Best of the Best from the Mid-Atlantic Cookbook: Selected Recipes from the Favorite Cookbooks of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Review

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(More customer reviews)I live in this part of the country, and I absolutely loved this compilation of recipes. The Mid-Atlantic is a varied region, but the authors have included recipes from cookbooks that cover many of the area's specialties. As always with this series, I have yet to find a recipe that does not come out well. I have made several of the cakes and they were all superb (esp. the One-Step Poundcake). There are also several very good crabcake recipes and one of the best Eggplant Parmesan recipes I've ever tried.

The seafood recipes in this book are a particular strength, which is appropriate for this region. In addition to the crabcakes, I would recommend the Maryland Oyster Bake and the crab salad stuffed tomatoes (wonderful on a hot summer day).

If you want a taste of real Mid-Atlantic cooking, please give this book a try. You won't be disappointed!

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Catch the fresh flavor of the Mid-Atlantic region with this compilation of over 400 of the area's most popular recipes. From the Atlantic shore in New Jersey, across Delaware, to Chesapeake Bay nestled snugly in the state of Maryland, and inland to the bustling streets of our nation's capital, seventy-nine cookbooks contributed their most requested recipes. What will you try first? Creamy Atlantic Coast Fish Chowder (page 66) or Imperial Crab Casserole (page 172)? Tilghman Island Crab Melt (page 16) or Cape May French Toast Casserole (page 56)? Perhaps the unbeatable Best Maryland Crabcakes (page 165)! And who can resist the heart Annapolis Harbor Boil (page 194) or savory Union Street Spinach Balls (page 30)? Desserts? How about sweet, fruit-filled Lemon Blueberry Bread Pudding (page 250) or Bal'More Rhubarb Pie (page 242)? Try them all to discover the unique cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic states.

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Allrecipes Dinner Tonight (All Recipes) Review

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(More customer reviews)I just LOVE this cookbook. I spent about an hour at a local bookstore browsing, looking for the right cookbook that would contain family-friendly menus and that one would utilize ingredients that you probably have on hand, that were quick and easy and delicious. Many cookbooks required very specialized gourmet items or would take just too darn long. I tried one of the chocolate cake recipes (Chocolate cavity maker cake) and it was so easy and out of this world! My 10 year old's favorite recipe is the lemon scampi chicken.
These recipes are written by actual people who may not be professional cooks, but I don't have time to be Julia Child on a Monday night when I'm trying to get my kids out to baseball practice, Boy Scouts, etc! The "Cavity Maker" recipe uses a regular cake mix as a base, which cuts down on a lot of time and effort, but still delivered that homemade bakery taste.
Many of the recipes aren't necessarily low fat or heart-healthy, but you can make adjustments. For example, I usually cut the amount of butter a recipe requires, using light butter or less olive oil, substituting light sour cream for regular...just use common sense.
I'm buying this for my mother in law!

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One of the most vexing weeknight problems is preparing dinners that are at once flavorful, nutritious, and interesting—and in limited time. Now you can win the weeknight dinner struggle with over 400 recipe solutions in allrecipes Dinner Tonight. Culled from one of the Internet's most exhaustive websites, this collection features 15 Weeknight Meal Menus and 15 Casual Entertaining Menus. It also provides hints for Make-Ahead Magic Meals as well as comforting Sunday Suppers and a raft of Holiday Favorites. Preparation and cooking times and easy-to-see boxed basic tips are provided throughout. Also featured are the Hall of Fame recipes from this web site that receives more than 2 million hungry visitors a year.

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Top Secret Recipes: Creating Kitchen Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods (Penguin Viking Plume General Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)I love cookbooks so when this came out on the market, I thought "Sure, I'll bite," but I didn't except any of the recipes to taste like the real thing. That was before I made the Chick-Fil-a and the Wendy's Frosty. These 2 recipes were really great and became favorites in my household. The next couple of recipes I tried, LJS Battered Fish and KFC Original weren't as dead on as the other two were, but they were tasty dishes nonetheless. I haven't tried every recipe in the book so I can't say what the ratio is to real versus Top Secret, but I did enjoy this book enough to buy the rest of the set.

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The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: Anniversary Review

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(More customer reviews)I came to Amazon to buy the 13th edition hardcover , because my 12th edition paperback is completely worn out! The pages are torn, crumpled and stained with drips and spills, the cover is gone, and a few pages are loose from overuse and abuse of this cookbook. It is the most useful cookbook I own. I bought this book from a grocery store 15 years ago, and have bought many books since then, but Fannie is the one I go back to. No matter what you're looking for, no matter what your question is about food, measuring, equipment, temperatures--it's in this book. I did not know much about cooking when I first got married, and now I am proud to say I am considered an excellent cook. I learned so much from Fannie Farmer. There's no other book that gives this much information on cooking. I love to cook from scratch, and the recipes in this cookbook call for just that. It's basic, home-cooked food, but there are also elegant recipes just in case you need them. I've read this book so many times, I've memorized many recipes, because they really are the best around. Get this book. You will not be disappointed!

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