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The Frog Commissary Cookbook Paperback – January 1, 2002

by Steven Poses (Author), Anne Clark (Author), Becky Roller (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 129 ratings
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    Camino Books Inc
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    January 1, 2002
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  6. ISBN-10
    0940159732
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0940159730
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About the Author

STEVEN POSES runs Frog/Commissary Catering. ANNE CLARK is former head baker, test chef, and general manager of The Commissary. BECKY ROLLER, onetime Commissary cashier, was the originator, calligrapher, and illustrator of The Commissary Newsletter.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Camino Books Inc; 39771st edition (January 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0940159732
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0940159730
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 1 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 129 ratings

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Customers find the recipes in the book awesome, inspiring, and delicious. They find it a wonderful cookbook with simple yet creative dishes and clear instructions. Many customers mention that the recipes bring back nostalgic memories from their childhood in Philadelphia.

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32 customers mention "Recipes"32 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the recipes in the book. They find the Thai popcorn, carrot cake, and lentil salad to be delicious. The book offers stimulating tastes, inspiring food combinations, and informative techniques. Readers appreciate the duck, chicken, and crab/tomato pasta dishes. The lentil salad is a favorite.

"...was first published over 25 years ago, it is still fresh and inventive." Read more

"Bought one for all of my family. So many good recipes, but the chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are the best." Read more

"...It has a very appealing Thai/French slant and lots of back story information, along with Becky Roller's charming illustrations. Everything is good...." Read more

"...The simple, elegant purity of always wanting to plate the "best" is laced, like a delightful heap of spun sugar on every page!" Read more

27 customers mention "Value for money"27 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's recipes and find it a great value. They say it has creative dishes, including wonderful cookies. The book is enjoyable to read as well as cook from, with good food and ideas.

"This is my all time favorite cookbook! I finally had to replace my original copy - it was just in tatters...." Read more

"...So many good recipes, but the chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are the best." Read more

"This is a wonderful cookbook, illustrated with all of the charm and flair of the original restaurants, and containing many of the most sought-after..." Read more

"...Because hot damn, these are wonderful cookies...." Read more

7 customers mention "Ease of use"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the recipes in the book simple and straightforward. They appreciate the clear instructions, illustrations, and side notes.

"...the directions are very clear; and you can take your pick of straight forward dishes or rather complex ones - and everything in between - and rest..." Read more

"...The simple, elegant purity of always wanting to plate the "best" is laced, like a delightful heap of spun sugar on every page!" Read more

"...The instructions for all the recipes are clearly written and the accompanying drawings and side notes, like how to prepare a cheese plate or..." Read more

"...Nothing seems too complicated to make and everything I have ever made from it have turned out great." Read more

4 customers mention "Memories"4 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the recipes and memories from the book. They say it has sentimental value and brings back memories of Philly from the 1980s.

"This has sentimental value--lived right near the Frog Commissary restaurant and their takeout cafe many years ago in Philly...." Read more

"I love this cookbook and so many memories of Philly from the 1980's. I was so glad to see it back in print as my original copy has fallen apart...." Read more

"Brings back great memories!..." Read more

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I purchased this book back in 1985 when it was first published. If the number of folded pages, splatters on recipes and notations of "excellent!" mean anything... then this is by far one of my favorite cookbooks of all time!These recipes are just as good today as they were back then.Some of my favorite recipes: Taramasalata, Caponata, Bourbon Pecans, Vegetarian Chili, Goat Cheese Pizza, Potato-Rutabaga Gratin, Pasta and Smoked Mozzarella Salad with Roasted Peppers, Spinach, and Creamy Parmesan Dressing, Coffee Walnut Chocolate Chip MuffinsGet the book and start cooking for rave reviews from friends and family!
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  • Randy L. Thomas
    5.0 out of 5 stars All time favorite cookbook!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2013
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    This is my all time favorite cookbook! I finally had to replace my original copy - it was just in tatters. In my first job out of college in the late '70s I worked around the corner from The Commissary. I couldn't afford to eat there very often - but certainly had my share of Oatmeal Walnut Chocolate Cookies and Heart Tarts. When Poses opened Eden - his version of fast food - it was the "go to place" for lunch with friends or dinner before a concert or play. When the first baby was born into our group of friends, we had lunch at Carrots to celebrate (upstairs from The Commissary) before visiting the hospital. When the cookbook first came out and I could make my favorite dishes at home it was just heaven. Perhaps my perspective is tainted by all the great memories I have of eating at various Poses restaurants, but through the years I have repeatedly found just the right dish to make for many occasions. I think the directions are very clear; and you can take your pick of straight forward dishes or rather complex ones - and everything in between - and rest assured of good results. In my opinion, though the cookbook was first published over 25 years ago, it is still fresh and inventive.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best chocolate chip cookie recipe
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024
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    Bought one for all of my family. So many good recipes, but the chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are the best.
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  • Amazon Fan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brings back great memories!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2010
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    This is a wonderful cookbook, illustrated with all of the charm and flair of the original restaurants, and containing many of the most sought-after recipes.

    I lived in Philadelphia during the heyday of Frog and The Commissary, and they were my favorite restaurants, in a city that was in the midst of a restaurant renaissance. The original Frog was a real treat - low key, 70's eclectic decor, great service, and fabulous food. Since The Commissary was literally across the back alley from where I worked for many years,
    it was my regular breakfast/lunch spot. Every day the menu changed - great salads, freshly prepared pasta, two featured main dishes, and the most decadent desserts you could imagine. Yes, the carrot cake lived up to its reputation! Breakfast brought freshly baked brioche and coffee cake, made to order omelets, the muffin of the day, and real Irish oatmeal. And always heavenly coffee. The creativity of Steve Poses and his team was as boundless as their enthusiasm. They contributed much to expanding the palates of the Philadelphians who dined there.

    How wonderful that this cookbook is back in print. It has a very appealing Thai/French slant and lots of back story information, along with Becky Roller's charming illustrations. Everything is good. Don't miss the Strawberry Heart Tarts and the Coffee Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins!
    4 people found this helpful
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  • misselania
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recipe of a Legend
    Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2014
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    Just when I was beginning to think, the contents of my Viking Shaped Cucina should be retired to my garden, where the door of my stove could support a display of hand painted flower pots, I discovered this cookbook. Haunted by a 35 year old memory of "Killer" cake, I searched for it's recipe and found this gem. I'm neither a chocoholic or a cake lover, but I recalled this as "the Best Thing Dessert I've ever eaten". Having just made this cake and served it as dessert for a party of ten I can report, it is still "all that". Everyone who sampled The Killer Cake, has either begged me to make me one for their Birthday or insisted I should make them available for sale.
    In only two weeks I've recreated several of the recipes and have been inspired to push all thoughts of retiring from kitchen duty out of my head. The delightful tale of "how" Frog originally developed and their masterful recipes has inspired me to such an extent, I may never leave the walls of by kitchen again. The simple, elegant purity of always wanting to plate the "best" is laced, like a delightful heap of spun sugar on every page!
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  • Sparky Malone
    5.0 out of 5 stars I accept that the 80s will not die. And, they are delicious.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2008
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    This afternoon I told my daughter we'd make oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies for her lunchbox ("No oatmeal!" "Yes oatmeal,") and went looking for a recipe online. As soon as I saw the words "Frog Commissary" come up on Google, I was happy. Why? I don't know -- maybe it was all that eastern-PA late-80s/early-90s bookselling, maybe I'd shelved the cookbook before, or maybe it was ESP cookie vibes reaching out to me from 1985. Because hot damn, these are wonderful cookies.

    I must admit that reading the reviews makes me wince just that tiny bit -- all those terribly fashionable foods of the time. Reminds me of the year my dad added Belgian endive to my mom's shopping list every week just to annoy. You know, I could live without the raspberry puree brulee spinach asparagus crepe hazelnut big-puffy-sleeve dance again. But so what? I'm looking forward to cooking from this book, and I bet I'll wake up some pleasant memories in doing it.
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  • BMT
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very good quality
    Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2013
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    Book in great shape. My favorite cookbook. Needed a little goo be gone to get off something on the cover but other than that - ready to give as a gift!
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  • Former Rater
    5.0 out of 5 stars French - Thai and American
    Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2002
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    I love this cookbook. I have been through three copies and given numerous copies to friends and family.
    This book was out-of-print for years and I am very happy to see it reissued -- so I can give a copy to my son away in college!
    This is where the French-Thai connection started as far as I can tell. The book is a marvel. The illustrations and comments in the margins are as valuable as the recipes and their text.
    I have made just about every dish in this book and I have never been disappointed and neither have my guests.
    My son grew up on the Thai Popcorn; I believe that the duck and chicken recipes are beyond reproach; the lentil salad is to die for (better have a heck of an extensive spice collection for that one....) and EVERYBODY loves the Carrot Cake.
    A fine, fine example of American creativity in the culinary arts.
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  • Tom
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amateur Cooks view
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2013
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    Book arrived quickly and was not disappointed, not just a cookery book buts lots of other stories as well as information. Liked that it gave you recipes for 'larger' gatherings and a whole page of ideas on sandwich suggestions.
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  • stoniers husband
    3.0 out of 5 stars Bad hype
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2016
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    Not as good as all the hype suggested - the recipes are actually quite elaborate and for some reason I thought the book was mainly vegetarian - this is not the case and covers more meat recipes than anything else.
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