Anyone Can Bake (Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen) Review

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(More customer reviews)I own the Anyone Can Cook book and I love it. Last weekend, I was at Borders and saw this book. It's packaged so you can't read it in the store, but I knew I'd love it since the first one was so good.
I couldn't have been more right!! This book is awesome! The pictures just enhance the book and make you feel excited about baking. All the recipes look delicious and a lot have 12 or so variations on different flavors. For examle, there is an oatmeal cookie recipe and then the next page, it gives you 12 or so variations on oatmeal cookies-like peppermint, chocolate covered raisin,etc!!
I also love how they say if a recipe is either 1,2,or 3 in terms of difficulty. This helps me since I am not an experienced cook. I will try the easier ones first and the move my way up. Very helpful!
I would reccommend this book to anyone looking for a fun, colorful, mouth-watering, and exciting cookbook!

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The perfect, easygoing companion for anyone who loves the enticing smell of baking and could use a helpful hand in the kitchen.

Hundreds of easy-to-follow recipes show how to make everything from classic apple pie to triple chocolate cookies to restaurant-style Baby Lava Cakes and irresistible Chocolate-Almond Croissants!

How-to photos, helpful sidebars, and tips walk readers through any step that might appear tricky and answer questions such as, "What if I don't have a rolling pin?" and "How do I combine wet and dry ingredients?"

Recipes call for easy-to-find ingredients, standard kitchen equipment, and simple techniques that anyone can master.

Helpful icons identify each recipe as easy, easier, or easiest.

This title makes an enticing gift for newlyweds, graduates, or anyone who's always wanted to become a better baker.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Betty Crocker's Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today (Betty Crocker's Cookbook, 9th ed) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have always had a Betty Crocker cookbook around. It was the first cookbook I took with me when I moved away from home, and it still remains the first book I grab for if I have *any* questions about a recipe I'm making.
The book is great for cooks of all levels. It has a lot of great introductory information - how do you boil an egg? What are the different cuts of meat? It provides a lot of easy recipes that taste delicious and are nutritious as well.
In addition, the book also eases you into many advanced recipes. Looking to cook a Thanksgiving dinner for the relatives? Trying to make a birthday dinner really special? This cookbook has the recipes for you, all easy to understand and with gorgeous photos.
This version is definitely an improvement on previous versions as well. There is information on grilling and vegetarian meals, something lacking in the last versions. They've also added in a number of ethnic dishes that are quite tasty.
If this book isn't on your kitchen shelf, be sure to buy a copy!

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The best just keeps getting better -- with this completely updated 50th Anniversary Edition
For 50 years Betty Crocker has reigned supreme in America's kitchens, her trusted advice and easy-to-follow recipes helping cooks of all levels become confident in the kitchen. Now updated for the new millennium, the cookbook, nicknamed ìBig Red,î has been completely revised and updated to reflect the cooking trends and tastes of today. Stumped by chayote squash? Want to make a perfect apple pie or find new recipes for the bread machine? It's all right here in this handy book:
More than 950 recipes, from appetizers to desserts, to cover every cooking need ñ pot roast, pasta, pumpkin bread, and more
Step-by-step line art and photographs with specific ìhow-toî instructions to guide you through new techniques
Beautiful food photography that shows the finished results; i.d. photos of such foods as mushrooms and exotic fruits to help you shop with confidence
Easy meat-roasting charts, numbered recipe steps, and preparation times with each recipe that keep cooking simple and relaxing
With its fresh new design for 2000, Betty Crocker's Cookbook will be everyone's favorite kitchen companion, from new cooks to experienced home chefs looking for new ideas.
What's New in the 9th Edition:
30-Minute Recipes and Reduced-Fat/Low-Calorie Recipes tagged so they can be found in a flash
Individual chapters on grilling and vegetarian meals
Expanded information on fruits and vegetables
Crockpot recipes
Information on organic food
Learn with Betty photographs that guide you through cooking techniques
Dietary Exchanges in each recipe's nutrition analysis

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Anyone Can Cook DVD Edition: Step-by-Step Recipes Just for You (Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am still going through the book and still learning from it, but it is one of the better purchases I have made recently. I haven't cooked a disaster since it arrived in the mail. Of course, it is just a matter of time before I take on a recipe I am not ready for, and meet my Waterloo - but that is just a guy thing - and, yes, I have had many of those hiccups in my life!

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Cooking Basics For Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking)) Review

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(More customer reviews)My idea of the "For Dummies" books is that they are supposedto be for the beginner and not intimidate anyone. As an aboveaverage cook who is regularly asked for a recommendation on where a newcomer to the kitchen should start, I had hoped that this could be my answer. Unfortunately, there is a fatal flaw that make me hesitate and certainly give a disclaimer with any recommendation I might provide.
My biggest reservation has to do with the chapter on equipment. While I will certainly not disagree that I can cook slightly better with better equipment, I also know that you can be a perfectly good cook with 50 cent knives and $5 saucepans. This chapter should have been an appendix - "When you're ready to buy the best tools" instead of such an early chapter. At most the chapter should have contained a discussion about what each item is used for, and stopped there. As it stands, it succeeded mainly in putting off the less experienced cooks I showed it to.
This is a shame, since much of the rest of the book is useful, funny and informative. I have since recommended it to one person with the caveat that they should ignore that chapter until they could afford not to. But most people just starting out can't afford what's in there. (Heck, I'm well beyond starting out and can't afford much of it. Then again, I regularly produce gourmet meals on a $20 set of knives and a $50 set of pans. So can anyone.)
In the end, the author broke what I consider to be the cardinal rule of the "For Dummies" books - MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. In the end, a $50 knive and a $100 pan are just not accessible and also, not NECESSARY to be a good cook. Learning the skills of cooking can be done on almost ANY equipment (the tops have to seal and the knives have to cut - that's about it). This book made it seem necessary to drop a $1000 or so before you could start boiling water and that's not just inaccessible but intimidating, too.

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The Healthy College Cookbook Review

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(More customer reviews)Putting in 90-100 hour weeks during Graduate school, I needed a basic but comprehensive cookbook where the meals wouldn't take long, the ingredient list wasn't huge, but the meals would still be flavorful. I picked up this little gem. I can't even count how many times I've cooked my favorite recipes out of this book--Vegetarian Lasagna, Balsamic Chicken & Potatoes, the list goes on and on. This cookbook covers every meal item possible and gives you a great combination of classic and unique recipes that anyone can make. You don't have to be a BAD cook to get this book, the authors are sensitive to the fast-paced lifestyle many people have and present this as an alternative to lengthy cooking. And now that I'm out of the Graduate School schedule, guess what -- I'm still making these recipes.

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