Cookbook Reviews

The EatingWell Healthy in a Hurry Cookbook: 150 Delicious Recipes for Simple, Everyday Suppers in 45 Minutes or Less
EatingWell Magazine editor Jim Romanoff creates an eminently usable cookbook of healthy meals for busy people. With beautiful full-color photography, prep time and nutrition information and indexes for "kid friendly" recipes, this book is sure to become a staple in the kitchen of any busy mom. Read the full review...

Italian Family Dining: Recipes, Menus, and Memories of Meals with a Great American Food Family
Italians acknowledge that food tastes best when prepared with fresh, seasonal ingredients and to that end the book is structured around the four seasons, featuring recipes and menus for spring, summer, fall and winter. It also features special recipes and menus for the major holidays of each season. Read the rest of the review...

Christmas Cookbook Review:

Christmas Cookies Are for Giving: Recipes, Stories and Tips for Making Heartwarming Gifts
Rebecca Johsnson, Amazon.com Top 5 Reviewer says:
"Christmas Cookies Are For Giving" is filled with cooking advice, Christmas stories, cookie recipes and inspiration. You will find heirloom recipes from family and friends, brand-new original recipes, recipes developed by chefs and even a few recipes from Kristin and Mimi's favorite food promotion organizations. Some of the traditional recipes date back to before Mimi and Kristin's ancestors immigrated to the United States. Each recipe has a full-color photograph to inspire a festive mood and a shopping trip to buy ingredients! Most of the recipes include ingredients you will already have in your kitchen, but you might want to go shopping for mason jars, ribbon and fabric to make the "Cookies in a Jar."

Fall / Autumn Cookbook Reviews:

The Taste Of The Season: Inspired Recipes for Fall and Winter
Publisher's Weekly says:
"Snowbound home cooks are likely to welcome any inspiration geared to the season, and Worthington's book serves the purpose well. The author of The Taste of Summer and Seriously Simple knows cold weather can be the best excuse to dig into comfort foods too time-consuming or rich for the rest of the year. Some of her best recipes make the most of complex flavors that develop slowly in stews and braises: White Bean and Arugula Stew Gratinée, or Short Ribs with Dried Mushrooms and Fire-Roasted Tomatoes. Worthington's use of winter ingredients is efficient and at times inspired, as in Butternut Squash and Chestnut Soup, Autumn Salad with Persimmons and Pomegranates, and Pumpkin-Chocolate Bread Pudding."

Autumn from the Heart of the Home
Publisher's Weekly says:
"The recipes, such as Orange Spiced Harvest Stew (with beef, red wine and vegetables, served in a pumpkin), Roasted Beet Salad with Creamy & Mild Blue Cheese Dressing, and Cranberry Apple Crisp, take advantage of the best nature has to offer. Although Branch includes chapters on Halloween and Thanksgiving, most of her 100 recipes allow readers to make everyday meals special. "

Halloween: The Best of Martha Stewart Living
Amazon.com says:
"Halloween books abound, but none is as elegantly spooky or as eerily opulent as this gorgeous guide from Martha Stewart Living. Set the scene for the ultimate Halloween party with a magical yard full of pumpkins glowing with vibrant geometrics and sparkling with Christmas lights...Excellent directions, full recipes, beautiful photographs, and an extremely detailed source list should inspire anyone to celebrate All Hallows' Eve with style."

Betty Crocker Complete Thanksgiving Cookbook
lizzibee says:
"Whether you're a novice, experienced holiday entertainer, vegetarian, low-carb or whatever, this is a great book! If you're intimidated by hosting the holiday, this breaks it down for you: from planning to menu to how far in advance to start preparing each dish and element of the meal. Experienced cooks can get new ideas for making Thanksgiving more delicious and interesting."