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Take Two & Butter 'em While they're Hot reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 22nd November 2009)This is a little book I picked up on a trip south. Has stories and recipes from Appalachia. I got it more for the stories than the recipes but discovered... | |
Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide To Hosting the Perfect Funeral reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 22nd November 2009)OK - you get cookbooks for lots of reasons. This one you get because it is very funny. I wouldn't actually use the recipes because they are mostly... | |
The Royal Scotsman Consumables reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 22nd November 2009)We took a trip on the Royal Scotsman and had some of the best food I have ever eaten. Haven't tried lots of the recipes but I am pretty sure the recipe... | |
Maida Heatter's Brand-New Book of Great Cookies reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 22nd November 2009)The recipes aren't bad in this book but I found it an annoying one to use. The recipes are so detailed they cover a couple of pages so you have to keep... | |
Dinner in the Diner: Great Railroad Recipes of All Time reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 22nd November 2009)This is another cookbook that you buy for the history rather than the recipes. It is kind of fun, though, to see what was considered elegant dining 50-60... | |
The Winter Vegetarian: A Warm and Versatile Bounty reviewed by davamunn(reviewed 29th November 2009)A good book if you have a root cellar full of rutabagas. To be honest, I only bought this book because it had a recipe for Pulla, or Finnish coffee bread.... | |
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 1st December 2009)Being a bread lover, I was intrigued with their claim that you could produce a delicious loaf of bread in just a few minutes each day - the kicker, of... | |
Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts (Moosewood Collection) reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 1st December 2009)Very good reliable cookbook (I find the Moosewood books in general very dependable) and it contains a few of my favorite recipes. | |
In Nonna's Kitchen: Recipes and Traditions from Italy's Grandmothers reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 1st December 2009)I have to define good a little differently here. This book is wonderful to read. It has interviews with 50 Italian cooks of the grandmother generation... | |
Emeril's TV Dinners: Kickin' It Up a Notch with Recipes from Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 1st December 2009)I should start by saying that while I think Emeril is delightful, not all the recipes in all his cookbooks work for home cooks - his banana creme pie is... | |
The Book Club Cookbook: Recipes and Food for Thought from Your Book Club's Favorite Books and Authors reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 1st December 2009)This is a specialized book. The editors have collected recipes from book groups where eating and reading are pretty much synonymous . They have a book... | |
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking reviewed by jjmcgaffey(reviewed 17th December 2009) I read the intro and skimmed through the recipes, then made the Master Recipe - we'll see how it comes out tomorrow. Though it was still rising 3 hours... | |
The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food--Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal reviewed by hipcook(reviewed 20th December 2009)I expected more of a "cookbook", but this is really a collection of essays and oral histories about American food in the 1930s. The essays are certainly... | |
The Great Salsa Book reviewed by Writer Dave(reviewed 21st December 2009)This is a great little book. I would recommend it if you are a salsa lover. I discovered about 6 new salsas and this book introduced me to using Tomatillos.
The... | |
Cowgirl Cuisine: Rustic Recipes and Cowgirl Adventures from a Texas Ranch reviewed by southerncooker(reviewed 3rd January 2010)I belong to a wonderful cookbook collectors group on yahoo called CookbooksEtCetera and I got this one in a state of the art swap from Anne in Texas in... | |
Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary Restaurant (Cookery) reviewed by southerncooker(reviewed 3rd January 2010)This is a nice thick book with 734 pages. It includes a helpful chapter on a guide to ingredients, techniques and equipment. There is also a chapter on... | |
Coyote Cafe reviewed by southerncooker(reviewed 3rd January 2010)This is a wonderful book and I've enjoyed reading it so much. It is
filled with recipes made at The Coyote Cafe in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
Sounds like... | |
dori sanders country cooking reviewed by southerncooker(reviewed 3rd January 2010)I read this one from cover to cover in no time. It's one of those kinds of books
you can't put down until you've finished the last page. Then when you... | |
Tangy Tart Hot and Sweet: A World of Recipes for Every Day reviewed by southerncooker(reviewed 3rd January 2010)This book is filled with beautiful color photos, as well as interesting sounding recipes from around the world. Also included are personal essays about... | |
Virginia Hill's Learn to Microwave reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 23rd January 2010)Many of the recipes are disgusting, but it's a handy guide to general technique and timing.. | |
The Pie's the Limit: Savoury Pies For the Holidays (Penguin Handbooks) reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 24th January 2010)The title is actually savoury pies for 'All Occasions' but I can't change it.
I dunno about some of the recipes - peas are never included in the classic... | |
Gabriel Gate's Good Food for Men reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 26th January 2010)Can't say that it's helped hubby get over his culinary nerves - he's very hlepful in the kitchen, but freezes when faced with an actual recipe. Still,... | |
Molly Weir's Recipes reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 26th January 2010)Fascinating. This is the sort of food my mother would have been raised on - wholesome but limited in variety and a bit stodgy.
Molly Weir was a much loved... | |
The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 29th January 2010)Agreed, as an artefact, a beautiful book. Enjoyable reading, but I felt that the tone was slightly coy. Not as good as Appetite in which Slater's passion... | |
Vegetarian Epicure Book Two (Book 2) reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 29th January 2010)Like its predecessor, a very attractive book. The author purports to go international, but I'm not sure where she found some of the recipes. | |
Heart and Soul reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 30th January 2010)This was given to me. Very nice, but somehow doesn't push my buttons. | |
The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat reviewed by bookwoman(reviewed 4th March 2010)I bought this cookbook because I have a family member who is trying to move to Vegan eating and I will try some of the recipes but my initial reaction... | |
Taste in Time: 60 Minute Menus reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 31st January 2010)Haven't used this for years, but at one time it was a favourite. I don't recall ever attempting a complete menu, just individual dishes. | |
Best of Arizona: Recipes from Arizona's Favorite Resorts & Restaurants reviewed by loretta(reviewed 31st January 2010)My husband traveled to Arizona and bought me this book, so I could make him some of the food he tasted. Most of the recipes are simple to make even though... | |
Emeril's Creole Christmas reviewed by loretta(reviewed 31st January 2010)This is a sweet little book that gets you in the mood for the holidays. Its takes you from Christmas eve dinner through New Year's Day, with many holiday... | |
Pure Chocolate: Divine Desserts and Sweets from the Creator of Fran's Chocolates reviewed by loretta(reviewed 31st January 2010)This is a book about all kinds of chocolate, white, bittersweet,semisweet and milk chocolate. The author of the book is a chocolatier so she knows something... | |
Bloody Delicious reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 31st January 2010)Joan Campbell was for donkey's years the food editor of Australian 'Vogue'. Biography with accompanying recipes of historical interest. | |
Fiesta Latina: Fabulous Food for Sizzling Parties reviewed by loretta(reviewed 1st February 2010)This us a small book, but it's packed with flavors of latin cooking. | |
A Gourmet Harvest: A Guide to Growing and Preparing the Exotic, the Delicate and the Simply Delicious reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 7th February 2010)As a book it's a bit all over the place. How to grow some things, how to cook other things you could never grow, sometimes just explanations of what something... | |
Ceylon Cookery reviewed by broadbean(reviewed 22nd February 2010)This is the "classic cookbook" of Sri Lanka - although it's decades old, it's still used in all the cookery schools and hotel schools there. | |
Cravat-a-licious: the Selected Works of the Master Chef Critic reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 6th March 2010)This isn't a cookbook, it's a collection of Preston's articles and columns. However, it does include some recipes for biscuits (or cookies to the Cousins). | |
Master Class Lessons with the World's Greatest Chefs reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 6th March 2010)I'vr never actually made anything from this book, it's a bit intimidating. But it's intereting to look back on what was hot in 1988. | |
The Pressure Cooker Recipe Book reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 15th March 2010)I confess to being a little disappointed with this. I use my pressure cooker a lot - just select a suitable recipe and cut the cooking time by two thirds.
This... | |
The Blue Strawbery Cookbook: Cooking (Brilliantly) Without Recipes reviewed by loretta(reviewed 20th March 2010)This book tries to be different by telling you that it is about cooking without recipes. Each chapter tries to explain the concept of how each course is... | |
Another Blue Strawbery reviewed by loretta(reviewed 20th March 2010)This is another book by James Haller about cooking without recipes. It can help you to be more creative,but it's not for someone that needs to follow an... | |
Breakfasts for lovers reviewed by NancyM(reviewed 21st March 2010)What a pleasure to find a cookbook filled with wonderfully named menus for gourmet breakfasts.
This book has 31 menus, with recipes. They are whimsically... | |
French Women Don't Get Fat reviewed by NancyM(reviewed 21st March 2010)The author was raised in France, spent a year here in the US - where her new American eating habits caused weight gain - and went back to France where... | |
Good Day for a Picnic: Simple Food That Travels Well reviewed by NancyM(reviewed 21st March 2010)This book, according to Jackson is "about picnics that require no grills and no cooking at the picnic site. In other words, all the work is done beforehand...."... | |
Essentials of Cooking (Cookery) reviewed by friederike(reviewed 27th March 2010)Not really a cookbook, more of a book of techniques. It's quite interesting, but I would still rather recommend The Cook's Book or Le Cordon Bleu Complete... | |
Grown in Britain Cookbook reviewed by friederike(reviewed 27th March 2010)I love the concept of it - it starts with a month-by-month overview about which ingredients are in season, while the main part is arranged by ingredient,... | |
Muffins reviewed by friederike(reviewed 27th March 2010)I bought this book (and actually all books of this series I own) because the recipes looked attractive and innovative, the dishes are beautifully presented... | |
The Best of Food & Wine: Vegetables, Salads & Grains (ILLUSTRATED) reviewed by wester(reviewed 29th March 2010)Slightly dated, but there are some very good ideas in here. | |
Chocolate & Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen reviewed by wester(reviewed 29th March 2010)Good recipes. Somehow, they look very fancy but are quite basic really, and I think I prefer it the other way round. | |
Great Food Without Fuss: Simple Recipes from the Best Cooks reviewed by wester(reviewed 29th March 2010)There are some lovely recipes in here, by good cooks as well. There are very many variations to the recipes, and basic recipes, and more elaborate ones,... | |
Keeping it Simple reviewed by wester(reviewed 29th March 2010)Not really my style of recipes. A bit too much "meat and two veg". | |
Tassajara Cooking : A vegetarian cooking book reviewed by wester(reviewed 29th March 2010)These are usually not really recipes but more like suggestions to help your own imagination. As you'd expect in a Buddhist vegetarian cookbook, it is a... | |
The Bold Vegetarian Chef: Adventures in Flavor with Soy, Beans, Vegetables, and Grains reviewed by mandelicious(reviewed 31st March 2010)I have enjoyed all the recipes I have made from this book, but have tried only handful despite having owned this book for many years. The relatively long... | |
The Best Light Recipe reviewed by eblue(reviewed 3rd April 2010)Excellent stir fry recipes; the brownie/cake/quick bread recipes were not that great. | |
Asian Noodles: Deliciously Simple Dishes To Twirl, Slurp, And Savor reviewed by dinadina619(reviewed 4th April 2010) I recommend this title to anyone who wants an introduction to many different noodle traditions with out a high price tag. Everything I've made has been... | |
Ball Blue Book of Preserving reviewed by dinadina619(reviewed 7th April 2010)This is a very reliable and useful book for canners. I tend to use this as a guide for ratios of acid/fruit or vegetable. Often I'll take a recipe and... | |
Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights: Guilt-free Eating with Abandon reviewed by weaponxgirl(reviewed 8th April 2010)This book isnt terrible but to be honest youve seen it all before in a better cookbook on your shelf. Sophie does have a wonderful chatty voice at the... | |
The Acorn House Cookbook: Good Food from Field to Fork reviewed by weaponxgirl(reviewed 8th April 2010)This is a rather worthy cookbook, wich endevours to be a whole green lifestyle book rather than just a cookbook. Its really interesting and gets its point... | |
Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights: Guilt-free Eating with Abandon reviewed by digifish_books(reviewed 8th April 2010)Agree with the other Cookbooker reviewers - a pretty book but more reliable versions of the recipes can certainly be found elsewhere. I also borrowed it... | |
The Ultimate Vegetarian Cookbook reviewed by Monkey Rose(reviewed 12th April 2010)This was one of my first-ever cookbooks. It has lots of beautiful color pictures which seems to be a rare thing in vegetarian cookbooks. There are even... | |
Indian cooking;: With useful hints on good housekeeping reviewed by wester(reviewed 19th April 2010)Authentic Indian cookbook, good everyday food. | |
The Top One Hundred Pasta Sauces reviewed by cgruner(reviewed 25th April 2010)I was quite surprised that 90% of the recipes in this book call for cream or marscapone (or both). I'm not a fat hater; I'm completely open to cream sauces... | |
The Professional Chef reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)Has anyone really made anything out of this book. I find it very intimidating to just take of the shelf. I will love to see what others have made from... | |
Essentials of Cooking reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I have had this cookbook for years and haven't cooked anything out of it. I'm anxious to see what other members post so I can get an idea of recipes to... | |
Fagioli: The Bean Cuisine of Italy reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I loved Judith Barrett's other cookbook Saved by Soup so much that I bought this online without ever looking through it. I have now had it for a year or... | |
Come for Dinner: Memorable Meals to Share with Friends reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)Another cookbook I own that apparently I have never made a thing out of. That is going to change soon when I see other recipes that other members post... | |
Fondue reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)An adorable little book that I need to make something out of! | |
The New Basics Cookbook reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I received this as a gift and have not made nearly enough out of it yet. Seeing all of the recipe reviews on this book I can not wait to try them!! I will... | |
The Sopranos Family Cookbook: As Compiled by Artie Bucco reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)We got this mostly because of the TV show - haven't made a thing. I hope that changes. | |
Secrets of Slow Cooking: Creating Extraordinary Food with Your Slow Cooker reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)There are some very unusual slow cooker recipes. My husband loves the crock pot and we thought we would find a lot of different recipes in here. We have... | |
Crockery Cookery reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A great slow cooker book. I had my husband mark the pages that looked good to him - he marked well over 15. I better get cooking! | |
Prevention's the Healthy Cook: The Ultimate Kitchen Guide to Great Low-Fat Food : Featuring 450 Homestyle Recipes and Hundreds of Time-Saving Tips reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)Looks like a great cookbook but I have not made anything from it yet. | |
Healthy Homestyle Cooking : 200 of Your Favorite Family Recipes-With a Fraction of the Fat reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)Looks like we got it out of the bargain bin at the bookstore - but looks like it has some great recipes. | |
FIX-IT and FORGET-IT LIGHTLY : Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)We are always on the lookout for a good crock pot cookbook and one that is low-fat - even better! | |
The Canadian Living Entertaining Cookbook reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)We got this book in the bargain bin but I see a lot of Canadian Living on Cookbooker so I'm hoping I'll get ideas from other members on what to make from... | |
A Table in Tuscany reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I wanted this cookbook so badly that some how I ended up with two! And I haven't made anything from it. I'm hoping to get some ideas here. | |
EzraPoundCake reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A great website told with a sense of humor. | |
Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals: What to Keep on Hand, What to Buy Fresh for the Easiest-Ever 30-Minute Meals reviewed by southerncooker(reviewed 29th April 2010)We like Rachael Ray's recipes and have tried many we've saw on her show. This is the first cookbook of hers that I added to my collection. I got it by... | |
Cook-Off America: Prize-Winning Recipes from the Public Television Series (PBS Cooking) reviewed by wester(reviewed 2nd May 2010)Wonderful photographs of different cook-offs. Not all recipes are practical, but there are some intriguing ideas there. | |
Jamie's Kitchen reviewed by wester(reviewed 2nd May 2010)Some interesting recipes, but a bit too restaurant-like, overcomplicated, not really home cooking. I'm not going to fill pasta on a regular basis if I... | |
Jamie's Dinners reviewed by wester(reviewed 2nd May 2010)English home cooking, only slightly 'culinarized'.
The recipes I've tried so far were nice, but not more than that. But there are still more recipes in... | |
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule reviewed by Leeka(reviewed 7th May 2010)This darling little book includes a beautiful colour photo for most of the recipes, clear instructions and cupcake ideas for every occasion. There are... | |
101 One-pot Dishes: Tried-and-tested Recipes (Good Food 101) reviewed by friederike(reviewed 8th May 2010)These series of BBC cookbooks contain normally good, reliable recipes that have previously been published in the BBC Good Food Magazine (Olive Magazine... | |
101 Healthy Eats ("Good Food") reviewed by friederike(reviewed 8th May 2010)These series of BBC cookbooks contain normally good, reliable recipes that have previously been published in the BBC Good Food Magazine (Olive Magazine... | |
Cooking 'Round the Clock: Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Meals reviewed by wester(reviewed 13th May 2010)I do wish this book had an index so I could actually find recipes. Luckily, I can now (sort of) index it myself.
It does depend a bit much on stuff you... | |
The Essential Seafood Cookbook reviewed by friederike(reviewed 22nd May 2010)A very nice book with many interesting ideas. However, the photos make it look slightly older that it is, and the dishes so far have been of variable quality.... | |
Jump up and Kiss Me: Spicy Vegetarian Cooking reviewed by kaye16(reviewed 31st May 2010)Spicy Vegetarian Cooking — sounds like a good idea, but somehow the book doesn't click with me. I've tried a few things, with varying levels of success,... | |
Roast Chicken and Other Stories (Ebury Paperback Cookery) reviewed by wester(reviewed 10th June 2010)I want to like this book - it looks so nice, I usually like stories with my recipes, and I like the thematic organization by ingredient. Even if there... | |
A Veggie Venture reviewed by wester(reviewed 10th June 2010)Some lovely recipes, but a bit much geared towards 'healthy', esp. low-fat, for my taste. | |
Real Fast Puddings: Over 200 Desserts, Savouries and Sweet Snacks in Under 30 Minutes reviewed by wester(reviewed 28th June 2010)A good list of suggestions, but only a few in here I would call a recipe. Lots of things that you can think of yourself if you spend any time in the kitchen... | |
The Minimalist Cooks Dinner reviewed by sturlington(reviewed 17th July 2010)The Minimalist Cooks Dinner is one of Bittman’s smaller cookbooks, comprised of about 100 recipes that were previously published in his Minimalist column... | |
Italian Classics (Best Recipe) reviewed by sturlington(reviewed 17th July 2010)I wouldn’t look to this cookbook if you’re searching for really authentic Italian food. The list of recipes reads more like the menu at the local mom... | |
Salsas That Cook : Using Classic Salsas To Enliven Our Favorite Dishes reviewed by sturlington(reviewed 17th July 2010)Salsa That Cook is a fun little cookbook from which I have made several very successful recipes. The cookbook opens with a selection of salsas made from... | |
The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show reviewed by sturlington(reviewed 17th July 2010)If you are one of those people who likes to read cookbooks, How to Eat Supper is a good choice for browsing. There are lots of notes, tips and book recommendations... | |
The Best Recipes in the World reviewed by sturlington(reviewed 17th July 2010)This is a good cookbook to own if you enjoy Asian cooking. It is a huge compendium but many of the recipes are simple and easy, as Bittman is known for. | |
Mrs. Restino's Country Kitchen reviewed by sturlington(reviewed 17th July 2010)The recipes are all very simple, but there is a lot of great information on this book, such as on raising chickens and making cheese. | |
Moosewood Restaurant New Classics reviewed by wester(reviewed 2nd August 2010)A good selection of everyday vegetarian recipes (and just a few fish recipes). Not too complicated and tasty enough. | |
The Vegetarian Option reviewed by southerncooker(reviewed 21st August 2010)his is the book I won from Serious Eats. It is filled with wonderful color photographs. The author is from London and is noted on the back cover as one... | |
The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove reviewed by aj12754(reviewed 4th October 2010)An interesting look at foodie trends in and around Manhattan and Brooklyn, primarily those of interest to twenty-somethings. Recipes are included although... | |
99 x Austrian Cooking reviewed by wester(reviewed 8th November 2010)Austrian country cooking. Not very elaborate, a bit coarse, but very good if you're in the mood. | |
Jane Grigson's Fruit Book (Penguin Cookery Library) reviewed by wester(reviewed 8th November 2010)Not as indispensable as the vegetable book, but still nice if you are at a loss as to what to do with a particular fruit. |