Aromas and Flavors of the Past and Present (Cook's Classic Library) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This collection of recipes is less anecdotal than 'The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook' however the notes that accompany each recipe are very useful. It is a relief to consult recipes that are elegantly simple compared to the glossy and overcomplicated creations so often described in fashionable cookbooks.Click...
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The Cooking Contest Cookbook: More Than 120 Prize Winning Recipes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Over 10 years ago Joyce Campagna started the popular Cooking Contest Newsletter. Now, at the urging of her readers, she and her husband Don have written a cookbook. The Cooking Contest Cookbook is a collection of prize-winning recipes, original recipes using readily available ingredients. It is a handy...
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The Old-Time Brand-Name Cookbook: Recipes, Illustrations, and Advice from the Early Kitchens of America's Most Trusted Food Makers (Abradale Books) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am surprised at how much I love this book! I would call it a compendium of social, industrial, culinary, agricultural, USAmerican women's history. And yet there's nothing pretentious about it-- it's homey, in fact, and quite usable for a cookbook with such a theme. Crumpacker pulls off quite a feat:...
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The Everything Diabetes Cookbook: 300 Creative and Healthy Recipes That Put the Fun Back into Cooking (Everything (Cooking)) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was very disappointed in this book. It's great for low fat cooking, but not to manage your blood sugar. Her recipes don't use sugar substitues, soy flour, whole wheat flour, fat free cheese or cream and whole wheat pastas (higher fiber foods that are slower to absorb in the bloodstream). Recipe in...
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Delicious The Very Best of Gluten Free & Wheat Free Cooking; a home style recipe collection for celiacs & wheat sensitive folks Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There are now a lot of cookbooks for celiacs in the marketplace. I own many of them, but at times I feel that you need to have been a home economics major to decipher some of the complexities of the recipes. I found this one to be different... and actually more fun to use. I thought that this author...
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Best Recipes: From The Backs Of Boxes, Bottles, Cans And Jars Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an excellent cookbook full of easy, relatively quick recipes. You won't have to go searching for strange-sounding, obscure ingredients, either. These are not gourmet dishes; they are delicious, every-day recipes which will become favorites around your house.Click Here to see more reviews about:...
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Quick & Easy Vietnamese: 75 Everyday Recipes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I love Vietnamese cuisine, and this book allows me to easily incorporate it into my everyday diet. The ingredients are easy to find in chain grocery stores and I can use ingredients I buy in multiple recipes, making the book economical. I recommend preparing your own chicken stock (have it on hand in...
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Simply Ming One-Pot Meals: Quick, Healthy & Affordable Recipes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a Food Network follower from the early days, I remember Ming Tsai and his soothing, elegant cooking show "East Meets West" from the late '90s. When I saw his familiar smile on the cover of his new book, "Simply Ming, One-Pot Meals", I was intrigued. Upon opening the book I found myself making a dash...
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Sunfood Traveler: Guide to Raw Food Culture, Restaurants, Recipes, Nutrition, Sustainable Living, and the Restoration of Nature Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I just got this book last week and so far I am absolutely loving it. I don't think I'll ever visit another city without it. Whenever I travel, I love to visit places like raw food restaurants, co-ops, farmers markets, organic farms, things of that nature. Those things, to me, can sometimes be more fun...
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The Grit Cookbook: World-Wise, Down-Home Recipes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I received this cookbook as a Christmas present from friends who are residents of Athens. I have only eaten at The Grit once, and so I am far from being an expert on their menu, and I didn't have any "favorites" that I was compelled to try first. So I opened it up and attempted the first recipe that...
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A Prairie Kitchen: Recipes, Poems and Colorful Stories from the Prairie Farmer Magazine, 1841-1900 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Good book with a lot of interesting old recipes. Great for anyone interested in recipes of the past.Click Here to see more reviews about: A Prairie Kitchen: Recipes, Poems and Colorful Stories from the Prairie Farmer Magazine, 1841-1900Developing recipes and sharing the results has been a lifelong vocation...
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The Kingston Hotel Cafe Cookbook: Free-Spirited Recipes to Warm the Soul Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This cookbook is a delight, mixing fresh, seasonal ingredients in surprising but always appetizing ways -- and best of all, using recipes that are not arcane or terribly time-consuming (but do expect to spend a fair amount of time chopping). My personal favorites are two unusual summer dishes, one a...
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On The Chile Trail: 100 Great Recipes from Across America Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Well presented work on America's uniqucipes from thee contribution to world of food; the chili pepper.Cooking with chilis means a little more work for the cook, but Coyote Joe brings it all together. I liked the whole loin of pork roast (bone in) the best so far. Looking forward to cooking more receipes...
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Green and Black's Chocolate Recipes Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have made a couple of recipes from this book. The pictures are stunning, and I like to support a company that has a social conscience. I really like the Dark Chocolate Mousse Cake (which can be cut into pieces and frozen and keeps really well) and the chocolate mousses. However, I made the brownies...
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Molto Italiano: 327 Simple Italian Recipes to Cook at Home Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)`Molto Italiano' is Food Network icon Mario Batali's fourth and, to my lights, best cookbook to date. Like Mario, it has a very nice heft to it, advertising 327 recipes in an utterly simple organization in 450 easy to read pages with a built-in ribbon bookmark, something I think should be a required...
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The Food of Israel: Authentic Recipes from the Land of Milk and Honey (Food of the World Cookbooks) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The land of Israel is not only a land of Milk and Honey, but a land of seven main ingredients: olives, figs, dates, pomegranates, grapes, barley and bulgur wheat. The author, Ansky, is Jerusalem-born and is the food writer for Israel's prestigious MA'ARIV newspaper. The book opens with thirty pages of...
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Trail Food: Drying and Cooking Food for Backpacking and Paddling Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have several books on dehydrating your own trail meals and this is easily the best. It is concise and full of good ideas and recipes. The guidance is flexible enough for the lightweight backpacker or for the canoe or pack mule traveler. For example, some of the recipes call for a dutch oven (too bulky...
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