Damn Good Food: 157 Recipes from Hell's Kitchen

Huge plus to get the key recipes from this excellent restaurant. Chef Mitch does assume you know how to cook, so not much hand-holding in the instructions. So far all the recipes I have tried have turned out well. The coleslaw is the best, ever. Who gets excited about coleslaw? Make this and you will.Mitch Omer's story is interesting to read and he spares himself absolutely nothing.

I love this restaurant in Minneapolis and ordered the cookbook just for the lemon ricotta pancake recipe. I've tried to duplicate it in the past without luck. When I made the recipe in this cookbook, it tasted exactly like the restaurants pancakes. I'm excited to try the other recipes in the book as almost every recipe from the restaurant is in here and I'm confident they are as authentic as the pancakes. It has basic recipes from BLT's with homemade mayo and chicken divan to really crazy recipes like biscuits with rabbit gravy (I will never be making this). They are also famous for their bloody mary's and kethcup and both recipes are in this book as well. In addition, I enjoyed this book because it told a story of the start of the restaurant and struggles that the founder has faced.

Aside from very creative cooking, the story of someone wild in the world is worth the read. Original recipes and great food. Storied master chef in interesting times.

Great recipe book and will make some dishes from this. Although, I was under the impression that I bought a recipe book from the Hells Kitchen tv show, this was my mistake. However, the story of this guys life is well worth the price of the book alone and seeing how he got into cooking and all. Some good recipes. Happy with purchase even though it was my mistake.

I judge all breakfasts everywhere on Hell's Kitchen and nothing comes close. The recipe for the lemon ricotta pancakes is worth the price of the entire book - but there is so much more. Unique culinary delights are the fare here and it's just plain fun. Beautifully illustrated, easy-to-follow directions, most easy enough for even the most novice cook, I totally recommend Damn Good Food.

We have actually eaten at Hell's Kitchen in Minneapolis, and it is a great experience all around. This book complements the in-person visit perfectly, but as a cookbook it is a bit lacking. The lemon-ricotta pancake recipe yields pancakes that are very close to those I enjoyed in the restaurant, but mostly the book contains recipes of things you wouldn't think of making at home; I'm probably never going to cook bison at home (even though I can buy it at Whole Foods). So, buy it as a souvenir but leave it as a cookbook.

I bought this cookbook immediately after eating the Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, the Bison Bread, and sampling some of their amazing home made peanut butter at the restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. I have yet to try my hand at making these delicious items, but I have read the stories behind the dishes as well as the history of Hells Kitchen. It's a great cookbook (and history book) and I recommend it to all.

When i ordered this cookbook i thought it was from the tv show hells kitchen. Now i have a cookbook i will never use!