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Rating:  - Excellent choice for those who love to entertain!
I am passionate about food and cooking and appreciate a good recommendation on cook books. This book came highly recommended by an associate at the bookstore so I thought I would give it a try. The stories are wonderful and the recipes extremely easy to follow and create(especially with a color photo to compare to).I've made 3 recipes so far, ceasar salad, chicken chili, and chocolate chunk cookies - all to rave reviews! I decided to try the salad for a family gathering - a family of fine cooks - so I was a bit nervous trying something new. I soon realized there was no need to be nervous when the complements started and noticed some dipping their bread in the salad bowl. I knew this book was a great treasure when I received so many complements on the cookies - which I've been trying to master for years (Toll-House doesn't compare to these). I can't wait to creat more of these wonderful recipes! I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves to entertain and equally loves food!
Rating:  - A good read with some good recipes
I will not say the recipes are not nice, they are. Most are very simple to prepare and ingrediets are easy to find which is nice. What makes this book is the authors willingness to share her experiences. After throwing a few parties myself, I to learned people enjoy themselves more when you join them and can actually take part in the evening as opposed to running back and forth from the kitchen. Ms. Garten has provided a well rounded selection of menus, recipes and party ideas. Along with this she has also added tips for planning and pulling off a sucsesful party. I highly recommend reading the introduction to the book and to each chapter, don't just thumb through the recipes you will miss out on the purpose for the book. I wish I had had a copy 10 years ago when I hosted my first production. I say production as opposed to party since like Ms. Garten's idea of omletes for everyone, I spent most the night in the kitchen and away from my friends who felt quilty because I was in the kitchen and to tired to enjoy their company.
Rating: - Terrific--divine recipes, with only some teensy flaws
This cookbook offers easy-to-follow, easy-to-prepare recipes that nonetheless produce delicious and elegant results. It offers tips for planning parties and creating menus aimed at getting the cook out of the kitchen and into the living room to spend more time with guests. Most of the recipes use ingredients that can be found in any supermarket, which is a big plus, and many of the recipes can either be prepared quickly or in advance. The recipes are broken down by season and then by occasion, which enhances the usefulness of the book, and the recipes are printed in a large font that's easy to read. Plenty of sumptuous photographs, too. This cookbook will be of use not only to anyone who enjoys entertaining, but to those of us who enjoy creating great meals even in the absence of a special occasion. There are some flaws, however. First, there's way too much name-dropping. Who cares if the author parties with the rich and famous? Do we really need to know this? Secondly, the menus often call for dishes or components which the reader is directed to locate in the author's other cookbook, "The Barefoot Contessa". There's no reason that those recipes couldn't have been reprinted here to save the reader the bother of hunting down and purchasing another book. I couldn't help but cynically wonder whether this wasn't a bald-faced attempt to boost sales. Thirdly, the oven temperature is missing from the recipe for "Rori's Potato Chips"--a minor error which will no doubt be corrected in subsequent editions. Apart from these flaws, I nonetheless recommend this cookbook wholeheartedly. After checking it out of my local library and taking it for a test-drive, I decided that it was well worth purchasing.
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