281633 Sun Dec 11 10:34:04 -0800 2005 5 31 Home Cooking 0 1498993 A few months ago I bought a new Fagor Pressure Cooker. Mostly I find that I use it to speed up cooking dried beans (which it does wonderfully!) I'm afraid that I'm timid about trying to convert conventional recipes to this method so I'm asking for help from the vast Chowhound community. I love to do stews, braises and thick soups so it would be great to get some ideas from you all. Also, if anyone has a good Pressure Cooker cookbook, I'd like to know about that as well. Thanks :) Sun Dec 11 10:34:04 -0800 2005 0 RWCFoodie 1 1499024 We recently tried Curried Chicken Coconut Soup from Epicurious...excellent! Link below...they also have a very good recipe for Beef Short Ribs with Asian Flavors, another pressure cooker recipe. You might look at Jacques Pepin's recent cookbook "Fast Food My Way"--he offers a few pressure cooker recipes in it also; haven't tried those but I think he does veal shanks in the pressure cooker. Link: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/108607 Sun Dec 11 13:08:23 -0800 2005 1498993 0 Val 1 1499102 "Pressure Cooking for Everyone" by Rick Rodgers and Arlene Ward Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811825256/qid=1134367363/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/104-3243327-0796720?s=books&v=glance&n=283155 Mon Dec 12 01:14:51 -0800 2005 1498993 0 Chimayo Joe 1 1499300 Lorna Sass's pressure-cooker books (she's published at least 4) are all good. Though I'm not a vegetarian, I especially like her "Great Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure." And I agree with the previous recommendation of "Pressure Cooking for Everyone" by Rick Rogers and Arlene Ward. Mon Dec 12 22:41:33 -0800 2005 1498993 0 Miss Priss 1 1501376 Sorry I haven't gotten back to this until now... Thanks to both of you for the posts and I will be ordering that cookbook - it's looks like what I want! I'll post when I receive it and try some of the recipes. Thu Dec 29 16:19:53 -0800 2005 1498993 0 RWCFoodie 2 1501377 Ooops! I meant thanks to ALL of you! I'll be ordering both books suggested... Thu Dec 29 16:21:26 -0800 2005 1501376 0 RWCFoodie