Current Cookbook - The Hooters Cookbook

THE HOOTERS COOKBOOK - By Rodney Foster, Editor (Compiled by Corporate Chef Scott Kinsey)

This cookbook has a copyright  of 2007. I bought this book at Barnes and Noble. I have never cooked from this book before.

This book is supposedly geared toward men. Lots of ideas to get food out for the big game, to tailgate or to just celebrate your favorite NFL football team. But don't let that stop you, it's actually a pretty good cookbook.

Since I don't eat at Hooters (just once and that's in an upcoming post) I have no idea if the book follows dishes they serve at the restaurant. I can tell you that most of the recipes here look very tasty.

The book starts with a forward and introduction to the cookbook along with a few pages on the history of Hooters (which not only includes a photo and story on the very first Hooters girl, but a photo of that Hooters Guy). There is no index but the table of contents does list each recipe under the chapter head. Chapters are divided into Wings, Sandwiches and Burgers, Game Day, Tailgating and Grilling and Recipes to Impress. There are about 70 recipes with very nice photos of each dish. Chapters are interspersed with trivia and tips (like knowing your beer or fishing laws). No strange ingredients. Recipes seem pretty straightforward and easy to understand. None of the recipes seem very complicated either.

There are a ton of recipes I want to try from this book. Though I won't call if comfort food, it's still good, stick to your ribs type of stuff. I want to try all six versions of their Wings, along with More Than A Mouthful Burgers, Spicy Beer Battered Onion Rings, Fire-in-the-Hole Kabobs, Grilled Chicken Satay, Cajun-Blackened Halibut, Dungeness Crab Fried Rice, Dirt Pie, Toffee Apple Dip...seriously, I could pretty much list every recipe. I definitely will continue to cook out of this book. Though I rarely watch a football game anymore, any of these dishes would work with my many hockey games.

As an added little bonus, in the back of the book there is a Hooters Culinary Academy diploma that, should you choose, can be taken out, framed, and hung on your wall.

And remember what the founder of Hooters had to say...."Hooters make you happy!"

Comments

[Shannon]

Oh, some of those recipes sound good! I have only been there once, and I went with Sarah! LOL! Can't wait to see what you try, and do an easy one, so I can try it too!

[@makfan]

I am looking forward to having my braces removed in a few weeks so I can enjoy things like chicken wings again.

[grace]

i can't believe there's a hooters cookbook. too funny.

[Mrs. L]

Shannon - the wings were really easy. I plan on trying several more recipes so stay tuned (and they didn't look to hard to do).

Makfan - Wahoo! I didn't know they were coming off that soon!

Grace - Oh you'd be surprised at the cookbooks I find :)

[We Are Never Full]

this makes me LAUGH and i was thinking of buying it just for the wings recipe but you've already posted it! thanks - but maybe it would be a good funny christmas gift.