Gifts for the Chef Who Has it All

 What to get the chef who has everything? A speciality cookbook of course! Check out any of these fantastic cookbooks for the chef in your life! 

For the Weekday Cook:

BEST OF BRIDGE WEEKDAY SUPPERS: All-New Easy Everyday Recipes The Best of Bridge ladies (established in 1975 with a group of 8 female friends) are back with another bestseller and 175 simple recipes with gourmet results for every night of the week. Best of Bridge.

For the No-Fuss In-a-Rush Cook:

5-INGREDIENT INSTANT POT® COOKBOOK: 150 Easy, Quick & Delicious Recipes Dinner is about to get even easier now that you can cook mouthwatering meals in your Instant Pot® with five ingredients or less. Marilyn Haugen, Wisconsin.

For the Let's-Eat-Already Cook:

150 BEST TOASTER OVEN RECIPES A collection of recipes that is as versatile as your toaster oven itself. Perfect for college, university, elders, singles, camping, RV-ing, etc. Linda Stephen, Ontario.

For the Dessert Chef:

THE CHEESECAKE BIBLE, SECOND EDITION: 300 Sweet & Savory Recipes for Cakes and More  This is the ideal guide for beginners and seasoned bakers alike, ensuring that they make the very best cheesecakes. George Geary, California.

For the Fancy-Cheesy Chef:

THE FONDUE BIBLE, SECOND EDITION: The 200 Best Recipes This updated edition offers 10 new recipes in an entire section devoted to throwing fondue parties. Ilana Simon, Winnipeg.

For the Breakfast-Is-Best Cook:

150 BEST WAFFLE MAKER RECIPES: From Sweet to Savory Now home cooks can enjoy scrumptious restaurant-quality sweet and savory waffles. Marilyn Haugen, Wisconsin + Jennifer MacKenzie, Ontario.

For the Creative Cook:

5-INGREDIENT AIR FRYER RECIPES: 175 Delicious & Easy Meal Ideas Including Gluten-Free & Vegan Enjoy fried foods anytime, with a fraction of the fat and calories and none of the messy clean-up left in the wake of traditional oil-fried foods. Camilla Saulsbury, Texas.

For the Cook Who Meal-Preps:

SERIOUSLY GOOD FREEZER MEALS: 150 Easy & Tasty Meals You Really Want to Eat Delicious meals that will have you feeling anything but left out in the cold! Karrie Truman, Washington.

For the Fermenting Chef:

FERMENTATION REVOLUTION: 70 Easy, Healthy Recipes for Kombucha, Kimchi and More Incredibly healthy recipes + everything you need to know about fermentation to start a little revolution in your pantry! Sebastien Bureau + David Cote, Quebec.

For the Fun Chef:

THE COMPLETE INDIAN INSTANT POT® COOKBOOK 130 Traditional and Modern Recipes Gone are the days when preparing Indian food just seemed too intimidating or for weekends only. Cooking Indian food has never been this approachable, fast or easy! Gorgeous photography with delectable and accessible recipes. Chandra Ram, Chicago

The Melting Pot Just Started Their Restaurant Week Special Menu and You'd be Crazy to Miss These Fondues

The Melting Pot just started their 12-day restaurant week special -for only $35 per person! It’s running January 14th-19th & 21st-26^th, and let me tell you, you don’t want to miss this delicious event. 

There’s the 4 Course Experience with 3 different entree fondues to choose from, a new cheese fondue, a fresh salad and then to finish, chocolate fondues.

Sometimes when Steve and I go, I don’t order off the special restaurant week menu and opt for my menu favorites, but not this time. 

We ordered the whole lineup and it truly was the best MP fondues we have had!

These are the options and we started with …

We began with wine, a velvety Sav Blanc, which went well with the Pesto Walnut Swiss Cheese Fondue. It had creamy fontina, raclette, Gruyere and Parmesan cheeses swirled with white wine, garlic, fresh pesto and cracked black pepper, then topped off with chopped walnuts. 

I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this, and Steve and I ate every bite- it was divine. The pesto gave it just enough of a kick, and the pepper and garlic blended well with the various cheeses. 

The walnuts added perfect crunch with the dippers of apples, pretzel bread and grapes, and our server, Bobby Joe, brought out a sublime balsamic to dot the top of the cheesy morsels, and that was the perfect complement to each bite.

The second course freshened our palates with a Pear and Arugula salad. Fresh arugula greens tossed with our homemade champagne vinaigrette, sliced pears, Gorgonzola cheese, honey roasted almonds and dried cranberries.

All entrees are served with fresh vegetables and a variety of unique dipping sauces as well as our court bouillon cooking style, which is what we got. 

More cooking style options are available for additional charge, and vegetarian and gluten free alternatives available upon request.

 Each guest can choose one of the following:

The Wayne: Jalapeno filet mignon, chicken & vegetable potstickers, herb coated chicken breast & pacific white shrimp.

The King of Prussia: Cold water lobster tail, filet mignon & sriracha lime shrimp- this! this! this! and some chicken too.

The Audubon: Herb-coated chicken breast, pacific white shrimp, atlantic salmon & sesame wasabi-coated ahi tuna.

The Fourth Course- dessert of course! We got two fondues for dessert, I enjoyed the flaming turle with a bit of sea salt and caramelized nuts and flambeed, and Steve enjoyed the Cookie butter crunch chocolate fondue- which was a dream! 

Silky, smooth white chocolate blended with sweet and creamy cookie butter, honey roasted almonds and a hint of caramel. it was gingerbready and smooth, and went perfect with our Melting Pot coffees ( always so great!).

All too soon, it was over. Truly a fabulous meal and you should get here too for the Restaurant Week specials. 

$35.00 per person

*tax, drinks and gratuity not included. Coupons and other discounts are not valid with this menu special with the exception of chocolate covered strawberry coupons.

610-265-7195

The Melting Pot is located at 150 allendale rd ste 2100

king of prussia, pennsylvania.

 get directions

Hours of operation

Monday-thursday: 4:30pm-10:00pm
friday: 4:30pm-11:00pm
saturday: 3:30pm-11:00pm
sunday: 3:30pm-9:00pm

Pictures by Stephen Trimble.

Special Thanks to the King of Prussia Melting Pot manager and team!

Just One More Week of Melting Pot's Restaurant Week!

The Melting Pot is debuting a new menu for their Restaurant Week and you have just one more week to get there and enjoy creamy garlicky cheese fondue, fresh crisp salads, spicy and flavorful seafood and meats, and warm, melty chocolate fondue for dessert! 

Four courses for $35 a person- that’s amazing for such a delicious meal.

Steve and I began with drinks in our special reserved booth, and I get my signature drink, the Strawberry Blonde. 

We elected to try the special Restaurant Week menu, starting with the pesto walnut Swiss cheese fondue- with Fontina, Raclette, Gruyère and Parmesan cheeses. 

This was excellent- the walnuts were just enough to give a nutty crunch, and the pesto added smooth undertones that complemented the Swiss cheese. 

Cheesy fondue

We dunked in with rye, sourdough, and Pumpernickel breads, pretzel bread, apples, and veggies.

The second course, a fresh arugula salad with sliced pears, Gorgonzola cheese, honey-roasted almonds and dried cranberries tossed with the Melting Pot’s homemade champagne vinaigrette.

The Wayne entree

The third course offered three delightful selections to choose from: 

The Wayne- jalapeno filet mignon, pacific white shrimp, herb coated chicken breast, and chicken-n-cabbage pot stickers;

The King of Prussia- cold water lobster tail, filet mignon, and Siracha lime shrimp;

The Audubon- herb coated chicken breast, pacific white shrimp, Atlantic salmon & sesame wasabi-coated Ahi tuna.

Steve enjoyed the Wayne while I enjoyed the King of Prussia entrees in the coq au vin cooking style.

For dessert- oh dessert!- we got the German chocolate fondue milk chocolate topped with pecans and drizzled with caramel.

Sunday Brunch on January 29 tops off Restaurant Week with a minted fruit plate, cheesy eggs and fondue, plus French Toast Chocolate fondue. (Brunch is always the last Sunday of every month.)

And don’t miss the special Valentine’s Day Fondue Dinner- Prix Fixe 4 Courses. Tuesday, February 14^th, from 4:00pm- 11:00pm.

Special thanks to the amazing King of Prussia Melting Pot team for creating a wonderful experience for us as always!

610-265-7195

150 Allendale Rd Ste 2100
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania