Editorial Review

Thanksgiving: a time for family, friends, and huge platters of savory foodstuffs. Every year you look forward to a slow-roasted turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, and succulent dressing. Sometimes you get it. Other times, the turkey is dry, the dressing overseasoned, and the marshmallow sweet potato casserole gloppy. Whether you need to improve your traditional repertoire or you're looking for new recipes, Read more

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Very Good Thanksgiving Reference
Holly Garrison's book provides over 300 recipes to make your Thanksgiving feast a sure hit.Believe me...it's VERY hard to break from the traditonal for this once a year meal, but Holly provides some outstanding regional favorites that may not be your tradition yet, but will be if you just give them a try.
The Thanksgiving Cookbook by Garrison
This book is an excellent reference for holiday cooking. The ultimate guide to Thanksgiving......
I've got several Williams-Sonoma Thanksgiving cookbooks, and always refer to my November back issues of Bon Appetit and Gourmet as well each year.After reading the 1st few chapters of this book, I already know where my ideas are coming from this year.This book is terrific - filled with many recipes the likes of which you won't find elsewhere.The author also gives great food and table decorating tips, as well as what not to do on Thanksgiving. She also has many recipes which can be made ahead of time.One on my list for this year is the Sweet Potato Balls - especially good for kids.Mashed sweet potatoes wrapped around a marshmallow, then rolled in crushed corn flakes and baked. If you are like me, and love planning and cooking for Thanksgiving, get a copy of this book.You won't be disappointed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Holiday - General    4. Thanksgiving Day    5. Thanksgiving cookery    6. General cookery   

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Not for advanced cake decorators
Having never heard of the author, I took the risk of ordering this book with the hope of getting some new and clever ideas. Unfortunately, the book is filled with ideas and techniques I have seen in existing books. However, this book is perfect for new cake decorators. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Courses & Dishes - Cakes    4. Holiday - General    5. Cakes, baking, icing & sugarcraft    6. Cooking / Cakes    7. NEW AGE - ASTROLOGY TRD PB   

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Treasure Chest of Traditional, Easy Recipes.
`A Quilter's Christmas Cookbook' by `Good Books' (in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) editors Louise Stoltzfus and Dawn J. Ranck is a genuine bargain for traditional recipe collectors who keep their magazine cutouts in little `tin' filing cans designed for holding 3" by 5" index cards. I know this because this is exactly how my mother keeps her recipes, and so many of the recipes in this book are the very same she has in her little gray can.
A great collection of recipes!
Whether you are a quilter or not, you will love this cookbook.
And it's not just for Christmas!!
My favorite holiday cookbook, but also fabulous for good company recipes, potluck dinners or when you just want something a little special for those you love at home. Recipes from appetizers to desserts. Comfort food and ethnic specialities! A to Z!!Read more

Subjects:  1. Christmas    2. Christmas cookery    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Holiday - Christmas/Hanukkah    6. Holiday - General    7. Regional & Ethnic - Amish & Mennonite    8. Cooking / General   

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Boring, ideas, not worth it!
I rarely write reviews, but after I received this Halloween book, if you would even like to put it in that catagory, I felt I needed to save anyone from buying it!
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Wonderful Christmas gift!
This book is my absolute favorite Christmas gift for a special friend.The recipes are detailed and easy to prepare, and the photographs are delightful!Several other members of our herb guild also list this book asone of their all-time favorites. ... Read more

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A favorite cookbook, yet more than a cookbook...
This lively book of recipes & remembrances of Italian holidays thoughout the year reminded me of my Sicilian grandmother's traditions. Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery, Italian    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Ethnic Studies - General    5. Holiday - General    6. Holiday cookery    7. Italian Cookery    8. Italy    9. Regional & Ethnic - General    10. Social life and customs    11. National & regional cuisine   

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Adelightful Christmas album
Since both authors are professional photographers, it is to be expected that the photographs in this book are all excellent and many are artistic. I was in a dilemma as to how many stars I should give to rate this book. As a Christmas album it deserves at least five stars. However, as a book about Christmas customs I would only give it three (therefore on average I give it four). Delicious, easy and unusual recipes!
I love this book! I received it as a birthday present and, although it is still just over a month til Christmas, I have already made a lot of the recipes in it. There is a photo for each recipe which is always a bonus and the Christmas stories are funny and well-written. The recipes themselves are absolutely delicious! I have just made the allspice ribs, last week I made the gingerbread sponge cake, just so easy to cook and eat! I would recommend this even to those not celebrating Swedish Jul as the recipes are good year round. ... Read more

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Want to be a better cook?
Cook's Illustrated is a no-nonsense, incredibly detailed, well-written, well-researched, and fussy-about-quality-food magazine written for American home cooks and foodies, not gourmet cooks (although the food you'll end up cooking might qualify as gourmet) or food faddists.The annuals include all of the magazines for that year bound into hardcovers and handily indexed.Quick Tips showcase reader tips for everything under the sun and in the kitchen.Recipes may include everything from making a better pot roast to Indian food.Equipment reviews rank essential (and some not so essential) kitchen tools. Nice
I have about 3 different cooks illustrated cook books, only this one has a year attached to it"2001"But I have become a better cook by having them.I am leary of buying more as many reviews I've read say repitition is inevibable.I wish I knew of one of their books that had everything in it the way fanny farmers or betty crocker does, I'd buy that in a heart beat.The receipes are delicious and I haven't made a bad meal since getting the books.

Great Cookbook/Magazine
I recently discovered Cook's Illustrated through a cookbook given to my husband and I for our wedding.It was their "Best Of.." cookbook.After trying several of their recipes with no failures, I asked for their annual magazine book for Christmas.What a find!I love reading the articles and I love the recipes.The book has all the magazines from 2001 in it, from January - December.I am currently making recipes from the Jaunary/February issue and have not been disaapointed.There is also a lot to be learned about cooking practices in this book.It's a great addition to any cook's kitchen. ... Read more

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As Good As It Gets
I have been waiting for a cookbook thatknows how to help create meals not just recipes.I haven't the time to search through most cookbooks that offer a main dish in a catagory and then I spend too much time trying to put a meal together that works. The Accidental Gourmet Weekends and Holidays
Am glad to see more receipes from these experienced cooks who understand the organization of tools, ingredients and the roadmap to bring a great meal to table. Was a fan of "A Dinner a Day" and have given it to many young brides.This is a format that skips the pictures and gets to the structure of a putting the parts of a complete dinner together from shopping to presentation.The "fun with puns" titles are a delight and spark dinner discussions to the education and delight of family and guests. Easy to bend book back to computer Scan or machine copy ingredients list for shopping.Love the "Countdown" formula for pulling the meal together.Without a lot of pictures and calorie counts to fill up pages (who doesn't know what a pot roast looks like by now. . .), these experienced chefs have given us hundreds of proven-good receipes between the pages of their efficent layout (practical binding lets it self-stand on counter for easy reference and page turning).Combining things we've tried and like from one menu to another has created even more dinners for my family (great index in back).Hats off to these talented cooks who've done it again. . .hope we see them on Food Network soon.As regards my "buy" recommendation for this wonderful cookbook . ."Thistle Please You" from their aptly-named artichoke receipe, page 187. . .every pun intended!!

And another thing...
It doesn't tell you how many people each recipe serves. It's all a guessing game. Don't have time. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Christmas cookery    2. Christmas decorations    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Handicraft    6. Holiday    7. Holiday - Christmas/Hanukkah    8. Seasonal   

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Southern Living Our Best Christmas Recipes
Awesome cookbook!I borrowed my friend's copy after I tried her Cajun Shrimp recipe on page 56.Lots of great recipes!

A Great Cookbook
Every recipe I have tried from this cookbook is wonderful.The make-ahead mashed potatoes are yummy and a time-saver.I use this cookbook exclusively for my Thanksgiving and Christmas meals.

An Absolute Necessity for Entertaining!
This is the one cookbook in my collection (of at least 50 others) that gets the most usage!I loved it so much that I gave this cookbook as a gift to my sister (a caterer) and aunt (who entertains quite a bit)!Thisis by far my FAVORITE cookbook(and theirs)!The recipes are easy to followand well laid out.They offer many different meal plan suggestions and theingredients are easy to find. The Chocolate Mousse Au Grand Marnier issinfully delicious! Everything that the three of us have made from thiscookbook receives RAVE reviews!(i.e. Chicken Alouette, Make-Ahead MashedPotatoes, Holiday Banana Bread, Streusel-Topped Sweet Pototo Casserole,Mushroom Roll-ups, etc.) ... Read more

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Very good read
This is what a cooking book should be like. It is filled with humor! This should be given out to everyone before Thanksgiving! The author knows her stuff, and stuffing! In all seriousness, you should check it out. I am going to buy a copy for my mother who loves her Thanksgiving meal.
Feather your nest with Talk Turkey To Me - it's a winner!
An insider from Butterball's Turkey Hotline delivers a cookbook that will have you laughing at the dumb questions they get, and learning from the witty and practical answers that she gives. You get great recipes for all the trimmings, complete with lots of make-ahead timesavers. Try the To-Die-For Cheese Biscuits, freeze-head dough for rolls, or the no-roll pumpkin pie crust.
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FOR EXQUISITE MIDNIGHT FEASTS. . .
Authentic Transylvanian recipes, with sprinklings of table decor ideas and serving suggestions a la vampyre. These dishes are wonderful for special occasions, and intimate gatherings. They are presented to the reader as a close facsimile of the type meals such as the Count would have served his "guests" at the castle. The menu items look genuinely mouth wateringtoo...nothing strange or odd for American tastes...! There was not one ingredient specified that I haven't seen at the local supermarket, and these recipes can be prepared without spending big bucks. Your OWN "guests" will be quite impressed. A MUST have cookbook in any Vampyre kitchen.

FOR EXQUISITE MIDNIGHT FEASTS. . .
Authentic Transylvanian recipes, with sprinklings of table decor ideas and serving suggestions a la vampyre. These dishes are wonderful for special occasions, and intimate gatherings. They are presented to the reader as a close facsimile of the type meals such as the Count would have served his "guests" at the castle. The menu items look genuinely mouth wateringtoo...nothing strange or odd for American tastes...! There was not one ingredient specified that I haven't seen at the local supermarket, and these recipes can be prepared without spending big bucks. Your OWN "guests" will be quite impressed. A MUST have cookbook in any Vampyre kitchen.

Dracula for Dinner, or am I an Appetizer ?
My favorite Holidays are Christmas and Holloween. I always throw a Bash on these days.Finding ideals or recipes related to All Hollows eve. Unlike for christmas,Are hard to find. I enjoyed the books easy to read format.Bits of Vampire Lore. The Buffet Ideals and decorateing Tips Were up my alley. Thow its tounge and cheek, Or fang and blood. The recipes are advanced,ingredients in my area hard to find localy.If your not comfortable in the kitchen, this book would be a forbiding bite.On the other Fang if you collect, or are a Vampire fan this book is a good Bat. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Dracula, Count (Fictitious cha    5. Dracula, Count (Fictitious character)    6. General    7. Holiday - General    8. Cooking / General    9. Sale Books   

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Cook's
A good way to get a whole year of Cook's Illustrated in bound form and cheaper than buying the magazine by subscription. I got 4 of them and got free shipping, so how can you go wrong?
Fantastic
I love the magazine, and I love the option to get the year's recipes in a hardcover edition... I've never eaten better!

Cook's Illustrated, 1999
Combining 1999s' Cooks Illustrated magazine in one volumn; a must if you can wait 1 whole year to read this exceptional magazine. Not "just another cookbook"; but, a great resourse for both beginners andadvanced cooks alike; with detailed instructions on recipes, cooking tips,resourse reviews, test kitchen results, hard to find cooking items. A musthave technique book. And the editorials make great reading. One of myfavorite quotes comes from a 1999 editorial: "Good cooks are mastersof many things, improving and substituting to achieve modest ends. Weshould stand firm in front of the stove, feet planted in knowledge andexperience, not as tourists surrounded by the unfamiliar". That sumsup the importance of having this book. ... Read more

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Delicious recipes that have become a staple of our holiday
I got this cookbook just before I got married, when I hosted my first Thanksgiving. I've used it for several years now, and many of the recipes in it - including the gingered sweet pototato pudding, the glazed parsnips and carrots, and the pumpkin cheesecake - have become staples of my family's celebration. I haven't tried a single recipe in this book that wasn't utterly delicious. It offers creative twists on traditional holiday fare, so it satisfies both the gourmets and the traditional holiday eaters. It also includes several recipes for "extras" (such as a yummy and very easy recipe for minted cranberry sauce). While some of the recipes take a little extra effort over your traditional mashed potatoes and stuffing, they are very well worth it. Even my husband, whose palette is hardly experimental, loves *everything* I've made from this book. I've now given it as a gift to several of my friends, all of whom have found new recipes to treasure in it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Christmas    2. Christmas cookery    3. Cookery    4. Cooking    5. Cooking / Wine    6. Holiday    7. Holiday - General    8. Thanksgiving Day    9. Thanksgiving cookery   

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