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Autumn in the Country Cookbook (Gooseberry Patch)

Gooseberry Patch

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Autumn in the Country Gooseberry Patch Cookbook 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Another great cookbook from Gooseberry Patch. I have many of their cookbooks and love them all.

Editorial Review:

Inspired by harvest hayrides, pumpkin picking and small-town festivals, Gooseberry Patch's cookbook, Autumn in the Country, celebrates the very best fall has to offer. It's filled with more than 250 delicious recipes and over 225 tips and ideas.

Christmas With Southern Living 2005 (Christmas With Southern Living)

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

From the most treasured authority on gracious holiday entertaining comes a special 25th anniversary edition of Christmas with Southern Living. As always, CWSL takes readers on a photographic tour of the South’s most spectacular residences, decorated to the hilt in a variety of Christmas styles. This commemorative volume also features 25 all-time favorite Christmas recipes; 25 years of top decorating and gift ideas; and a lavish Christmas dinner menu with a step-by-step photographic "Countdown-to-Christmas" calendar and style guide. New "5 Ingredient, 15 Minute Holiday Recipes" help preserve your sanity during the hectic Christmas season.

Key Features:

* Complete guide to the holidays, containing new ideas for decorating, holiday cooking and entertaining, food gifts, and wrappings
* Nearly 100 kitchen-tested recipes with shortcut options
* Over 100 ideas for decorating the entire house—simple centerpieces, place cards, party favors, table setting ideas—many of which are made from things you have on hand
* Over 50 Christmas Tips & Pointers

Pink Princess Tea Parties

Barbara Beery

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Filled with simple recipes for light, sweet, and delectable 'tea party' style foods and beverages 5 out of 5 stars.
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A childhood tea party - all little girls have thrown a make believe one, but as adults, reality is at their fingertips. "Pink Princess Tea Parties" is a cookbook filled with simple recipes for light, sweet, and delectable 'tea party' style foods and beverages sure to please a hostess living out their childhood fantasies, as well as their guests (who may or may not be in on the fantasy). Featuring dishes such as Pink Princess Smoothies, Sweetheart Shortbread, and Confetti Meringue Cookies, and full color photos of almost every recipe, "Pink Princess Tea Parties" is highly recommended for community library cookbook collections.

Editorial Review:

A nibble, a snack, a break-bite-no matter what you call it, tea time is alive and well in homes and classrooms across America. Make this every-day occurrence extraordinary with more mouth-watering recipes from Queen of Kids' Cuisine Barbara Beery and Batter Up Kids. More than just tea and cakes, Pink Princess Tea Parties includes perfect little bites and tiny treats to keep kids busy in the kitchen and having fun with friends! Enjoy such delights as the Pink Princess Smoothie, Sweetheart Shortbread, Royal Raspberry Tarts, Princess Candy Crunch, and Gingerbread Tea Loaves. Filled with easy-to-follow instructions and full-color photography, Pink Princess Tea Parties is ideal for tea parties, birthday parties, or any playtime, and is sure to delight the little princess in all of us!

Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook (Betty Crocker Books)

Betty Crocker Editors

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Total reviews: 20 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Best Gingersnap Recipe Ever 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

There is a Gingersnap cookie recipe in this book that is amazing. I make them every holiday season for family and friends and everyone LOVES them and looks forward to eating them year-round. Highly recommended for the Gingersnaps alone!

Using it a lot 5 out of 5 stars.
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I got this book off amazon not too long ago after I had checked it out at the library and really liked it. The pictures are great. I tried the easy tiramisu dessert- but I made a few substitutions. Don't. It wasn't that great, could be better as the original. The minty middle treasures didn't look anything like the picture. Didn't taste as good as I was hoping, either. My sister made the swedish nuts and liked it. I'll be making the peppermint bon bon brownies and the peppermint swirled cookies. There are just so many to try. Another con is that if you're looking for lighter recipes, this isn't the book. I'm on a small weight loss quest, and these are really fatty and sugary desserts. That's what makes them taste good, though.
Today my sister and I tried to make the Christmas Cottages with graham crackers, and it didn't work. The directions seem silly- they say dip the edges of the cracker in the frosting and it doesn't work. Also graham crackers aren't necessarily level, they have a little bend to them, so the don't stand together well. It's also really hard to cut a graham cracker- we kept breaking them trying to make the peak on the roof.
At any rate, I haven't tried even half of the things I want to yet, so... I still love the book. I haven't even experimented with the main meal recipes yet but looking forward to it. (It takes a lot longer to get through leftovers when it's only my husband and I trying to finish off the experiments.)

Editorial Review:

Betty Crocker's spectacular all-in-one Christmas cooking, decorating and entertaining book helps you get in the spirit:

• Get everything done
• Involve the kids
• Have a little fun
• Do things ahead
• Bake special treats
• Host the party
• Prepare the feast
• Give gifts from your kitchen
• Enjoy old and new traditions
• Deck the halls
• Enjoy it all!

Entertaining

Martha Stewart Living Magazine

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Total reviews: 21 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Book good service slow 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Book is good my wife likes it. (Martha Fan)
However I paid for fast delivery and it took a week to get the book! I missed my wifes birthday because of slow delivery.

My 18 year old copy is still an inspiration! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is NOT A COOKBOOK! This book is more a guide to throwing a great party that includes recipes as a bonus.
The guide to setting up a bar alone makes it worth having.
There are so many excellent ideas in here, beautiful photos, an emphasis on presentation and beautiful food....that never goes out of style.

Takes the Think out of planning a party 5 out of 5 stars.
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I love her book because she thought of everything so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. She has menus for parties of 25 and 50 guests so you know how much and step by step instructions on how to organize it, cook it and present it. Great book if you entertain and want an easy process!

Editorial Review:

With 500 glorious full-color photographs, 300 original recipes, and hundreds of innovative ideas, Entertaining is the book that revolutionized the way people entertain today. 500 full-color photographs.


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Park Avenue Potluck: Recipes from New York's Savviest Hostesses

The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering, Florence Fabricant

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

To benefit America’s leading center for the research and treatment of all types of cancer, here is a cookbook with a cause par excellence. The members of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center are some of the most celebrated partygivers in New York City’s fundraising world. Now the ladies of the society have opened up their private recipe files to present foolproof dishes that will turn any event–whether a cocktail party for sixty or a comforting family meal–into the talk of the town. Edited by acclaimed food writer Florence Fabricant, Park Avenue Potluck is filled with such recipes as Cheddar Chutney Croustades, Baked Spinach Risotto, Cider Roasted Pork Tenderloin, and Bermuda Banana Bread Pudding. This unprecedented peek into the dining rooms of Gotham’s poshest addresses offers up advice on entertaining in true New York style. Among the boldface names contributing are Coco Kopelman, Muffie Potter Aston, Nicole Limbocker, Daisy Soros, Patsy Warner, Alexis Waller, and Katie Colgate. Humorous anecdotes, insider tidbits, and party-planning advice from these grand dames make this the season’s choicest invitation.

Preston Bailey's Design for Entertaining: Inspiration for Creating the Party of Your Dreams

Preston Bailey

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

absolutely amazing 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This is an amazing book! While most people may not be able to re-create these parties, you can definitely get ideas from all of them. Take the ideas here and apply them to one or two tables or a small area. The pictures are wonderful and I am amazed at what is done in some of these parties. Would love to have a chance just to walk through one of these!!!!

Very Inspiring 5 out of 5 stars.
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I love this book. The themes and pictures are great. It's more for the higher end weddings

Editorial Review:

PRESTON BAILEY'S DESIGN FOR ENTERTAINING is the ultimate sourcebook of inspiration for creating the perfect ambience for any major party or event. Bailey guides the reader through the planning process from large decisions- picking a theme, setting the mood, and transforming the space to fit the vision for the event-to the details such as flowers, lighting, and table settings that all come together to create a unique environment. Full-color photographs of events including Melissa Rivers' wedding and the launch party for Oprah's O Magazine showcase the spectacular results of his approach.

Thanksgiving (Williams-Sonoma)

Michael McLaughlin, Noel Barnhurst

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Better than 5 stars 5 out of 5 stars.
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From Williams-Sonoma, "Thanksgiving" has 40 essential recipes that you can count on to be delicious. Thanksgiving is all about the experiance of enjoying home cooking. Learn to make a no fail classic roast turkey, or Hickory-Smoked Roast Turkey with Horseradish-Apple Sauce if you want to get fancy. All the side dishes are here and maybe some new ones too including wild rice and chestnut stuffing, butternut squash Soup, dressings, breads, cranberry sauce and more. A whole chapter is dedicated to the important staple "potatoes" and they varied ways you can prepare the humble spuds. Sweet Candied Yams are here too. Desserts are not forgotten such as Creamy Pumpkin Pie
One of the nice things about this company is that they include large color photos of their completed dishes, and these help with presentation as well. The recipes are accessible and easy to follow for any level cook. You will rely on this book every year, a worthwhile investment. And it looks prettier on the shelf than most cookbooks I have seen.

Editorial Review:

No other holiday captures the spirit of home cooking the way Thanksgiving does. From the perfect roast turkey with wild rice and chestnut stuffing to a rich, old-fashioned pumpkin pie, good food shared with family and friends is what makes this day so special.

Williams-Sonoma Collection Thanksgiving offers easy-to-follow recipes you will want to include in your own holiday menu year after year. In these pages, you'll find inspiring first courses and a tempting variety of side dishes and desserts as well as some new ideas for the main course. This vividly photographed, full-color recipe collection will become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.

"Whether it's your first time preparing a Thanksgiving meal or your twentieth, I hope these recipes make your feast enjoyable."

Light and Healthy Holidays: First Place 4 Health Devotional (First Place 4 Health) (First Place)

First Place 4 Health

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Light & Healthy Holidays provides staying power during the tempting holiday season and encouragement to reflect on the true reason for the holidays. This complete resource includes devotions, holiday helps, holiday menus and recipes, and a small group guide. Topics Included: Devotions on giving thanks and God's gift of love, Read about replacing fear with joy, Holiday menus and recipes, How can you achieve your holiday goals?, Holiday survival tips.

The Raw Gourmet

Nomi Shannon, Brian Clement

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Raw Gourmet 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Raw Gourmet

Excellent book. Completely lived up to its reputation. Perhaps the definitive book on the subject of raw food.

Noel Wicks

Editorial Review:

Whether you'd simply like to add more fruit and vegetables to your meals, or want to change your lifestyle in a more dramatic way, The Raw Gourmet is the complete guide to one of the world's fastest growing nutrition and health movements-the living-foods diet.

In the first book of its kind, Nomi Shannon opens a door onto a refreshing new world of food preparation...Learn how fresh, non-cooked fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains can boost your vitality while lighting up your palate.

Try exotic dishes like chili rellenos, spinach mousse, and vegetable nori roll-ups. Or, on a more familiar note, serve up a living foods version of old favorites like pizza, tomato soup or apple pie. Whatever you choose, this book brings a rich variety of flavors and textures to your table and offers everything your body needs to stay healthy and vigorous.