cooking 2 (0696227150), which packs in even more dishes. Storebought soup mixes, seasoning packets, frozen pastries and canned fillings are all blended with fresh ingredients to produce polished results.
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Title Annotation:Semi-Homemade Cooking
Publication:The Bookwatch
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Date:Nov 1, 2005
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