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Summary: How the Cookie Crumbles
Review: I was so relieved to see that other bakers were disappointed with this book. The recipes SEEM as if they'd be good, but they're so disappointing, and the directions were overly confusing. I was once a professional baker and I found this book a big ol' waste of my money. The little guide to cookies has better recipes for much less dough.
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Summary: Not worth the money
Review: A beautiful looking cookbook, certainly. I was very excited to try the recipes after receiving the book for Xmas. But what a disappointment. Tried 14 different recipes with fellow baking friends over the course of a week. They weren't bad, but we six bakers let out collective "ho-hums" with each.
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Summary: The best
Review: Among all my cookie books, this is the one i choose in terms of frequency or something extraordinary or something ethnic to please the average cookie monster. Even my mother, who doesn't care for baking, couldn't resist this book. Its a real encyclopaedia of cookies, listing the various cookies in terms of preparation and with the author's clearcut instructions, every recipe tried turns out to be a crowd-pleaser.
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Summary: to the reader who wished they never met Nick
Review: Don't take Nick Malgieri and his bad behavior personally. He is a miserable human being and everybody in the industry knows this about him. You were not the first and certainly not the last to be dissed by him. However, being a former professional student of his, I can tell you that he really knows his stuff and his recipes are great. I graduated his cooking school with high honors, yet he made me and my classmates feel like complete imbeciles during the time he personally instructed us. Ironically that was the "cookie" part of our petit four training.
So take heart in the fact that you are not alone and actually among the numbers of many professionals who suffered the same experienced. His recipes are great - so get back at him by using them! And if we all send him a little prayer every time we do, perhaps he will become a little kinder, which i'm sure will drive him crazy!
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Summary: Mediocre
Review: I am a professional pastry chef and I found that most of Mr. Malgeri's recipes are avaiable in many other books ...in other words they are neither unique or unusual ...and many of the recipes are just not very good representatives of their "TYPE"...I would not recommend this book. I would recommend "The Good Cookie" by Tish Boyle...better recipes and better writing!
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I attended a cooking class, taught by Nick Malgieri, where he made one of the recipes in this book. The class was a bit quick and geared to more experienced cooks, however the cookies I have made from Cookies Unlimited were not difficult at all. The recipes are written with enough detail and background that everything I've made so far was easy and turned out delicious.
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Summary: Disappointing...
Review: I had high hopes for this book and was impressed by the variety of recipes it contained. However, the four recipes I've tried so far have been disappointing: Jan Hagels (Dutch slice-and-bake almond cookie), icebox chocolate chip cookies, sour cream drops and the gingersnaps (not very flavorful). I wouldn't make any of them again.
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Summary: amazing book!
Review: I love Nick Malgieri, his recipes, his way of explaining step by step what to do.
This book is no exception... every recipe is great, it's filled with pictures and illustrations when necesary.
I truly recommend it.The contents of the book are:
Bar cookies (like chocolate brownies and much more)
Drop cookies (the Pennsylvania Dutch soft cookies are delicious!)
Refrigerator cookies
Rolled cookies
Piped cookies
Macaroons
Molded cookies
Biscotti
Fried cookies
Filled and sandwich cookies
Wafers
Crackers and Savory cookies
Fillings, icings and glazes
Decorating projects (gingerbred houses)
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Summary: Never thought I could find such a great cookie book!
Review: I love to make cookies, but even though there are lots of cookie books out there, there are not lots of GOOD ones. Well, this is the ONLY one you'll ever need. I have only had the book a few days, but have made 12 of the recipes and all were outstanding. Nick Malgieri is the one person I would choose to spend a day with, if I could choose only one(aside from present family & friends!).Think of all the baking knowledge I could soak up.I guess I will have to be content with his books, this cookie one being my FAVORITE!
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Summary: Wish I never met him
Review: I took a cooking class that he gave in my area. I was really exicted to meet him. I was looking forward to baking the cookies in his book and then reporting to you all how some of them turned out. When it came time to buy books, I readily bought one so that he could sign it. When it came time for him to sign my book, he signed it as he was looking away talking to somebody else. He never said a word to me or thanked me for buying his expensive book. Not only was that rude, but I was extremely hurt. You know how some cookbook authors you really want to meet? Well, I wish I had never wasted my time at the class or wasted my money on the book. I have never been able to bake any of the cookies he has in the book because I was so hurt. I will throw it away someday if I ever find it. I conveniently lost it. I have more than 600 cookbooks, love to cook, but never with his books ever again. If he comes to your town, don't waste your time. Go see somebody nice that will appreciate that you are spending your hard-earned money to buy their book and taking your time away from other things you could be doing to see them. Also, during the class he complained about Martha Stewart when he was on her show how mean she was to her employees. What a tattletale. That's the thanks she gets for having him on her show. Hope he never gets his own show. I wouldn't waste my time. Save your money.
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