May it be a simple weekend brunch with friends or a party treat for the family, it is still essential to impress guests with delectable and beautifully-prepared dishes that mimic gourmet cooking. Regular moms and foodies can now enjoy cooking and preparing gourmet recipes with Weekend Gourmet, an e-cookbook viewable on the iPhone and the iPod touch .Weekend Gourmet, authored by Dorothy Ferreria, culinary expert, writer of three best-selling cookbooks and owner of Dorothy’s Cooking School, is a series of easy-to-follow recipes for those who love to cook and entertain on weekends. Weekend Gourmet 1, entitled “The Many Ways to Roast a Chicken”, explores unusual recipes for roast chicken ranging from chicken bathed in exotic marinades of fish sauce and lemon grass, to chicken yogurt spiked with herbs and spices. There is also the interesting recipe of chicken stuffed with rice and fruits, and so much more.

Weekend Gourmet contains cool features for a more informative and interactive experience, one of which are colored photographs of the recipes. There is also a special page on cooking tips and tricks from the author herself and a glossary of unusual ingredients and cooking terms. Weekend Gourmet also has in its features a unique check-list of grocery items needed for recipes featured. Moreover, Weekend Gourmet followers can interact with the author herself through e-mail and through following her online blog in the Cooks’ Community page included in the application.

Exclusively published by MRM Studios, Inc., the Weekend Gourmet application is readily available at the App Store for 99 US cents per download.