Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Simple Family-Friendly Recipes for Everyday Home Cooking
Simple Family-Friendly Recipes for Everyday Home Cooking

Review:This is such an amazing cookbook. The recipes are so simple and delicious that even my most picky eaters love it all. The Green Chili Spinach Enchiladas have become a weekly favorite! The pictures in this book are so well done that I get hungry just flipping through it. I can't imagine life now without this cookbook. Mary, I think you should make a dessert book next ;) Read more

Quick and Easy Dinner Mixes in Mason Jars or Mylar Bags (bw)
Quick and Easy Dinner Mixes in Mason Jars or Mylar Bags (bw)

Review:1) Item Description is accurate.
2) Item Functions very well.
3) Item is reasonably priced.
4) I will buy again, and will recommend to my friends.
5) This item meets my criteria for a 5 star review. Read more

Flavorful Low-Carb Meals for Any Night of the Week
Flavorful Low-Carb Meals for Any Night of the Week

Review:Carolyn continues to provide a very realistic approach for following the low carb/Keto lifestyle. The information she provides on how to be successful is as valuable as the delicious recipes. She knocked it out of the park again with this new book. Read more

A Story of an Unexpected Friendship - Dinner with Edward
A Story of an Unexpected Friendship - Dinner with Edward

Review:Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent exceeded my expectations in some ways. In others, it pole-vaulted over them. I give it my highest praise for a book that celebrates food, friendship and family: my New Yorker Father, the chef, would have loved this story.

About that: Dinner with Edward is not a novel but a memoir, so the female main character is also the author. I didn't realize this fact until after I finished the story and did a little research. Until that point a part of me wondered... Read more

75 Modern Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker - and Instant Pot®
75 Modern Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker - and Instant Pot®

Review:I've tried many of Melissa's non InstantPot recipes and most have turned out fantastic and so I really was looking forward to this. I was a bit disappointed. Of the 15 or so different recipes that I have so far tried, many of them were off. You would think that in a controlled cooking environment like the InstantPot, it would be relatively easy to achieve consistency, but many of the recipes were lacking in some form. There were a couple recipes that seem to miss whole steps - omitting key step... Read more

It all begins at the family table - A Love Story
It all begins at the family table - A Love Story

Review:Loved the entertaining text, interesting recipes (yet to be tried) along with cute photos! I "related" even tho' I gave up a medical career once our family arrived (5 kiddos in 7 years)...great read!! Read more

Preggatinis™: Mixology For The Mom-To-Be
Preggatinis™: Mixology For The Mom-To-Be

Review:I bought this book for a pregnant friend. It seems cute enough. Until you get to the Trump This on page 24.

Trump Vodka asked her to write advertisement for the web-site, and it's included in this book. Read more

Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show with Product Ratings and a Look Behind the Scenes
Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show with Product Ratings and a Look Behind the Scenes

Review:America's Test Kitchen publishes probably the best complete cookbook ever created. American's Test Kitchen thoroughly tests, retests, updates, and improves every recipe before it is published in their cookbook. As a matter of fact, every recipe I have ever tried in this cookbook over the past three years has turned out perfect. Love this book! Read more

Every Equipment Rating from the Hit TV Show - Every Ingredient Testing
Every Equipment Rating from the Hit TV Show - Every Ingredient Testing

Review:I have been watching the TV show and so purchased the book. I have tried a few recipes and .am pleased with the results. Thai chicken was the latest recipe I have tried and maybe again soon. I had bought it as a birthday present for my brother but purposely bought it early so I could check it out.

when you look up cooks County recipes, they give a 14 day free trial and then iT's a subscription... so I am enjoying the book and also bought America's Test Kitchen cookbook... Both great Read more

Use Nature's Elixir to Lose Weight - Strengthen the Immune System
Use Nature's Elixir to Lose Weight - Strengthen the Immune System

Review:I am learning so much about different oils from this book and why coconut oil is by far better for health. Bruce really makes the science and chemistry behind the oils easy for layman -- really appreciate that. Read more

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