Contents: Table for two: the restaurant tale -- Applebee's® Neighborhood Grill & Bar. Quesadillas -- Pizza sticks® -- Oriental chicken salad -- Club house grill® -- Tijuana "Philly" steak sandwich® -- Benihana®. Hibachi chicken and hibachi steak -- Dipping sauces -- Japanese fried rice -- Bennigan's®. Buffalo chicken sandwich -- California turkey sandwich -- Cookie mountain sundae® -- Big Boy®. Cream of broccoli soup -- Original double-decker hamburger classic -- Club sandwich -- California Pizza Kitchen®. Original BBQ chicken pizza -- Thai chicken pizza -- Southwestern burrito pizza -- The Cheesecake Factory®. Bruschetta -- Avocado eggrolls -- Cajun jambalaya pasta -- Pumpkin cheesecake -- Key lime cheesecake -- Chi Chi's grande nachos -- Sweet corn cake -- Twice grilled barbecue burrito -- Mexican "fried" ice cream® -- Chili's® Grill and Bar. Grilled Caribbean salad -- Fajitas for two -- Peanut buttercup cheesecake -- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store®. Hash brown casserole -- Eggs-in-the-basket -- Chicken & dumplins -- Denny's®. Scram slam® -- Moons over my hammy® -- The super bird® -- Dive!® Carrot chips® -- Sicilian sub rosa® -- Brick oven mushroom and turkey cheese sub® -- S'mores® -- Hard Rock Cafe®. Filet steak sandwich -- Grilled vegetable sandwich -- Famous baby rock watermelon ribs® -- Orange freeze -- Hooters®. Buffalo chicken wings -- Buffalo shrimp -- Pasta salad -- Houlihans's®. Houli fruit fizz® -- Shrooms® -- Smashed potatoes® -- International House of Pancakes®. French toast -- Cheese blintz -- Banana nut pancakes -- Fajita omelette -- Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon®. Amarillo cheese fries® -- Black bean soup -- Texas rice -- Sweet bourbon salmon -- Marie Callender's®. Famous golden cornbread -- Chicken pot pie -- Banana cream pie -- The Olive Garden®. Italian salad dressing -- Hot artichoke-spinach dip -- Toscana soup -- Alfredo pasta -- Outback Steakhouse®. Bloomin' onion® -- Gold Coast coconut shrimp -- Walkabout soup® -- Alice Springs chicken® -- Perkins® Family Restaurants. Potato pancakes -- Granny's country omelette® -- Country club omelette -- Pizza Hut®. Original stuffed crust pizza® -- TripleDecker pizza® -- Planet Hollywood®. Pizza bread -- Chicken crunch® -- Pot stickers -- Red Lobster®. Broiled lobster -- Scallops and bacon -- Stuffed shrimp and stuffed mushrooms -- Red Robin Burger & Spirits Emporium®. No-fire peppers® -- BBQ chicken salad -- Mountain high mudd pie® -- Ruby Tuesday®. Potato cheese soup -- Smokey Mountain chicken -- Sonora chicken pasta -- Strawberry Tallcake® for two -- Ruth's Chris Steak House®. Barbecued shrimp -- Petite filet -- Creamed spinach -- Potatoes au gratin -- Shorey's®. Country fried steak -- Slow-cooked pot roast -- Hot fudge cake -- Sizzler®. Cheese toast -- Chicken club sandwich -- Southern fried shrimp -- Stuart Anderson's Black Angus®. Cheesy garlic bread -- Western T-bone -- Whiskey pepper steak -- T.G.I. Friday's®. Potato skins -- Nine-layer dip -- California chargrilled turkey sandwich -- Spicy Cajun chicken pasta -- Friday's Smoothies® -- Tony Roma's A Place for Ribs®. World famous ribs -- Original baby backs -- Carolina honeys® -- Red hots® -- Western Sizzlin®. "Teriyaki" chicken breast

Wilbur, building on the popularity of his books revealing McDonald's Big Mac special sauce and Twinkies' filling, continues to plumb the shallows of chain-restaurant cooking. Here he tells the home cook how to make favorite dishes from such popular chains as Planet Hollywood, Hard Rock Cafe, and dozens more