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Naked Chef Takes Off, The

Jamie Oliver

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Total reviews: 38 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The naked chef 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book shows you the way to cook fusion food, mixing english, spanish, tai and italian food in a special way.

Don't judge a book by its title 2 out of 5 stars.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This cookbook is just The Return of the Naked Chef with a new title. I already owned The Return of the Naked Chef, so now I have two. I really dislike publishers who mislead us by changing titles or changing covers just to get us to buy that which we already own.

Jamie Oliver's Best 5 out of 5 stars.
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Of all the Jamie Oliver cookbooks, this is my favorite. Its full of recipes that make you feel like a grown-up, but are wonderfully simple. His enthusiasm makes the recipes a fun read and the pictures will make your tummy talk. An added bonus is that my kids will eat anything that I make from this book. They love Jamie as much as I do. Naked Chef Takes Off is an essential primer for the inexperienced and the seasoned cook alike.

Editorial Review:

In The Naked Chef Takes Off, Oliver returns to offer readers more easy and delicious stripped-down recipes. Oliver features mouthwatering breakfasts, tapas, roasts, fish, and desserts. Each recipe is accompanied by Oliver+s commentary, which will encourage and inspire cooks of all levels!The Naked Chef Takes Off has sold more than 150,000 copies in hardcover in the U.S.

Slow Cooker Cooking

Lora Brody

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Total reviews: 23 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

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When someone says "slow cooker," do you think of pot roast or chili? Now you can think Slow Cooked Salmon, Caramelized Onion Soup, falling-off-the-bone Lamb You Can Eat with a Spoon, and Flourless Pear Anise Soufflé. If these dishes whet your appetite, it's time to take that slow cooker out of the closet, plug it in, and get ready for Slow Cooker Cooking.

Lora Brody knows her appliances. She inspired a whole new generation of bread bakers with her best-selling bread machine books. Here she pushes the slow cooker to places no one ever expected it to go, inventing fruit bases for soufflés and ice creams, reducing milk and sugar to make Dulce de Leche, and infusing oils with herbs. In addition to creating innovative takes on one-pot meals such as classic New England Boiled Dinner, Venison Stew with Mushrooms, and Osso Buco with Gremolata, here you will find recipes for ingredients that are the basis for other dishes, such as Duxelles, Braised Chestnuts, and vegetable and chicken stocks. Vegetarians will enjoy recipes such as Ragoût of Leeks, Fennel, and Celery and Virtuous Lentil Soup, and dessert lovers will rejoice when they see recipes for Hazelnut Chocolate Fondue and Coconut Rice Pudding.

Creative cooking in the slow cooker doesn't mean giving up any of the convenience associated with this popular appliance. You still add the ingredients to the pot and go about your day (or evening), letting the slow cooker do all the work.

Thanks to the pot's sealed insert and consistently even heat, food cooks under ideal conditions to make it tender and bring out maximum flavor. Come home to a kitchen perfumed with an aroma that promises good things to eat and find a perfectly cooked dish to enjoy.

The Pillsbury Cookbook

Pillsbury Company

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

A Must Have for Every Homemaker!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I bought this cookbook (the huge one in the binder) in September of 1989 for my 18th birthday. I had just moved out two months before after graduating from high school and gotten my own apartment. (This is back when kids didn't live at home until they were 28 - we wanted to be on our own!!)

I didn't have any cookbooks and I grew up with a mother who cooked from scratch and large Italian grandmothers and aunts who made all the classics that I wanted to know how to make, in case I ever got married and needed to impress people with my cooking and domestic skills. Needless to say, I did get married, and I have used this book more than any other in the 15 years since I bought it. I can't believe I am that far away from 18 years old - holy cow!! My cookbook cover has been taped and many of my hole-punched pages have the little reinforcers on them now, so I know it has been a long time!

It gives you wonderful, reliable classic recipes for everything you could need made from scratch (basic meatloaf, lemon bars, German potato salad, Christmas punch, how to decorate cakes...even a simple wedding cake is in here!!) so you don't have to call your mother or mother-in-law and sound like a bubbly airhead (or get online like we do now to look for recipes but I hate printing and wasting paper and ink because I am a frugal kinda gal).

The most wonderful part is that it shows you how to set a table for formal and informal occassions, how to fold napkins, what do goblets look like and what do you serve in what kind of glass, how to select cuts of meat, every single cut of beef that their is, how to debone chicken breasts, how long to cook each type of vegetable be it oven, stovetop, or microwave, how many pounds of food to serve for how many guests (of course, I double it in my family), how to properly word invitations, how to set up a buffet, where do the plates, the rolls, etc. go, and on and on. It is basically a manual on how to be Donna Reed, June Cleaver, Marian Cunningham and Martha Stewart all rolled into one!!

The lemon bars taste like my mothers, the pot roast, potatoes and carrots come out like my mothers, the chicken cacciatore and Swiss Steak taste like my mothers...her name is Sharon and she will enjoy hearing this...The oven temps and times are correct and the pictures accompanying the recipes are huge and beautiful (this is for the binder edition...I would recommend buying only this as it lays flat on my table as I make my mess).

I use this book with my daughter who is now 14 so that she too can learn to be a domestic diva. It is a Kitchen Bible. Now, don't get me wrong, I hold a Bachelor's and run a business out of my house so I am not a 1950's housewife whose world ends at the front yard, but since I am married to a balding, slightly overweight, 39 y/o Italian man who also likes to eat and have a home cooked meal on Sunday, and we are too cheap to eat takeout, this book stays right on top of my fridge where anyone in the house can easily get to it.

Being the married, slightly overweight Italians that we are with kids and parents, holiday gatherings and parties are a big part of our lives because it is an excuse to get together and eat and be loud whether it is the Christmas Vigil or a backyard barbecue with the husband at the grill and the women making all the side dishes but he gets all the compliments. This cookbook will never fail you. You can have Donna Reed Syndrome and be the envy of your neighbors with this book.

The good thing is that this book offers substitions if you are snowbound. However, this is basic goodness...you will not need to drive two hours to get Extract of Marbled Orange Radicchio for any recipe as all recipes have things you can buy in any regular grocery store.

If you come across a copy of this in a binder, shame on you if you don't buy it! You should give this to every young person in your family starting out, and every older person in your family who's cooking is Blow-Torch City! As for me, I intend to buy more plastic sleeve protectors and each page is going in one before it goes back in the binder, that is how priceless it is!

Editorial Review:

Imaginative and entertaining ideas for today's busy lifestyle, with more than 1,200 tested and evaluated recipes. From the name that generations have grown to trust.This new paperback edition brings together the tools we need to prepare quick and nutritious meals and includes nutritional information with every recipe. More than 150 color photos, step-by-step drawings, and easy-to-use charts make this the complete cookbook for the busy 90s!

Dr. Atkins' Quick and Easy New Diet Cookbook

Robert C. Atkins, Veronica C. Atkins

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Total reviews: 66 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

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Great Taste in No Time

The companion cookbook to the bestselling Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution -- with mouthwatering recipes that go from stovetop to tabletop in 30 minutes or less.

Forget about salad without dressing, dried-out skinless chicken breasts, and tasteless steamed vegetables. Forget about tiny portions, no fat/no flavor foods, and no second helpings. Forget about spending hours in the kitchen. With the delicious recipes in Dr. Atkins' Quick and Easy New Diet Cookbook, you'll feast on juicy steaks, succulent chops, and savory egg and cheese dishes, and indulge in creamy sauces and desserts.

Based on the bestselling Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, the recipes in the Quick and Easy New Diet Cookbook will let you eat the Atkins way, whether you're just beginning the diet, shedding pounds, or maintaining your ideal weight. Each recipe has a carbohydrate-gram count per serving, and there's even a guide to converting your own recipes to the Atkins standard. Designed for healthy eating, this cookbook will help you produce delectable meals every day that will be the key, to a whole new you.

Ciao Italia Pronto!: 30-Minute Recipes from an Italian Kitchen

Mary Ann Esposito

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 2.0 of 5

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What could be better than an authentic Italian dinner like this that takes only thirty minutes to prepare?

Little Ciabatta Toasts with Ricotta and Salami
Skillet Breaded Pork Chops with Rosemary
Cherry Tomatoes with Leeks and Thyme
Dried Figs in Red Wine


From years of cooking in her Ciao Italia television kitchen, Mary Ann Esposito understands what many people with busy lives, as well as those just beginning to learn their way around the kitchen, want to know: How do I prepare an authentic Italian meal without spending hours in the kitchen? In Ciao Italia, Pronto!, Mary Ann shows everyone how to prepare an authentic Italian meal in thirty minutes with more than eighty mouthwatering recipes from the entire gamut of Italian cuisine. She’s gathered together a treasure trove of antipasti, soups, pasta dishes, main courses, vegetable side dishes, pizzas, calzones, and deserts that make easy and delicious meals for family and friends. Besides recipes for dishes like quick chicken cacciatore, macaroni with a rich lamb sauce or Cornish game hens with tomatoes and potatoes, Mary Ann shares her how-tos of cooking Italian quickly and authentically:

· how to maximize your time in the grocery store

· how to create a Pronto! pantry filled with staples

· how to have a cooking plan and multitask as the preparation gets underway

· how to get several meals out of a single preparation

· how to use seasonal fruits and vegetables to greatest effect.


For good measure, Mary Ann adds a dozen Pronto! menus to show readers how to combine the dishes, as well as a select list of mail order and online sources for specialty items. So, instead of bringing home fast food or prepared frozen dishes from the grocery story, involve the whole family, spend thirty minutes with Mary Ann, and bring a little la dolce vita---as Italians would say, “the good life”--- to your kitchen. Without fuss or bother, Mary Ann Esposito shows you how to bring an authentic taste of Italy to the table for your friends and family.

Pillsbury: One-Dish Meals Cookbook: More Than 300 Recipes for Casseroles, Skillet Dishes and Slow-Cooker Meals (Pillsbury)

Pillsbury Company

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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One-Dish Meals Cookbook
More Than 300 Recipes for Casseroles, Skillet Dishes and Slow-Cooker Meals

From America's most trusted kitchens comes a collection of delicious and easy recipes for one-dish meals that everyone--even the cook--can enjoy.

Featuring:  Kids' Favorites, Easy Entertaining, Tried and True Family Favorites, Brunch Specialties

Convenient casseroles, quick and healthy stir-fries, comfort foods from the slow-cooker: One-dish meals are perfect for today's busy cook. Pillsbury, America's most trusted name in the kitchen, has collected more than 300 delicious recipes for casseroles, skillet dishes, and slow-cooker meals that everyone--including the cook--can enjoy.
        
From Celebration Brunch Strata to Ratatouille with Hot Pepper Tortellini to Old-Fashioned Beef Stew, Pillsbury: One-Dish Meals Cookbook presents updated family favorites alongside elegant dishes and exciting new flavors inspired by today's culinary trends.  In addition to its easy-to-follow recipes and more than 100 beautiful photographs, this latest edition to Pillsbury's library includes step-by-step features designed to guide readers through specific cooking
techniques.

For the practiced family cook or the culinary novice, this collection of sure-to-please soups, stews, casseroles, skillet meals and more is a must-have. With their irresistible and infinitely reliable recipes, the experts at Pillsbury prove that one dish is all today's time-savvy cook needs to make delicious meals.

Crazy for Casseroles: 275 All-American Hot-Dish Classics

James Villas

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Worst Cookbook Ever 1 out of 5 stars.
33 of 35 people found this review helpful.

I hate to disagree with the glowing reviews for this book but since I relied on the other reviews I had read to buy this book, I thought maybe a differing view would be useful. I am a seasoned cook and can say that this is one of the most poorly written cookbooks I have ever cooked from. I have made 3 recipes thus far. All have had major proportion issues and have lacked flavor. Even corrections I made as I went based on previous experiences could not save these recipes. If you like food that is basic in flavor (kinda like standard cafeteria fare) then you will probably like this book. If you like flavor in your food, then I suggest not buying this one.

Best Casseroles cookbook with fascinating informations! 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

Although it requires some extra time to assemble, I always have plenty leftover to eat on next day. Also, I can freeze them. It is worth of extra labor. We really LOVE Blue Plate Beef and Cheese Noodle and Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole. Those really surprised our guests! Villas really made this close to perfect ones. I enjoyed his details on how he adjusted specific foods and the recipes' history. I like one straight way to a best casserole than trying on many recipes people giving or I find thru magazines. This book is one! Strongly recommend this one!

I also like the big book of casseroles by Maryana Vollstedt. The recipes give ingredients that I have on hand. They are mostly from stratch, not canned ones. Comparing to both book, Crazy about Casseroles is more like Classic, International, and Historic ones while the The Big Book of Casseroles is more on from stratch and similar ingredients on other recipes. I love both books, anyway!!

Editorial Review:

This book illustrates perfectly what authentic, original, regional American cooking is all about. This is food at its most appealing: simple, delicious fare that leaves lots of room for variations and that the home cook can feel proud to serve anytime.

Food Made Fast: Baking (Williams-Sonoma)

Lou Seibert Pappas

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First book , definitely not last !! 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

One thing that was common to all my cook books till now was: i tried a couple of recipes , and then put them on the shelf . Until this one !!! . not only is the graphics beautiful , so are the pictures ( really wanna get you starting ) , the recipes are simple , easy to follow , and best of all , they come out perfectly !!!! . The successes of the first few recipes got me to try almost the entire book (only a matter of time before i do....... ) .
In short an absolute enjoyment . If you love easy , fun , good cooking ,you'de love this book .

Editorial Review:

Designed for the busy home cook, Food Made Fast is the latest collectible series from Williams-Sonoma. Using a straightforward approach to everyday cooking, Food Made Fast is about delicious food, simply prepared, with easy-to-follow recipes and tips. Each book emphasizes keeping a well-stocked pantry, planning ahead, and using fresh ingredients as the keys to cooking delicious meals with a minimum of time and effort. Dedicated to a single subject - from Soup to Pasta to Weeknight - each volume makes it simple to plan, cook, and enjoy great-tasting food throughout the week. The recipes are both simple and inspired, making quick cooking a truly satisfying experience.

The Get 'Em Girls' Guide to the Power of Cuisine: Perfect Recipes for Spicing Up Your Love Life

Shakara Bridgers, Jeniece Isley, Joan A Davis

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In Life, Get ' Em Girls Always Go After What They Want...

You know a Get 'Em Girl when you see one. She's got it together: great job, nice friends, and plenty of style. But when it comes to love, not all Get 'Em Girls have it figured out.

While some may think it's a cliché, maybe the way to a lover's heart is still through his stomach. But who has time to be chained to a stove? Just like having an extra job skill can help you get hired, someone willing to invest a little time and energy into a relationship definitely stands out in a crowded dating field.

The Get 'Em Girls' Guide to the Power of Cuisine features over 120 easy and delicious recipes that reflect the authors' southern-girl-in-the-big-city upbringings and will complement every stage of a growing relationship:

• "Grown 'n' Sexy" desserts meant for sharing
• The first "Morning After" Breakfast
• The "Bring Him Back" Chicken Soup when he's sick
• "Meet the Parents" Carrot Cake and much more!

Whether planning an intimate dinner for two or a down-home feast reminiscent of Mama's Sunday dinner, The Get 'Em Girls' Guide to the Power of Cuisine is filled with helpful tips, from stocking the pantry, to selecting wine, and even dating advice!

Cooking for a lover can be more meaningful (and cheaper) than dining out. But this is about more than just the food: it's about women investing in themselves and in their relationships. For all the women who aren't afraid to go after what they want, The Get 'Em Girls' Guide to the Power of Cuisine is a must-have in their kitchens!

Essential 3-4-5 Ingredient Cookbook

Barbara Jones

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Most-used cookbook on the shelf! 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 12 people found this review helpful.

I collect cookbooks ... I have more than 300 ... and this is the one that I use the most! I have given it as a wedding gift to nieces and nephews, and they all say it is the only cookbook they use on a regular basis. I LOVE it!!

Love it!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I bought it to take some notes of some recipes I loved at the store, but I can't decide which one I want so I am keeping the book. I bought it on thursday, and I already made 5 recipes (today is Monday). My husband love the new tastes so I recommend this book.
You can find very easy recipes here!!
Bought it at borders store at $7.99

Super! 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Such easy recipes, and most of them with ingredients I have on hand. Not the healthiest, necessarily, but great for those of us short on time and creativity. Very simple, easy, fast. I love it! I don't use it every night, but for those times you need something in a pinch - especially potluck.

Editorial Review:

Over 1,000 Quick and Easy Recipes. 3 Cookbooks in one.