- Hardcover: 576 pages
- Publisher: Hearst Books (4 Feb 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1588162745
- ISBN-13: 978-1588162748
- Product Dimensions: 28.5 x 22.7 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 952,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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61 of 64 people found the following review helpful
How useful is a cookbook using US terms and measures ? well it's real useful if you're living in America, you're an american with US measures and US products to hand, and you're used to cups and quarts, US fluid ounces and the US-pint.
BUT (and that's a big B-U-T) this cookbook is of little use being sold here on Amazon UK primarily to the BRITISH & EUROPEAN market where non-US terms, non-US measures, non-US standards and non-US products apply.
Such a pity that Amazon UK do not make the effort to clearly point this fact out up front.
It's a real struggle finding semisweet chocolate, unsweetened chocolate and all purpose flour here in the UK - never mind converting cups to spoons and pints to quarts. And then there's fluid ounces: a US-pint is 16 fluid ounces, a UK-pint is 20 fluid ounces. All too much yet?
It's a whole new language. Save your money and buy a real cookbook for the UK instead.
BUT (and that's a big B-U-T) this cookbook is of little use being sold here on Amazon UK primarily to the BRITISH & EUROPEAN market where non-US terms, non-US measures, non-US standards and non-US products apply.
Such a pity that Amazon UK do not make the effort to clearly point this fact out up front.
It's a real struggle finding semisweet chocolate, unsweetened chocolate and all purpose flour here in the UK - never mind converting cups to spoons and pints to quarts. And then there's fluid ounces: a US-pint is 16 fluid ounces, a UK-pint is 20 fluid ounces. All too much yet?
It's a whole new language. Save your money and buy a real cookbook for the UK instead.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The Best Cookbook Available!
24 Dec 2003
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This is a wonderful book, and an excellent kitchen resource regardless of your experience level in the kitchen. The book contains a dizzying array of recipes in every conceivable category, and is well organized and illustrated. The illustrations, in fact, are what truly set this book apart: not only are the dishes well presented, explained, and photographed, but the steps involved in preparing the dishes are generally photographed to make it crystal clear how to do all required tasks.
Earlier in my life, I was a Chef at a high dollar restaurant serving mostly beef, so I was largely acquainted with the techniques associated with preparing most meats (and agree with the techniques used here), but I have never been especially knowledgeable about baking (and some other things). This book made it easy to learn the exact steps involved along the way to making every dish contained herein. I was especially enthused with the photographs taken at major preparation steps and decision points. This let me get it right the first time without having a recipe that was almost, but not quite, perfect.
Any level of cook from very beginner to advanced will love this book. There are dishes ranging from simple to complex (biased toward the simple on average) but all the ones I have made have worked well and tasted great. No kitchen should be without this book!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Now my friends think that I am a gourmet chef...
3 May 2004
This was the first cookbook I bought when I decided that I should start learning how to make food that I actually want to eat. There are lots and lots of pictures, showing the process of making a particular dish. This was great, as I didn't even know at that point what equipment I was supposed to make the food with. Anyway, I did a couple of recipes and then moved on to trying recipes from all kinds of books. Last week however, I did two recipes for my guests on my birthday, and they loved it. I did the Salmon with dill and caper sauce and also the Caramel Apple Tart. Other good dishes: Asparagus Gratin, Veal Stuffed with Fontina, Prosciutto, and Basil. I was not to excited about the Green Bean dish with vinaigrette (but then I am not crazy about green beans - but the picture looks good!) If you want to learn from scratch and know how to substitute ingredients and all that, then this book is maybe not the one. But I worked for me, because I wanted to see if I even liked a method of cooking before learning more about it (my mom used to sauté everything, broiling and all that were a new concepts to me).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
My First Great Cookbook
21 Aug 2007
We all have memories of cooking with Mom and her extremely well used cookbook. The one with the dog-eared pages and stains, their ultimate guide to new recipes and old techniques. When I turned 21, I decided it was time that I set out on the hunt to find my own staple cookbook and after looking at everything else out there, I picked this one.
From cover to cover, this book covers all of the information I needed to know but never knew. It has tons of great recipes ranging from the classics (like step by step instructions on how to cook my first Thanksgiving turkey)to new favorites like Pad Thai. The pictures are informative and inspiring. But there are also guides to nutrition, menus for different events and holidays, how to set a table and entertain. There are even explanations as to the different types of cheese or cuts of meat and where they come from.
This is not the type of book that just teaches you how to MAKE recipe. It is a book that teaches you how to know what to buy, when its in season, what it goes with and essentially how to CREATE a great variety of meals. Mom, I think I've found my cookbook. :)
From cover to cover, this book covers all of the information I needed to know but never knew. It has tons of great recipes ranging from the classics (like step by step instructions on how to cook my first Thanksgiving turkey)to new favorites like Pad Thai. The pictures are informative and inspiring. But there are also guides to nutrition, menus for different events and holidays, how to set a table and entertain. There are even explanations as to the different types of cheese or cuts of meat and where they come from.
This is not the type of book that just teaches you how to MAKE recipe. It is a book that teaches you how to know what to buy, when its in season, what it goes with and essentially how to CREATE a great variety of meals. Mom, I think I've found my cookbook. :)
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