Your Kitchen's Magic Wand consists of 60+ recipes for all kinds of dishes that are made considerably easier with the use of an immersion blender, in terms of convenience, time-saving, and clean-up. The book takes the immersion blender out of the smoothie and soup closet and into the mainstream, with a wide range of appetizers, cocktails, salads, pastas, entrees, side dishes and desserts, in addition to some wonderful soups and smoothies -- all made easier and faster because they're made with an immersion blender at a crucial point in the recipe.

Recipes include:

Penne with green peppercorn cream sauce
Veal-saffron meatloaf
Panchetta and red peppers
Beef tenderloin steaks stuffed with Brie in a cranberry Balsamic reduction
Chilean Shepherd's Pie