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Title: CookSmart: Perfect Recipes for Every Day by Pamela Anderson ISBN: 0-618-09151-3 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 May, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Shame on you, Houghton-Mifflin!
Comment: I am probably the No. 1 fan of Pam Anderson's previous book, The Perfect Recipe. I have made many of the recipes and they have all been outstanding. So the minute I heard she had a new book out, I got right on the computer and ordered it.
In the book's defense, I have not made any of the recipes yet. My gripe is with the layout and editing. Tonight, for instance, I am going to make the Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Rosemary-Orange Crust. One of the ingredients is Quick Brined Pork Tenderloins, the recipe for which is on a previous page. O.k., it's not my favorite thing in a cookbook, but not unusual. The instructions, however, refer me back to yet another page that features a recipe for a tenderloin with a different crust. In that recipe the meat is cooked over a gas fire. I am using charcoal. Which means I must refer to yet another page. That's 4 pages I now have to flip through! I'm tired before I've even begun! This just seems like a cheap way to save on pages. Why can't the recipes be presented in their entirety?
I also am not enjoying the design of the recipe pages with the very, very pale green alternating numbers. It just seems gimmicky and counter-productive.
Ms. Anderson, you are a genius and you deserve better than this from your publisher!
Rating: 5
Summary: Haven't Missed Yet
Comment: Every recipe in this book that I've tried so far has been a hit right away. The cinnamon rolls, the chocolate cake, the pumpkin pie, the ribs... everything has turned out perfectly. The cinnamon rolls and chocolate cake have even turned into regular additions at my cafe. Pam Anderson writes with a distinctive voice that makes reading her trail and error accounts entertaining as well as informative. As a cook who always wants to know why a recipe works, not just that it does, it was interesting to see on paper the same recipe permutations I tend to go through myself.
Rating: 4
Summary: So many favorites!
Comment: This book reads like a novel. I love the essay that prefaces each recipe. Very entertaining reading. As for the recipes, I love the pot roast. That has become a favorite. The cinnamon rolls are fabulous. And the waffles recipe is the best I've ever tried. They really do stay crispy like she promises. The only flaw is the pumpkin pie recipe. The filling was way too much for the 9" pan size recommended. If overflowed in my oven causing a HUGE mess. I live at a pretty high altitude, so maybe that was the problem too.
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Title: The Perfect Recipe by Pamela Anderson, Judith D. Love ISBN: 0618132694 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 25 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: How to Cook Without a Book : Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart by Pam Anderson ISBN: 0767902793 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Sara Moulton Cooks at Home by Sara Moulton ISBN: 0767907701 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Semi-Homemade Cooking: Quick, Marvelous Meals and Nothing Is Made from Scratch by Sandra Lee, Wolfgang Puck ISBN: 140135923X Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 23 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: In the Hands of A Chef : Cooking with Jody Adams of Rialto Restaurant by Jody Adams, Ken Rivard ISBN: 068816837X Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 08 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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