Cookbooks make great gifts for practically anyone on your gift giving list as there are cookbooks specifically for children and cookbooks specifically for individual interests as well as your basic, must-have cookbooks! Check out the excellent cookbooks we had the opportunity to review this year!
Reader's Digest/Krupp
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The Taste of Home Cookbook |
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- Favorite Features -
- ingredient substitution and food equivalent charts
- 1125 recipes
- nutrition facts for each recipe
- full color photos throughout
- each section starts with tips and how-to's and continue throughout book - many with step by step photos to show how to do specific things
- give ring binder lays flat
- includes free subscription to Taste of Home magazine
- tabbed sections - Appetizer/Beverages, Soup/Sandwiches, Beef/Veal, Pork, Lamb, Poultry, Seafood, Grilling, Eggs/cheese, beans/grains, pasta/pasta sauces, veggitables, fruit, salad, sauces, quick bread, yeast bread, pies/tarts, cakes, desserts, cookies/bars, candies, light and tasty
This cookbook is like sitting down with your family and friends and exchanging your best and favorite recipes! Taste of Home has outdone themselves with this cookbook! You will want to add it to your own collection as well as give them to the people on your gift giving list! This cookbook has everything you could want in a cookbook and then some! Tremendously well done, Reader's Digest & Taste of Home!
Meredith Books
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Better Homes &
Gardens New Junior Cookbook |
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- Favorite Features -
- attractive with fun illustrations and color throughout
- before you begin tips throughout
- eight breakfast recipes
- nine lunch recipes
- twelve snack recipes
- thirteen dinner recipes
- six dessert recipes
- eight celebrate recipes
- each recipe includes ingredient list, utensil list, step by step instructions, nutrition facts, extra ideas and tips, prep time, cook time and yield
This is the perfect first cookbook for kids in your life! Wide variety of fun, easy nutritious recipes kids will be able to learn to cook. Kids will love cooking these recipes! Tremendously well done Meredith Books!
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Better Homes &
Gardens Biggest Book of Slow Cooker Recipes Volume 2 |
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- Favorite Features -
- comb binding allows book to lie flat
- includes 33 appetizers and Beverages, 57 meat recipes, 41 poultry recipes, 25 meatless main dishes, 89 soups and stews, 41 light main dishes, 35 five ingredient main dishes, 31 side dishes, 31 dessert recipes
- each recipe includes ingredients, prep/cook times, yield, size of cooker, step by step directions and nutritional information
Slow cooking is a great way for anyone to cook delicious meals, but especially for those with MS/Lupus or similar illnesses. This book is filled with amazing, easy and tasty recipes! Tremendously well done, Meredith Books!
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Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Desserts |
- Favorite Features -
- each section includes helpful hints, tips and tricks for cooking
- includes 62 desserts, 13 special occasions recipes, 23 holiday recipes, 8 gift recipes and nine party plan tips
- each recipe includes prep/bake time, servings, nutritional information, ingredient list, step by step directions, tips and full color photos
Easy, fun and completely enjoyable recipes throughout! Extremely well done, Meredith Books!
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Better Homes
& Gardens New Cook Book |
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- Favorite Features -
- includes cooking basics, equivalents and emergency substitutions
- recipes for appetizers & snacks, beans, rice & grains, beverages, breads, cakes & frostings, candies, canning & freezing, cheese & eggs, cookies & bars, desserts, fish & shellfish, grilling, meat, pasta, pies & tarts, poultry, salads & dressings, sauces & relishes, slow-cooker recipes, soups & stews, vegetables & fruits, 20-minutes meals
- recipes include start to finish time, yeild, ingredient list, step by step directions, nutritional information
- each section includes tips, index
- three ring design lies flat
- color photos throughout
- 1400 recipes
This is a must-have cookbook - perfect for someone with a hope chest, new bride, the person on your list who loves to cook and yourself! Twenty five years ago as a new bride I bough a Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook and it has been a staple for my cooking throughout the years as it has been the cookbook I always turn to! This new edition has all the features of my old book with new recipes, new features and is certain to be a staple cookbook for cooks for years to come! Tremendously well done, Meredith Books!
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Last Updated Nov. 19, 2006
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