The New Elegant but Easy Cookbook

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Summary: this will be a keeper for collectors
Review: a very well done book, and in keeping with todays ideas toweard food.

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Summary: Recipes Taste Great and Work!
Review: I am a personal caterer, which means I cook in clients' homes, enough for 2 weeks or a month, and then package the entrees in the refrigerator or freezer. This cookbook is one of the staples of my trade. I highly recommend buying it and trying the jambalaya and Mustard Pork Tenderloin.

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Summary: the new elegant but easy
Review: I wouldn't have bothered writing a review but after I saw the one that said the person had bought the first book, written years ago and didn't like it, I had to respond. Why is there a review of a book that is different from the one that is now available? That's dirty pool.
I have both the original book and the current book and they are entirely different.
The idea of cooking ahead and refrigerating or freezing is excellent. But more important, the food is delicious.
If you were being fair you would remove that Nov, 2003 review. Sounds like someone who has his or her nose out of joint

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Summary: the new elegant but easy
Review: I've found the recipes here generally simple and easy to make ahead. Mrs. Burros is very clear in her instructions (although I had some problems with a chocolate roll)and the taste combinations are very good. As this book is an update of her original there are a number of amusing asides on changes in food ingredients and cooking styles between the two editions. Not quite a "must-have" but useful.

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Summary: Good make ahead recipes
Review: I've found the recipes here generally simple and easy to make ahead. Mrs. Burros is very clear in her instructions (although I had some problems with a chocolate roll)and the taste combinations are very good. As this book is an update of her original there are a number of amusing asides on changes in food ingredients and cooking styles between the two editions. Not quite a "must-have" but useful.

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Summary: A savory and splendid book for the frazzled hostess
Review: It is hard to find a cookbook with elegant, low-fat comfort food. This is it. There are many recipes that please and relax yet offer a surprising new twist. Like the jambayla with spicy turkey sausage and shrimp. Superb, like the book.

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Summary: Delicious!
Review: Now, THIS is what a cookbook is all about: great food that can be prepared ahead--and guides for timing things so you don't burn one dish while trying to prepare another. And a lot of these recipes really are easy. Take it from one who has the joy of eating, but doesn't get the same thrill from the cooking part. 'The New Elegant But Easy Cookbook' is now part of my permanent reference library in the kitchen.

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Summary: Excellent for Elegant and Easy Entertaining
Review: This book is a must for anyone who ever has planned or is planning to entertain. I would even recommend it to restauranteurs. Ms. Burros instructions are clear and concise. The recipes I have tried work well, and best of all they have won raves from my guests. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

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Summary: Recipes Taste Great and Work!
Review: Would buy the new edition in paper back. I personally don't need any more hard back cook books, they take up up too much space, epecially at that price.

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Summary: Bought the original in'67 for $2.95, loved it to death
Review: Would buy the new edition in paper back. I personally don't need any more hard back cook books, they take up up too much space, epecially at that price.