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Summary: Impossible to cook a bad meal
Review: I love this cookbook. I have a collection of 40-50 cookbooks and this is my absolute favorite. If you want to cook a meal that is failsafe, try any recipe in this book. I've personally cooked about 75% of the recipes in this book and never had a disapointment. The ingredients are simple and instructions are thorough and easy.The beautiful pictures for each and every recipe in the book give you the inspiration to try them out.
If you have the choice of just one cookbook this should be it...
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Summary: THE BEST BREAD PUDDING (CROISSANT)
Review: I USE TO PAY $3.50 FOR A SINGLE SERVING OF A WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING AT A LOCAL COFFEE AND DESSERT SHOP. INA GARTEN'S CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING BLOWS THE OTHER ONE AWAY. SO MOIST AND TASTY AND EASY TO MAKE. I USED ONE EGG LESS AND 1/2 THE RAISINS. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. I CANNOT WAIT TO TRY HER OTHER RECIPES!!!!!1
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Summary: Not intimidating at all
Review: A wonderful cookbook presented in an easy to read and follow format.
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Summary: Love her books!!
Review: This is a great cookbook filled with recipes you actually would want to eat. They are simple to follow and don't have too many ingredients. I've made so many things from her books and everything has been delicious. You will not be dissappointed in this book.
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Summary: Great Cookbook
Review: I love this cookbook so much that I've already recommended it to my friends and have also purchased it as a gift. The recipes are simple and easy to make. The ingredients are also easy to find. I tried the brownie recipe and my friends loved it. This book should be an addition for those who like cookbooks and love to entertain.
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Summary: The Barefoot Contessa Cooking Club
Review: I have never been so excited about a cookbook. I want to share it with all my friends, give it away as gifts, sell it from door to door! As a cook who hates to cook, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook is the secret to my success in the kitchen.
A fun way to use this book is to get a cooking club together of three or four friends. Everyone in the club must own this book and all recipes served will come from The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook.
Believe me, those will be meals you will never forget!
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Summary: Just good food
Review: Simple food, made with fresh ingredients. This is the core premise of The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook. The recipes are easy to follow and are accompanied by gorgeous photographs so you can see what the dish will look like. No outlandish ingredients, just good, familiar food. My husband and I particularly like the orange yogurt, the Indonesian Ginger Chicken, and the guacamole. Beig half Arab, I can attest to the fact that the hummus recipe is absolutely authentic (even though there isn't much to hummus). The ONLY reason that I haven't rated this book a 5 is that most of the recipes are high in fat. (Gotta watch the old waistline . . . !)
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Summary: Excellent food, simple!
Review: What a great book! Not only is the book beautiful to look at, but the recipes are simple, easy to follow and use fresh "every day" ingredients. Everything that I've made has turned out very well -- and I wouldn't classify myself as a good cook. I must admit that the amount of servings that some of the dishes make is a little more than we can eat, but I have halved many of the recipes with much success. My family loves it, too! I often have to hide the Herb Potato Salad when I'm preparing for a crowd because suddenly I'll realize that half of it was "sampled" before I could get it on the table. If you like to make elegant, simple meals, buy this book!
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Summary: TYPICAL MARTHA BOOK - NOT SO SIMPLE!
Review: While I must admit that I admire what these authors have accomplished, this is NOT a book for the beginning entertainer. The recipes, ones which I have prepared, are good, tasty, but not easy. Some of the directions are ambiguous and make the recipe more difficult. Again, this is a typical-Martha book - very ambitious and only for those who are of the "Martha cult" - are striving for perfection. Those of us who just like to entertain our friends the easy, not-so-perfect way - try - IT'S JUST A DINNER PARTY by Ron and Julie Malloy.
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Summary: Recognizable Food Raised to Gourmet Level
Review: That well describes this book, "Recognizable food raised to a gourmet level." If you're like me who has and reads lots of cookbooks, the recipes here aren't that unique, but they are done with a great deal of sophistication and style, each intensely packed with flavor and presented with class. In he Intro she provides her cuisine approach: "Food is not about impressing people. In fact, it's just the opposite: it's about making them feel comfortable. I invite friends to lunch and make bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches. They are the best BLT's I can make." A great approach we all can abide by with our guests. Nonetheless, there are other cookbooks when we like to challenge ourselves and reach out a little and do something different. Recipes especially fond of serving include: Roasted Vegetable Torte; Shortbread Hearts; Pecan Shortbread; Potato-Fennel Gratin; Sun-Dried Tomato Dip.
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