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How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking 93 reviews
Nigella Lawson
Hyperion, 2001
LOVE IT!
+ Cakes, cookies, and mince-pies...oh my!
+ Love it!
+ really fabulous
+ How to be a Domestic Goddess
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Le Cordon Bleu Complete Cook: Home Collection9 reviews
France) Cordon Bleu (School : Paris, Editors of Thunder Bay Press
Thunder Bay Press (CA), 2002
Outstanding & inspiring -- my favorite French cookbook!
+ Wonderful help for the not so amateur cook
+ Holy Grail of French Cooking
+ impress your guests
+ Excellent CookBook
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Baking: From My Home to Yours 76 reviews
Dorie Greenspan
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
I could not live without it.
+ So far, so good
+ YUMMY RECIPES
I noticed my favorite cooking blog, Smitten Kitchen, frequently references this book, so I figured I ought to check it out. Boy, was that the right decision.
I have made the tiramisu cake, chocolate chocolate chunk muffins, cornmeal maple biscuits, almond scones, peanut-caramel brownie cake, ...
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Semi-Homemade Cooking 227 reviews
Sandra Lee
Meredith Books, 2005
Sandra Lee books
+ She's The Best
+ Second in the Cooking Series of Three
+ Cookbook
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Fix-it And Forget-it Cookbook 193 reviews
Dawn J Ranck
Good Books, 2001
Wonderful Cookbook
+ A cookbook with recipes that I ACTUALLY use!
+ Ever wondered what to do what the new crockpot?
+ Disappointing
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The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food ... 21 reviews
Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Sally Swift
Clarkson Potter, 2008
Delicious and practical
+ Cooking Like A Pro
+ Learned a lot in a short time
+ Favorite new book
+ Our New Favorite Cookbook!
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Bouchon36 reviews
Thomas Keller
Artisan, 2004
Fine restaurant cooking you really can do at home.
+ Beautiful book
+ Excellent gift
+ Very inspirational...
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How to Eat Like a Republican: Or, Hold the Mayo, Muffy--I'm Feeling Miracle Whipped Tonight5 reviews
Susanne Grayson Townsend
Villard, 2004
Here's something else to blame on Slick Willy ! ! !
+ Just Plain Fun
+ Extremely funny and useful
+ Witty, Delightful and Fun!
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The Dean and DeLuca Cookbook26 reviews
David Rosengarten, Joel Dean, ...
Random House, 1996
Not the only book you'll ever need, but one of the best.
+ Good Reading, Great Recipes
+ One of the real go-to books
+ Great for Regional Basics
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Luscious Lemon Desserts32 reviews
Lori Longbotham, Alison Miksch, ...
Chronicle Books, 2001
Luscious Indeed!
+ Beautiful
+ For true lemon lovers
+ Mmmmm! Triple Lemon-Cheesecake...
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The New Best Recipe: All-New Edition with 1,000 Recipes199 reviews
Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine
America's Test Kitchen, 2004
Classic!
+ the best!
+ Interesting take on recipes, but realization philosophies will seem alien to New Zealanders
+ It'll make your brain smoke!
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The Church Supper Cookbook: A Special Collection of Over 400 Potluck Recipes from Families and Churches ... 5 reviews
Rodale Press, 2005
Simple Home Cooking
+ Super family recipies that star at community potlucks
This book is well worth the cost. I have tried several recipes and have found all are easy to prepare and the book gives great instructions. Most of the recipes are from northern states but easily fit into any regional church dinner. When I serve recipes from this book to guests at my home I always ...
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Our Best Recipes 1 review
Better Homes and Gardens Books, 2003
Not inspiring
This cookbook had a great detailed description from another source, but it was a big disappointment to me. Recipes aren't new or inspired.
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Taste of Home's Best Holiday Recipes 2004
Taste of Home, 2004
Taste of Home's 2004 holiday recipes. Almost 350 recipes, with 100 clip out recipe cards.
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Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking30 reviews
Julia Child
Knopf, 2000
What a wonderful cookbook!
+ The greatest ever, and her culinary last will and testament
+ Julia's personal notes
+ Just a Wonderful Little Cookbook
+ Technique and mindset for the Chef-Philosophe
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Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie24 reviews
Ken Haedrich
Harvard Common Press, 2004
Easy As Pie
+ mmm
+ Oh, excellent EXCELLENT!
+ lovely book
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Sweet Serendipity: Delightful Desserts and Devilish Dish7 reviews
Stephen Bruce
Universe Publishing, 2004
One for your collection... One for the collector...
+ Serendipitous Goodies
+ WOW!
+ Desserts galore!
+ Fun book, good collection of recipes, but nothing astonishing
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Gifts for Giving: Gift Mixes & Delights from the Kitchen, Plus Year Round Ideas for Wrapping It Up & Giving ...1 review
Gooseberry Patch
Gooseberry Patch, 2002
Good ideas and helpful hints.
The recipes are great. I like the idea of the vanilla powder, which I had never heard of before. I also love all the little hints for presentation which are found throughout the book. Great way to make affordable gifts for teachers, neighbors and friends.
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Steak Lover's Cookbook10 reviews
William Rice
Workman Publishing Company, 1997
Bravo!
+ Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Steak
+ Yummm... Steak...
+ Don't be afraid of stinky cheese...
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John Ash: Cooking One on One: Private Lessons in Simple, Contemporary Food from a Master Teacher8 reviews
John T. Ash
Clarkson Potter, 2004
Culinary Building Blocks
+ good instruction, flexible recipes
+ Wish I had found it earlier
+ Great Food
+ A great book
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