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B & W illustrations throughout
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B & W illustrations throughout
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5.0 out of 5 stars THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
My wife and I both like to cook. I first purchased this book back when it was a white hardcover in the 1970's and repurchased the expanded edition with the cover shown in this ad in the mid 1980's. We have since given this cookbook as a gift to my mother in law for Christmas, and will purchase it again from Bolo for the first anniversary gift of my stepson and his wife.This is the Encyclopedia of cookbooks. It has hundreds, perhaps over 1000 recipes (I've not even tried to count), but what makes it really good is its comprehensivness. It will take a meat like chicken, and tell you all about chicken, the different ways of cooking chicken, giving you tips. In the veggies section, you'll learn a bit about the history of each vegetable, and various ways of cooking them.We have LOTS of other cookbooks. Our second most favorite cookbook is "The Joy of Cooking", but I assure you this one is better.My wife, who is doing most of the cooking, almost always turns to this book if she needs to learn how to cook something new, or needs to refresh her memory, or needs to remember the estimated cooking times for turkey per pound, etc.There is so much information in this tomb as to defy the imagination. Using just one example from how to boil an egg: this book tells you to avoid the green discoloration around the yolk--put the eggs in cold water, and start the boiling process with a cold start. When the water FIRST begins to boil, turn off the heat and let the eggs cook for varying periods of time (depending on whether you want truly hard boiled eggs or are trying to achieve slightly runny yolks with firm whites, etc.)Finally when the stove timer goes off, you pour the remaining hot water out, and put cold water on the eggs, stopping the cooking process.As a result your hard boiled eggs come out perfect each time with no green edge discoloration.This is just ONE tip out of literally hundreds, if not thousands, in this book. This is NOT a book written in 14 point fonts. This book has multiple columns, a fairly small font, and is about three inches or more in thickness, so it truly is a mini encylopedia.As I said, we've got LOTS of cookbooks. But we'd likely take this one, and "The Joy of Cooking", "Beard on Bread", "The Joy of Cheesecake", and could do just fine. These books are our ESSENTIALS: all the others are just kinda nice to have around.
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a WONDERFUL cookbook
I consider myself a fairly accomplished cook, so that when someone gave my wife and I a copy of this "basic" cookbook for our wedding, I was initially disappointed, thinking that I didn't need this book.How WRONG I was! :-)I have found this book to be completely invaluable in my kitchen.What I found was that I often know how to make more complex recipes, but when I needed to make a more "standard" recipe - I was often at a loss.....how DO you cook a pot roast? Make a mint julep? What temperature DO you cook a yam at, anyway? All this and much more is in this book. This book has easy to find sections on meats, fish, poultry, drinks, desserts and much more, and many many recipes. It also has a provides a fairly exhaustive definition of almost anything cooking related from types of crabs to buy all the way to the various types of sugars available on the market.When I'm at a loss for what to serve for dinner, I just flip through this book for ideas. The same goes for when I am experimenting and creating some new japanese-creole dish to subject my family to! :-)This is a LARGE book, with no flashy pictures or anything like that (there are some basic drawings - for example, what part of the cow gets cut up for what kind of meat. Things like that), so you are getting a lot for your money.I would highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys spending any time in the kitchen. I enjoy it so much that I'm buying another copy as a gift for my little sister's wedding shower! :-)
5.0 out of 5 stars The Singe Best All-Purpose Cookbook in Print
I bought my first copy of THE DOUBLEDAY COOKBOOK when it was first published in the mid-70s. It's been the kitchen resource I turn to most for answering questions and for ideas about a recipe. I own many all-purpose cookbooks, including JOY OF COOKING, which I've always found difficult because of the way the recipes are layed out on the page. THE NEW DOUBLEDAY COOKBOOK is more sophisticated, and when Nancy Evans was publisher of Doubleday in the late 80s, she ordered a big overhaul of the book and it was redesigned and re-jacketed. The results were even more impressive. I often give it as a wedding gift. The selection of recipes is vast and covers just about all the great classics. Jean Anderson is one of the great unsung heroines in cooking. The information she provides on everything from ingredients, cooking, storage, equipment, alcohol and wines, preserving, and so much more is what makes this book have pride of place in my cookbook collection. You can find out how to boil an egg, prepare lasagne, bake a loaf of bread, or stun your guests with Lobster Americaine. Indispensible.
5.0 out of 5 stars good condition
good condition!!
5.0 out of 5 stars Something for Everyone
Cooking terms explained, complex and simple recipes - just a great cookbook for all skill levels.
5.0 out of 5 stars If You Only Had One Cookbook - This is it!
This is the best single reference book for the more serious cook that I have ever used or seen. It covers all of the basics and advanced methods and recipes that does not rely on pre-made sauces, or items... You can do it all from scratch with this cookbook, or improvise with it's many options. However, no fancy pictures and you must be able to read and comprehend without modern day animation or pictures so some experience at cooking will help. Many of the recipes I have seen other forms of them online however, this book seems to go back to origins of the sauces, or recipes and then tells about various options to add and change the recipe to your pallet. Excellent cookbook for the more serious committed cook.
Book is a fantastic resource of American and International foods - - something ...
Book is a fantastic resource of American and International foods - - something that will sit on your shelf and feed your castle --- .... !
Great Book...
This is a high quality cook book that is an excellent reprint of the original...The company Powell's books could not be any better to deal with. They will go out of their way to make sure your purchase is satisfactory ....
This gently used cookbook has been kept in great shape and my number one go to for any recipe.
Fabulous condition and a very useful cookbook.
Great Cookbook!
I love cookbooks! This is my favorite one. A good variety of dishes and very good.
Two Stars
It was more worn than I had expected
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Imported From: United States
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Description:
Editorial Reviews
From the Publisher
B & W illustrations throughout
From the Inside Flap
B & W illustrations throughout
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
My wife and I both like to cook. I first purchased this book back when it was a white hardcover in the 1970's and repurchased the expanded edition with the cover shown in this ad in the mid 1980's. We have since given this cookbook as a gift to my mother in law for Christmas, and will purchase it again from Bolo for the first anniversary gift of my stepson and his wife.This is the Encyclopedia of cookbooks. It has hundreds, perhaps over 1000 recipes (I've not even tried to count), but what makes it really good is its comprehensivness. It will take a meat like chicken, and tell you all about chicken, the different ways of cooking chicken, giving you tips. In the veggies section, you'll learn a bit about the history of each vegetable, and various ways of cooking them.We have LOTS of other cookbooks. Our second most favorite cookbook is "The Joy of Cooking", but I assure you this one is better.My wife, who is doing most of the cooking, almost always turns to this book if she needs to learn how to cook something new, or needs to refresh her memory, or needs to remember the estimated cooking times for turkey per pound, etc.There is so much information in this tomb as to defy the imagination. Using just one example from how to boil an egg: this book tells you to avoid the green discoloration around the yolk--put the eggs in cold water, and start the boiling process with a cold start. When the water FIRST begins to boil, turn off the heat and let the eggs cook for varying periods of time (depending on whether you want truly hard boiled eggs or are trying to achieve slightly runny yolks with firm whites, etc.)Finally when the stove timer goes off, you pour the remaining hot water out, and put cold water on the eggs, stopping the cooking process.As a result your hard boiled eggs come out perfect each time with no green edge discoloration.This is just ONE tip out of literally hundreds, if not thousands, in this book. This is NOT a book written in 14 point fonts. This book has multiple columns, a fairly small font, and is about three inches or more in thickness, so it truly is a mini encylopedia.As I said, we've got LOTS of cookbooks. But we'd likely take this one, and "The Joy of Cooking", "Beard on Bread", "The Joy of Cheesecake", and could do just fine. These books are our ESSENTIALS: all the others are just kinda nice to have around.
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a WONDERFUL cookbook
I consider myself a fairly accomplished cook, so that when someone gave my wife and I a copy of this "basic" cookbook for our wedding, I was initially disappointed, thinking that I didn't need this book.How WRONG I was! :-)I have found this book to be completely invaluable in my kitchen.What I found was that I often know how to make more complex recipes, but when I needed to make a more "standard" recipe - I was often at a loss.....how DO you cook a pot roast? Make a mint julep? What temperature DO you cook a yam at, anyway? All this and much more is in this book. This book has easy to find sections on meats, fish, poultry, drinks, desserts and much more, and many many recipes. It also has a provides a fairly exhaustive definition of almost anything cooking related from types of crabs to buy all the way to the various types of sugars available on the market.When I'm at a loss for what to serve for dinner, I just flip through this book for ideas. The same goes for when I am experimenting and creating some new japanese-creole dish to subject my family to! :-)This is a LARGE book, with no flashy pictures or anything like that (there are some basic drawings - for example, what part of the cow gets cut up for what kind of meat. Things like that), so you are getting a lot for your money.I would highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys spending any time in the kitchen. I enjoy it so much that I'm buying another copy as a gift for my little sister's wedding shower! :-)
5.0 out of 5 stars The Singe Best All-Purpose Cookbook in Print
I bought my first copy of THE DOUBLEDAY COOKBOOK when it was first published in the mid-70s. It's been the kitchen resource I turn to most for answering questions and for ideas about a recipe. I own many all-purpose cookbooks, including JOY OF COOKING, which I've always found difficult because of the way the recipes are layed out on the page. THE NEW DOUBLEDAY COOKBOOK is more sophisticated, and when Nancy Evans was publisher of Doubleday in the late 80s, she ordered a big overhaul of the book and it was redesigned and re-jacketed. The results were even more impressive. I often give it as a wedding gift. The selection of recipes is vast and covers just about all the great classics. Jean Anderson is one of the great unsung heroines in cooking. The information she provides on everything from ingredients, cooking, storage, equipment, alcohol and wines, preserving, and so much more is what makes this book have pride of place in my cookbook collection. You can find out how to boil an egg, prepare lasagne, bake a loaf of bread, or stun your guests with Lobster Americaine. Indispensible.
5.0 out of 5 stars good condition
good condition!!
5.0 out of 5 stars Something for Everyone
Cooking terms explained, complex and simple recipes - just a great cookbook for all skill levels.
5.0 out of 5 stars If You Only Had One Cookbook - This is it!
This is the best single reference book for the more serious cook that I have ever used or seen. It covers all of the basics and advanced methods and recipes that does not rely on pre-made sauces, or items... You can do it all from scratch with this cookbook, or improvise with it's many options. However, no fancy pictures and you must be able to read and comprehend without modern day animation or pictures so some experience at cooking will help. Many of the recipes I have seen other forms of them online however, this book seems to go back to origins of the sauces, or recipes and then tells about various options to add and change the recipe to your pallet. Excellent cookbook for the more serious committed cook.
Book is a fantastic resource of American and International foods - - something ...
Book is a fantastic resource of American and International foods - - something that will sit on your shelf and feed your castle --- .... !
Great Book...
This is a high quality cook book that is an excellent reprint of the original...The company Powell's books could not be any better to deal with. They will go out of their way to make sure your purchase is satisfactory ....
This gently used cookbook has been kept in great shape and my number one go to for any recipe.
Fabulous condition and a very useful cookbook.
Great Cookbook!
I love cookbooks! This is my favorite one. A good variety of dishes and very good.
Two Stars
It was more worn than I had expected
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