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Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
By Marcella Hazan
Knopf - 1992
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Perhaps the recipes themselves fall victim to 'tradition'. Perhaps because there was a limited availability of ingredients available to cooks in Italy when these traditional recipes were evolving, so many repeat themselves over and over, which contributed to our perception of overall dullness in the book. Tomatoes, potatoes, onions, celery, carrots, porcini mushrooms, meat broth, and parmasean cheese seemed to be required in so many recipes.
We all felt weighed down by cooking this way consistently for 3 months (our standard testing period for each book we review). This cookbook is a treatise on classic Italian cooking. With that in mind, it should be viewed as a bit of history lesson, a trip to the museum. It's not an everyday cookbook!
The Grilling Book: The Definitive Guide from Bon Appetit
By Adam Rapoport
Andrews McMeel Publishing - 2013
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We reviewed this last summer and it has now earned a permanent place on our bookshelves for summer cooking. I personally, have rid my shelves of various and sundry BBQ books--the Bon Appetit's Grilling Book is all I need.
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What's For Dinner?: Delicious Recipes for a Busy Life
By Curtis Stone
Ebury Press - 2013
http://fourcooksonebook.blogspot.ca/2013/09/oh-curtis-stonehow-i-love-you.html
Here's a link to our FourCooksOneBook website's review of one of our favourite cookbooks reviewed to date. We LOVE Curtis Stone and find this book to be one we return to again and again for delicious, family friendly, but always interesting recipes.
Bonita