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The Joy of Vegan Baking: The Compassionate Cooks' Traditional Treats and Sinful Sweets 110 reviews
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Fair Winds Press, 2007
great for non-vegans too!
I got this as a wedding gift for a friend who is allergic to eggs and dairy. I got to take a look at the book and was impressed for a few reasons. The beginning has a section on how to substitute things for eggs and milk. They suggest one way if you are making something like cookies, and another way if you are baking breads. It would help people modify favorite family recipes that they would not ...
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Odd Hours 168 reviews
Dean Koontz
Bantam, 2008
Excellent
As usual Dean Koontz is remarkable, this character Odd is a Hero and is such a kindhearted and very deep minded individual. A movie would be a hit, as is Dean and his dear Trixie.....and her book...Bliss.
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Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook3 reviews
Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter, 2008
Indispensable for Beginners through Mid-Level Cooks
Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook is an indispensable cooking guide for beginners through mid-level cooks. By mid-level, I am referring to anyone who cooks but is not adept at the various cooking techniques or one with a firm understanding of how and what tools to use in the kitchen.
As a former caterer and chef, I see that many people lack basic cooking ...
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Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) 574 reviews
Anthony Bourdain
Harper Perennial, 2007
Brings Back Memories
It has been over 20 years since I worked in the restaurant business, but reading Bourdain's book brought back a lot of memories of what the business and the many characters who inhabit it are like. I found Bourdain's book to be very entertaining and reflects much of what I remember about the world of food preparation and service. Bourdain's management style is quite different from my own and I ...
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The New Best Recipe: All-New Edition208 reviews
Cook's Illustrated Magazine
America?s Test Kitchen, 2004
The first one I reach for
I have had this book for a few months and have made several recipes: black beans, bread pudding, meatloaf, a caramel sauce for a flan, chicken stock and oh, I can't even remember what else. Bottom line: this cookbook ROCKS!!! The details on HOW and WHY make for great bedtime reading (and yes, I DO have a life) and I am far more willing to try a recipe that has lots of ingredients and takes a ...
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The Quilter's Kitchen: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel with Recipes (Elm Creek Quilts Novels) 29 reviews
Jennifer Chiaverini
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Family Traditions
Jennifer Chiaverini is my favorite author since I found Jan Karon and the Mitford series. The Elm Creek Quilt books are so engaging with history, family, quilting, and an absolutely wonderful storyline that I just can't get enough of. The Quilter's Kitchen is both a look to past family traditions in the recipes that were shared, and a look to the future of Sylvia's Elm Creek home and the Quilt ...
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How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition): 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food2 reviews
Mark Bittman
Wiley, 2008
I love this cookbook!
In addition to the typical American basics, I love that this cookbook includes recipes for international and less than every day foods. There are plenty of suggestions for varying recipes and I find his "quick" versions of many recipes helpful and well suited to work night dinners. The recipes tend to be fairly easy while using mostly fresh and healthy ingredients. I find so many things that ...
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How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food (How to Cook Everything) 91 reviews
Mark Bittman
Wiley, 2007
FINALLY a book with the recipes and the INFO to do it right!
I LOVE this cookbook. I checked it out from the library and had to buy one.
As a vegetarian I have been searching for a book that was more than just a compilation of vegetarian recipes and less than a lecture on the advantages of vegetarianism. I wanted something that would explain the details and give me some technical info on the subject.
This book satisfies in every way. For example ...
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Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life11 reviews
Jamie Oliver
Hyperion, 2008
For those that enjoy his series on the Food Network
I have made several of the dishes in this cookbook and they have turned out very well. If you enjoy cooking with seasonal, fresh ingredients you will find it a valuable addition to your collection.
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Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God30 reviews
Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski
David C. Cook, 2008
Overwhelmed by this book, and this Wonderful God!
I want to thank Frances for a wonderful book that left me "overwhelmed." I know he would only want the attention from this book to go to the Allmighty God that he serves.
This book will really challenge your faith and your true love for God. He really shows us that we "christians" should take Jesus' words so serious that transformation from this "lukewarm" lifestyle to this obsessive walk of ...
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Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity29 reviews
Frank Viola
David C. Cook, 2008
A Primer for Church Life
This book is a tremendous benefit to anyone meeting outside institutional Christianity as well as those who are interested in an alternative form of church. From my experience, the common ground that often holds Christians together who meet outside the traditional church is the understanding of what church IS NOT. I thought "Pagan Christianity" was a great book in explaining what church IS NOT. ...
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In Odd We Trust 53 reviews
Queenie Chan, Dean Koontz
Del Rey, 2008
Comic Book Like no other
I liked the comic book. I thought they did a decent job and would buy another.
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Cook Right 4 Your Type: The Practical Kitchen Companion to Eat Right 4 Your Type52 reviews
Peter J. D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney
Berkley Trade, 2000
loosing weight
I am quite pleased with the easy to follow information in this book.
Really love the fact that they have menus and recipes also. This makes following this life style ALOT easier for me. My husband and I both are impressed with our new eating regimes and although we are not the SAME blood type I am not having any difficulty making meals we can both share and enjoy. And we have both lost ...
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American Accent Training (Book and Audio CD, 2nd Edition)84 reviews
Ann Cook
Barron's Educational Series, 2000
Great book
This book is great. Even if you can't speak well, you'll learn. You can? You'll speak with less accent.
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Rocco Gets Real: Cook at Home Every Day2 reviews
Rocco DiSpirito
Meredith Books, 2008
Get Real With Rocco-This Time its a Masterpiece !
This book does it all. Its informative, inexpensive and entertaining. There are tons of pictures and many helpful tips. His information bar is indispensable! It gives the shopping list and pictures of the tools you need. And of course the recipes are like no one else's. His food is vibrant, just different enough to make you feel like you went on a journey but very easy to make. I love this guy.
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How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food370 reviews
Mark Bittman
Wiley, 2006
Best. Cooking book. Ever.
I've got a lot of cooking books. I like to cook, but I'm not terribly good at it, having only started cooking (and baking) in the last few years.
This book is by far the best cooking book I've ever owned - can you imagine, reading a book on cooking this big from cover to cover? I did, and enjoyed every minute of it. And went back and read it again.
Does it really cover everything? No, ...
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Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook40 reviews
Jamie Oliver
Hyperion, 2007
jamie rocks
I will always have a soft spot for Jamie because he was the chef that inspired me to become a chef myself. His casual let's make this fun style of cooking got me off the couch watching his show, and into the kitchen with his first book back in 2000. I have every single Jamie Oliver book, including the English version of Jamie at Home that will be released here in October (which I also love). I ...
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting ...160 reviews
Bill Buford
Vintage, 2007
Apprentice of apprentices
Anyone who has ever worked at a continental-style restaurant should read this book.
I picked up "Heat" in the interests of reliving my experiences in two continental restaurants, run by two totally different-in-temperament chefs, one Austrian, one Swiss. Neither one embodies quite the insanity exhibited by Mario Batali, the owner/operator of Babbo in New York City,and known via TV as The Iron ...
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Best Slow and Easy Recipes: More than 250 Foolproof, Flavor-Packed Roasts, Stews, and Braises that let the ...2 reviews
Cook's Illustrated, 2008
Great Slow Cooking Cookbook
This is a great reference cookbook filled with great recipes, product reviews, kitchen tips, cooking how-to's, and much more. I love all the Cook's Illustrated books. They are reliable and trusted for recipes that work and taste great! I have made this my "Go To" reference for great family meals.
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Fix, Freeze, Feast: More than 125 recipes to prepare in bulk and by the serving35 reviews
Kati Neville, Lindsay Tkacsik
Storey Publishing, LLC, 2007
Delicious, Fast, Easy....
I bought this book to aid in dinner prep during the bewitching hour. I made 5 recipes. They go together fairly quickly and quite easily. Once they are thawed (some can be cooked from a frozen state - recipes give specific instructions for re-heating) they are simple to cook, making meal preparation a snap. My 3 kids liked the recipes, as did my husband (who is a culinary professional) and I. ...
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