Share the obsession! Inspired by a diversity of cuisines, James Beard Award-winner Raghavan Iyer's passion for potatoes shines through in his continent-by-continent celebration of the amazing potato and the tastiest ways you can cook it-including soups, salads, gratins, tarts, and the Ultimate French Fries. Features recipes for: - Potatoes to start-from Cheesy Tarragon Tots to Steamed Potato-Chive Buns - Potatoes for dinner-from Creamy Massaman Curry to Chorizo-Stuffed Hash - Potatoes on the side-from Kung Pao Potatoes to Hasselback Potatoes with Cardamom Butter - And potatoes for dessert-from Thick-Cut Potato Crisps with Dark Chocolate to Sweet Potato Rolls with a Creamy Cointreau Glaze 75 glorious recipes from around the world, featuring everyone's favorite comfort food - a collection that will explode your idea of what it means to eat and love potatoes. Raghavan Iyer, an IACP Award-winning Teacher of the Year, is the author of 660 Curries, Indian Cooking Unfolded, Betty Crocker's Indian Home Cooking, and The Turmeric Trail: Recipes and Memories from an Indian Childhood. Born in Mumbai, Mr. Iyer lives with his family in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: A DEEP-ROOTED OBSESSION . . . 1 MUNCHIES, MORSELS, TIDBITS & FINGER FOODS . . . 15 SAVORY SOUPS & STUNNING SALADS 65 ENTREES, MAINS & FULL PLATES . . . 101 SMALL PLATES & SIDE DISHES . . . 167 SWEETS, DESSERTS & GRAND FINALES . . . 223 SPECIAL DIETS . . . 240 CONVERSION TABLES . . . 244 INDEX . . . 245 "Every single recipe here looks like a winner, and this quirky little cookbook belongs in most collections" -Booklist "If you think you know all the ways to cook a potato, think again. This fabulous cookbook is brimming with fresh ideas." -Library Journal, Starred Review "It is a tuberous tour-de-force to have such an exciting array of original preparations for this familiar kitchen item." -Foreword Reviews

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