Sunday, July 11, 2010

Sunday's media madness...


Do you get cravings for your favorite take out or remember fondly the best pie you ever had at your favorite restaurant? Well if so then the man of your dreams goes by the name Todd Wilbur. Over the years he has written a slew of books, all recreating restaurants top secret recipes. Of all his books I chose to write about Top Secret Restaurant Recipes: Creating Kitchen Clones from America's Favorite Restaurant Chains 1, 2 and 3 just to keep it a little less confusing.

Top Secret Restaurant Recipes: Creating Kitchen Clones from America's Favorite Restaurant Chains, the first in the trilogy includes great food from Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad, Chi-Chi's Fried Ice Cream, IHOP's Cheese Blintz to Tony Roma's wonderful World Famous Ribs. I was able to find this book at its lowest price for a new copy at The Book Depository for $9.99 with free shipping. the lowest price I found for a used copy was with Buy.com, base price $1.01 + shipping of $3.99 and tax of .39 cents, making the total cost only $5.39.

Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2: More Amazing Clones of Famous Dishes from America's Favorite Restaurant Chains, the next book in the series includes foods like The Cheesecake Factory's Original Cheesecake, Denny's Fabulous French Toast, Lone Star's Lone Star Chili and The Olive Garden's Lemon Cream Cake (a personal favorite of mine and my husband). I found the lowest price for a new copy of this book at The Book Depository, the base price is $10.49 and they ship free world wide. The lowest price for a used copy was from Once Sold Tales for $5.50 with free shipping.

The final book in the series, Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3: The Secret Formulas for Duplicating Your Favorite Restaurant Dishes at Home, is set to be released on September 28, 2010. The latest installment promises recipes for Olive Garden's Bread sticks, Cracker Barrel's Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake, Outback Steakhouse's Outback Rack and On the Border's Mexican Mojito. The lowest price for pre-order that I was able to find was with Amazon for $10.80, but only if you have enough in your order to reach the $25 requirement for free shipping, if you just want the book then it is lowest at The Book Depository for $12.00 with free shipping.

If you are looking for a specific recipe or have an idea for a recipe that should be included be sure to check out Todd Wilbur's web site, Top Secret Recipes. You will find all sorts of information and recipes you can print and try right away, this weeks big reveal is Wendy's Frosty.

Have a fantastic Sunday everyone!

C.Q.

1 comment:

  1. A Wendy's Frosty??!! I will have to send Roy to the site. He loves a good frosty.

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