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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. | |
Canapes reviewed by The Ducks Guts(reviewed 3rd April 2010)Fabulous book. It has very good recipes (only one that guests didn't like) and most importantly evey recipe has a note on how to prepare it ahead for... | |
Smitten Kitchen reviewed by kathrynlynnlee(reviewed 4th April 2010)Hands down my favorite cooking blog! Not only are the recipes well-tested and thorough, but the photos are so beautiful that I often get hungry just looking... | |
Real Food reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 4th April 2010)Anne Willan was the founder of the renownedLa Varenne cookery school in Paris.
Her focus is turned firnly away from nouvelle cuisine. Let us not even... | |
Michael Boddy's Good Food Book reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 4th April 2010)Michael Boddy used to write a cooking column for The Australian newspaper and later published a newsletter from his small farm - referred to always as... | |
Baking with Julia Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best Bakers reviewed by heritagecook(reviewed 4th April 2010)Is it reliable? Are the recipes well-tested? Remember, you can always edit or delete your review later. | |
Bob's Red Mill Baking Book: More Than 400 Recipes Featuring Whole & Healthy Grains reviewed by heritagecook(reviewed 4th April 2010)If you want to try different flours and grains or are trying to increase your whole grain intake, this book is the perfect guide. Well written and informational,... | |
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... | |
THE BEST OF BEVERLEY SUTHERLAND SMITH FROM THE AGE reviewed by bunyip(reviewed 4th April 2010)A collection of recipes originally published in The Age newspaper. Arranged by season, each subsection includes several recipesand a little commentary. | |
Australian Seafood Users Manual reviewed by The Ducks Guts(reviewed 5th April 2010)Excellent book for Australians who have a fisherperson in the family. Identifies the fish, and more importantly, the best ways of cooking and the most... | |
Simple Chinese Cooking reviewed by friederike(reviewed 6th April 2010)This book is quickly becoming one of my favourite cookbooks, mainly because most of what I have cooked until now tastes like the food we had at home when... | |
The Best Vegetarian Recipes: From Greens to Grains, from Soups to Salads: 200 Bold Flavored Recipes reviewed by naomijb(reviewed 6th April 2010)This is such a reliable vegetarian cookbook. I bought it when I was learning about vegetarian cooking and wanted to cook more vegetarian food. I like that... | |
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... | |
Small Food: Snack-sized Bites to Share with Friends (Cookery) reviewed by The Ducks Guts(reviewed 7th April 2010)Like all the Murdoch Books that are produced by a team, make sure that once you buy it, you don't accidently buy it again, thinking it is a different book.... | |
Chinese Cooking: Cantonese (International Gourment) reviewed by The Ducks Guts(reviewed 7th April 2010)LOVE this book. It is wonderful for beginners with simple recipes that work, with only 1 dud. It's not glamourous, just a plain little book with only a... | |
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... | |
The Afternoon Tea Book reviewed by weaponxgirl(reviewed 8th April 2010)Whats not to love about this book? it goes into the history of tea and tea parties, with information about the different types of tea and the impliments... | |
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 Kitchen Congregation: A Daughter's Story of Wives and Women Friends reviewed by kaye16(reviewed 9th April 2010)This is more kitchen literature than a cookbook, but I have marked a number of recipes to try. It's a memoir of a daughter and her mother and friends,... | |
Chinese Vegetable and Vegetarian Cooking reviewed by The Ducks Guts(reviewed 10th April 2010)Not sure if it is because this book is vegetarian, Cantonese or just too anglicized, but I don't find the recipes very appetising. It was first published... | |
One Hundred Famous Chinese Foods (Eng-Chin Ed.) reviewed by The Ducks Guts(reviewed 10th April 2010)Difficult to review other then a curiosity. The only recipe I tried, nobody particularily liked, and the recipe with "cat or leopard meat" is frankly upsetting... | |
Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day reviewed by homejoys(reviewed 10th April 2010)I've made every recipe in this book. I have not tried every variation, for example, I made croissants but not chocolate croissants or danish that use the... | |
The Kosher Palette: Easy and Elegant Modern Kosher Cooking reviewed by michnick(reviewed 10th April 2010)This book is a real winner. There are certain recipes that we return to again and again. Everything I have tried has come out delicious, although I do... | |
Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie reviewed by Monkey Rose(reviewed 11th April 2010)You can't go wrong with the recipes in this book. I've made a lot of pie from many different books, but this is by far the best one. A wide variety of... | |
Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone reviewed by Monkey Rose(reviewed 11th April 2010)This is a fantastic cookbook. I haven't had anything turn out badly and I've been using it for many years. It has recipes and suggestions for cooking... | |
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... | |
Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day reviewed by bes30(reviewed 13th April 2010)I learned about Peter Reinhart while was I browsing cookbooks at Barnes and Noble about 4 months ago. I stumbled upon “The Bread Baker’s Apprentice”... | |
MOLLIE KATZEN'S VEGETABLE HEAVEN: OVER 200 RECIPES FOR UNCOMMON SOUPS, TASTY BITES, SIDE-BY-SIDE DISHES, AND TOO MANY DESSERTS reviewed by wester(reviewed 16th April 2010)I've only made one recipe of this book yet since I got it yesterday, but I think it's my new favorite cookbook.
It's a book about enhancing vegetables... | |
Tender: v. 1: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch reviewed by friederike(reviewed 17th April 2010)I only bought it today, but I already love it! It's a brick of a book, with a beautiful layout, beautiful photos and lots of text. Well written text, in... | |
150 Vegan Favorites: Fresh, Easy, and Incredibly Delicious Recipes You Can Enjoy Every Day reviewed by toindc(reviewed 18th April 2010)This cookbook is full of simple, healthy, and delicious recipes! I have found it equally relevant as a vegan college student and as a vegetarian adult... | |
A New Way to Cook reviewed by Bucky(reviewed 18th April 2010)One of my favorite books. A new way to cook healthy food with intense flavor. So many recipes that I use everyday. This is the book that introduced me... | |
Favourite Biscuit Recipes reviewed by wester(reviewed 19th April 2010)Very small booklet with a good selection of classic English cookies/shortbread/biscuits etc. They are usually not complicated to make and they work well.... | |
Fresh at Home reviewed by wester(reviewed 19th April 2010)A bit too vegetarian for my taste, as in: all tofu/beans/grains, and more attention paid to healthiness than to taste. Also, a lot of difficult ingredients... | |
Indian cooking;: With useful hints on good housekeeping reviewed by wester(reviewed 19th April 2010)Authentic Indian cookbook, good everyday food. | |
Masterchef 1996 reviewed by wester(reviewed 19th April 2010)Some Ok ideas, but often overly elaborate. | |
Real Fast Vegetarian Food reviewed by wester(reviewed 19th April 2010)Lovely vegetarian recipes, often Italian. Many of them make good use of cheese. | |
American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook, Second Edition: A Complete Guide to Reducing Sodium and Fat in Your Diet reviewed by Evedeve(reviewed 21st April 2010)so far - not really thrilled with this cookbook - most of the recipes need serious doctoring to be anything but flavorless blah
that being said - the... | |
The Technique of Chinese Cooking reviewed by friederike(reviewed 24th April 2010)This is a very funny book. Publsihed in the 1970's as a bilingual edition (Chinese and English), it features more recipe than you will usually find in... | |
Roast Chicken and Other Stories: Second Helpings reviewed by broadbean(reviewed 24th April 2010)This book was a gift, and when I flicked through it, I didn't think that the recipes really looked like my kind of thing. However, I thought I would try... | |
Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: 100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients reviewed by cgruner(reviewed 25th April 2010)I feel that this book goes a step further from their original Artisan Bread book and it is very welcome, since many people want to incorporate more whole... | |
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... | |
Saved By Soup: More Than 100 Delicious Low-Fat Soups To Eat And Enjoy Every Day reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 25th April 2010)We love to make soups throughout the winter on Sunday evenings. This is our go to soup book always! So many wonderful WONDERFUL soups to make. We haven't... | |
Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 25th April 2010)This is a wonderful book with a HUGE variety of recipes. You can always find what you want in this cookbook and there are some excellent recipes. | |
Colorado Cache Cookbook: A Goldmine of Recipes reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 25th April 2010)I love this cookbook. In fact I'm on my second one. The first ones were spiral bound and that could not keep up with my many uses of this book! | |
The Summer Book reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 25th April 2010)I love my cookbooks and my very favorite ones I love to just sit and read on a lazy afternoon because they are so beautiful and comforting. And this is... | |
Autumn from the Heart of the Home reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 25th April 2010)I love my cookbooks and my very favorite ones I love to just sit and read on a lazy afternoon because they are so beautiful and comforting. And this is... | |
Heart of the Home: Notes From a Vineyard Kitchen reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 25th April 2010)I love my cookbooks and my very favorite ones I love to just sit and read on a lazy afternoon because they are so beautiful and comforting. And this is... | |
Vineyard Seasons reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 25th April 2010)I love my cookbooks and my very favorite ones I love to just sit and read on a lazy afternoon because they are so beautiful and comforting. And this is... | |
Rao's Cookbook: Over 100 Years of Italian Home Cooking reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)We loved the restaurant (in Vegas) and had to get the cookbook and it has not disappointed us. I have only had it a short while and made just a few recipes... | |
Cookie Craft: From Baking to Luster Dust, Designs and Techniques for Creative Cookie Occasions reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)I always wanted to be able to make those beautiful iced sugar cookies that I saw everywhere. When my daughter went to college I was determined to learn... | |
The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accessories reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)I got this book when I got my ice cream machine. There are SO many WONDERFUL recipes in here it is hard to decide which one to make. And they are each... | |
At Home with Michael Chiarello: Easy Entertaining reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)I received this cookbook as a gift and what a great gift it is. A large cookbook with a large variety of recipes. I look forward to making more out of... | |
Christmas from the Heart of the Home reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)I love my cookbooks and my very favorite ones I love to just sit and read on a lazy afternoon because they are so beautiful and comforting. And this is... | |
The New York Times Cookbook reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)This is my husbands cookbook that he got from his parents (he has the first addition). This was the only cookbook he owned before we got married. There... | |
Colorado Collage (Celebrating Twenty Five Years of Culinary Artistry) reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)When I first got this cookbook I was very unimpressed but when I look back at it now years later this has got to be one of my favorites. I have made more... | |
Colorado Colore: A Palate of Tastes (Celebrating Twenty Five Years of Culinary Artistry) reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)I have not made a lot out of this cookbook yet but many of the recipes sound like they will be wonderful. I need to get working on trying some recipes... | |
The Cook's Illustrated Guide To Grilling And Barbecue reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)Great cookbook that my husband really loves. | |
Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)This is a WONDERFUL cookbook with every single recipe sounding more delightful than the previous one. Everything I have made from here has been special... | |
Colorado Classique reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)I have just received this cookbook as a gift and have not made anything from it yet. But if it is anything like the other Junior League of Denver cookbooks... | |
Joy of Cooking reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 26th April 2010)What can you say about the Joy of Cooking. A must have. | |
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... | |
The Alice B.Toklas Cookbook reviewed by weaponxgirl(reviewed 27th April 2010)This book was first published in 1954, and some of the instructions are quite sparse. This isnt the whole point of the book though, being a memoir of cooking... | |
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)My first Barefoot Contessa cookbook. I have made several recipes of hers from her show but not from the cookbook yet. I look forward to seeing what others... | |
Better Homes and Gardens New Grilling Book reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)One of my husbands grilling cookbooks. He uses this one often. Good side dishes as well as main courses. | |
Cupcakes Galore reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A wonderful book with ADORABLE cupcakes! I have not personally made anything out of here yet (but I'm looking forward to it) but my sister has and they... | |
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... | |
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I enjoy this cookbook and have made several items from it - all of them good. | |
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... | |
The Fannie Farmer Cookbook reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I got this book for a wedding gift in 1986 and it was one of my only ones for a long time. I have several favorite recipes out of it that I recorded in... | |
The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A book I recently received but that I can tell has huge potential for being one of my favorites. I'm going to start looking up the recipes that other members... | |
Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)This is my husband's cookbook as he loves to cook Indian. He has made several dishes out of it - all of them wonderful (and I am not a huge Indian food... | |
The Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook: Simple Solutions for Eating Well reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)LOVE this cookbook! We have made several wonderful dishes from this book that are low fat and healthy too! What a bonus. We love it! | |
Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites: Flavorful Recipes for Healthful Meals reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I got this as a gift and it is a wonderful cookbook. I have made many recipes from it but need to dig them up so I can review them. Some very unique dishes... | |
Quick from Scratch: Real Food for Busy Weeknights reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)This is one of my husband's cookbooks and he has cooked out of it frequently. It is nothing special to look at but the items I have had from it are all... | |
The South Beach Diet Cookbook reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)You know for being South Beach recipes there are several very good ones in here. We aren't doing the South Beach diet any longer but it still pays to eat... | |
All Recipes reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I didn't realize how much I use this website until I put my recipe reviews in. I think I like this one a LOT! | |
Smitten Kitchen reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I have been reading Smitten Kitchen for a year or more now and there is a good reason why Deb receives the praise that she does. A wonderful website with... | |
Pioneer Woman Cooks reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I have been reading Ree and The Pioneer Woman Cooks for a few years now. She is one of my favorites (and I'm psyched for the movie). Her recipes are good... | |
Bakerella reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)What talent Bakerella has!! Everything she makes is ADORABLE! I'm always excited to see a new entry from her (and they don't come often enough for me)!... | |
Martha Stewart reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)What can you say about MarthaStewart.com? Everything Martha does is top notch. I have been getting her Living magazine for years and years and have made... | |
Sprouted Kitchen reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A new addition to my food blog reader. The Scallops on Creamy Leeks recipe led me to this beautiful food blog. Such care - such great recipes and pictures.... | |
Dorie Greenspan reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)Another food blog that I have read for a long time. Her cookbooks are amazing but I don't own any of them (yet). I get what I need from her website right... | |
101 Cookbooks reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A great food blog with healthy recipes. I have her in my Google Reader and am always happy to see a new entry from Heidi. | |
Alinea At Home reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)I LOVE this food blog and always read it. Carol has a great sense of humor and a easy read writing style. The things she tackles are incredible. It is... | |
The Amateur Gourmet reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A fun food blog written by a Adam who has a fun sense of humor. I have read this blog for years and always enjoy a new entry. | |
Canelle et Vanille reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)Absolutely stunning photography and good/unusual recipes. Unusual to me is good - I don't want to be making the same thing over and over again. | |
David Lebovitz reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)This guy knows his ice cream and knows his chocolate - that means he is AWESOME. You have heard of The Perfect Scoop - this is the author. (He also wrote... | |
The Food Network reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)What can you say about the Food Network website. The sheer number of posted recipe reviews speaks for itself. It is easy to find recipes here if you are... | |
Steamy Kitchen reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)Jaden is an amazing chef. Her recipes are interesting and different (always good)! Very beautiful. She also has videos when she is on the local station... | |
thekitchn.com reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A 'compilation' website (or whatever you call it). Several authors contribute and it is a community thing. Great recipes and because there are many different... | |
Epicurious reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)Recipes from Bon Appetit and (formerly) Gourmet. How could it go wrong? Great stuff here. | |
The Bitten Word reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)Resolving to put our food magazines to use - that is their mission. Clay and Zach write about their food ventures from Washington DC. Boy I wish that... | |
The Minimalist (Mark Bittman) reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A collection of Mark Bittman's columns from the NY Times. Always something new here. | |
Williams-Sonoma Foods of the World: Florence: Authentic Recipes Celebrating the Foods of the World reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A beautiful cookbook with gorgeous pictures. It is fun to just sit and read. | |
Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)A wonderful book for homemade ice cream. We have made several and they are all super delicious. | |
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... | |
Creme De Colorado Cookbook (Celebrating Twenty Five Years of Culinary Artistry) reviewed by JustLaura(reviewed 27th April 2010)One of my most favorite cookbooks. The Junior League of Denver ALWAYS makes wonderful cookbooks. | |
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... |