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Nathalie Dupree's Comfortable Entertaining 5 reviews Nathalie Dupree
Viking Adult, 1998
This superbly illustrated cookbook is Nathalie at her best!!
+ How to entertain without stress + Nathalie Dupree's Comfortable Entertaining Cookbook & Series + Get the book. Skip the PBS series! + a good read and a good resource
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The 1997 Joy of Cooking 295 reviews Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, ...
Scribner, 1997
My go to book for fast everyday family meals
+ Joy of Cooking + The Joy of cooking + An excellent all-purpose, all-in-one, book on basic American home cuisine
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Soup: A Way of Life 12 reviews Barbara Kafka
Artisan, 1998
One of My Favorite Cookbooks
+ I like this book, shocked to see the negatives
Barbara does a great job of pulling together a wide variety of soups that have never failed me from the simple country tomato, to the hearty beef stew to the hot and sour or the exotic Tom Ka Coconut Soup. The backstories and the basics lend to its completeness and character. This will be a staple ...
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Best of the Best Vol. 9: The Best Recipes from the 25 Best Cookbooks of the Year (Best of the Best: Best ... 3 reviews Food & Wine Magazine
American Express Publishing, 2006
20 Cookbooks in 1
+ Great for those that want to try something new!
Warning! If you purchase this book you will soon be purchasing several others. No seriously, this is a wonderful and really under rated book. I got it at a Christmas gift exchange last year and since then I have purchased 5 of the cookbooks listed after making and loving several of the recipes. ...
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The Big Book of Outdoor Cooking and Entertaining: Spirited Recipes and Expert Tips for Barbecuing, Charcoal ... 7 reviews Cheryl Alters Jamison, Bill Jamison
William Morrow Cookbooks, 2006
Authoritative, thorough and friendly
+ Best book ever... + Exploring Outdoor Cooking at Its Flavorful Best! + A must-have for the outdoor chef + terrific book
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America Cooks: The General Federation of Women's Clubs Cook Book 12 reviews
Putnam Adult, 1967
Test of Time
+ A wedding gift + Walnuts Watermelons and the wisdom of Seranne + The Best Gift + One Of The Best Cookbooks I Own
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The Essential Cuisines of Mexico: Revised and updated throughout, with more than 30 new recipes. 13 reviews Diana Kennedy
Clarkson Potter, 2000
Encyclopaedic but practical reference
+ Sara + The Essential Cuisines of Mexico + Still the best
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Learning to Cook with Marion Cunningham 13 reviews Marion Cunningham
Knopf, 1999
Great for a true novice like me!
+ Excellent First Cookbook for Amateur Home Cook. Buy It. + For beginners who want a real home cooked meal + Refreshingly simple and do-able cookbook!
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Joy of Cooking 77 reviews Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1985
My friend and confidant in the kitchen
+ while I wouldnt cook all these the writing is HILARIOUS + MOT LASCAM
This is the only cookbook I have ever bought for myself. I was just learning how to cook and heard about this book. We have been good friends for almost half my life now ...bought the 1982 printing ... in 1982 :). My friend is a bit stained and yellowed and the cover is starting to become ...
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Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone 175 reviews Deborah Madison
Broadway, 2007
Great book.....Clarifying some of the negative reviews
+ Essential kitchen fundamentals whether vegetarian or not. + Essential vegetarian recipes with or without meat dishes + A Great General Cooking Reference... + Hard to find ingredients
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How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food 364 reviews Mark Bittman
Wiley, 2006
By far, the best go-to cookbook that I own
+ Very informative, handy book, but if you order from here, make sure to check it upon arrival + I'm a not a Cook, but these come out great! + Where to look when all else fails + One of my favorite cooking tomes for general ideas
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Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook 36 reviews Anya von Bremzen, John Welchman
Workman Publishing Company, 1990
I LOVE BORSCHT!!!
+ Great Variety - NOT for beginners + Absolutely brilliant, the last word in Russian cookbooks
This is THE cookbook for spoiled, Americanized Russians who never paid any attention to what went on in the kitchen because their mothers were such great cooks. Turns out we didn't need to...
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Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking 112 reviews Marcella Hazan
Knopf, 1992
An essential book for a beginning chef...
+ It's like a text book + Good basic Italian cooking!
...I've referred to this book over the years for technique and authenticity of Italian cooking...it is a wonderful book. I agree that it is on par with Julia Child's French cookbook. I've made many of the recipes and they are fabulous....the poached shrimp, easy and delicious...the grilled ...
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The Gourmet Cookbook: More than 1000 recipes 131 reviews
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
A must have
+ If there's a recipe you want, it's in here + Only the finest recipes here + A good buy for upper class cooks + Best cookbook in my collection
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Ken Hom's Chinese Kitchen: With a Consumer's Guide to Essential Ingredients 5 reviews Ken Hom
Hyperion Books, 1995
Buy this book if you want to learn to cook Chinese
+ My Favorite Chinese Cookbook + Great Book + Best Chinese cook book in the U.S.A.!
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Vegetables 20 reviews James Peterson
William Morrow Cookbooks, 1998
Unpretentious and genuinely elegant
+ novice to expert, there's something for everyone here + Very useful guide + Useful Basic Reference
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Williams Sonoma Kitchen Companion : The A to Z Guide to Everyday Cooking, Equipment, and Ingredients 5 reviews Mary Goodbody, Carolyn Miller, ...
Time-Life Books, 2000
Must Have
+ No Kitchen Should be Without This Book + What your Mother Never Told You + NOT A DUST COLLECTOR + My favorite cooking info book.
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Roasting-A Simple Art 28 reviews Barbara Kafka, Maria Robledo
William Morrow & Co., 1995
Invaluable helper in the kitchen
+ Wonderful! + Besides the oven..... + Changing the Way we Roast
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Microwave Gourmet 1 review Barbara Kafka
Avon Books (Mm), 1991
A Cooking Bible For Wage Slaves
The Microwave Gourmet should be in the kitchen
of every man or woman who works for a living.
The recipes are simple and FAST -- dinner gets on
the table in half an hour or less. The Basic
Risotto recipe alone is worth the price of this
fabulous book. And the glossary in the back, ...
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A New Way to Cook 30 reviews Sally Schneider
Artisan, 2003
Not your typical "diet" cookbook
+ baker + One of my most used Christmas gifts. + My favorite
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