Barbara Methven
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Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 3.0 of 5
Heavy on the pictures 3 out of 5 stars.
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The pictures are the highlight of Basic Microwaving. All are full color and they cover every page. This leads to a major drawback: despite being long in pages there is not so much content here. There is an average of less than one recipe per page. So even though this is a long microwave cookbook it has fewer recipes than do more compact options.
So there aren't as many recipes here as you would expect. Brace yourself... there are even fewer. This is because many of these recipes involve using specialized equipment. One of these specialty items it a hotplate that you heat up in the microwave and then cook on top of, like a stove top. Recipes that involve this may as well be recipes written for a stovetop, since the food never goes into the microwave. Also many of the recipes involve wrapping aluminum foil around portions of the food to even out the cooking through the food. I'm not sticking aluminum in my microwave so those are out.
A major lack in this book is that there are no cooking charts. Want to know how to cook an acorn squash in the microwave? You are out of luck. Most foods that I look up in the index are not to be found, so this book makes a poor reference. Most microwave cookbooks will have a section in them somewhere that gives a table of foods and cooking time as well as very brief notes on preparation. This book doesn't, so without another microwave cookbook you will not be able to adapt the recipes to different ingredients (unless you are using another microwave cookbook in conjunction with this one).
Recipes that I have tried from this book turn out well, with the exception of breads that rise from yeast (breads that rise from baking soda were excellent and it does have seven different bread recipes). So if you just want a book to try a recipe from now and then, then this one will be reliable.
I don't recommend this cookbook unless you want it for a specific recipe that you know is in here. Recipes turn out well and have good taste and texture. The pictures are pretty but compete with content so that you only get about one recipe per page - not many recipes. Also many of these recipes require specialized utensils that you are unlikely to have. There is more fluff than content here even though the content is good.
