Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook
by Betty Crocker Editors
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Author: Betty Crocker EditorsBrand: Wiley Publishing
Edition: Ring-bound
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Facsimile
Published: 1998-11-09
ISBN: 0028627717
Number of pages: 456
Publisher: Betty Crocker
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- WIL-62771
- 9780028627717
- Brand New Item / Unopened Product
- Wiley Publishing
Book Reviews of Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook
Book Review: This is the perfect cookbook for me!
Summary: 5 Stars
I found out about Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book in an article in Reminisce Magazine that I found in the laundromat. There was a photo of a reader's copy of this cookbook. I looked it up here on Amazon and read all the reviews for it and was interested in buying it.
Unlike most of the other reviewers here, I didn't have this cookbook in the past and neither did my mother. This cookbook originally would've been popular around my late grandmothers' times, but they were country girls who made simple rustic dishes, and I never saw them even use cookbooks. They may have had their recipes handed down to them from their mothers.
My mother was much more of a career woman than a homemaker, so cooking wasn't as much a priority for her - just something that had to get done - usually by means of a crock pot or pressure cooker. I didn't care for most of her cooking, and her cookbook was by Fannie Farmer.
Women of my generation had some Home Ec. classes to teach us the basics of nutrition and measurements and food safety, but we were raised more to focus on our careers. Besides, there are so many foods out there that can just be popped into the microwave, as well as restaurants just about everywhere I look, so it seems that learning to really cook isn't such a necessity. But I bought this book because I love retro things from the 50's and I was also hoping to replace all those cookbooks and card recipes cluttering up my kitchen with one that would get more use. I have too many other cookbooks that I rarely or never even use. I hate the ones that don't stay open on the counter and more than that, I hate when pages fall out. Most other cookbooks are so dry and boring.
The price is so much better here on Amazon than in stores, even taking shipping into account. I received my book even before the e.t.a. that Amazon.com gave me. The binder is lovely and the glossy, ring-bound pages are a pleasure to flip through. I love the tabbed dividers between chapters and the whimsical illustrations of animated foods as well as the lovely photos of delicious dishes. The language of the text is colorful, so it's very engaging as well as educational. I have learned not only how to make tasty foods that smell great, but also how to present them attractively and how to get more vegetables into my diet in an appetizing way, which was more than I had bargained for! Having made several tasty dishes from this book, I'm thinking about giving all my other cookbooks the heave-ho!
Summary of Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook
It's the book that started it all, the well-loved edition that first bought Betty Crocker cookbooks into American homes and hearts. Published in 1950, this ground-breaking title made cooking easy, it made cooking appealing, and best of all, it made cooking fun. Packed full of practical tips, useful hints, and lavish color photography, this was the book that shaped cooking for generations, the book that people remember. Every recipe you -- or your mother -- ever wanted is here, from pigs in blankets, to Emergency Steak to Chicken Tomato Aspic. Enjoy the clever ideas throughout -- twelve months of birthday cake ideas, showing how to decorate a cake to match each month's gem stone, pointers to make setting up a kitchen easy, or hints to make housework more pleasant. Feel a part of history when making Home Front Macaroni, developed during WW II rationing to stretch meat. Get into the spirit of fun with a Betty Crocker "Cookie Shine" or cookie baking party. People who grew up with this book will want it for the memories; those who are new to the book will want it for its charm and its intelligent approach to cooking. It's a perfect keepsake and a great gift.First published in 1950, Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book is now reprinted in all its old-fashioned glory. Betty immerses you in a time when women were homemakers, cakes had at least two layers, and salad was iceberg lettuce. You may hesitate to recreate what your mother or grandmother probably cooked--if so, consider that back then we ate simply, in the days before the word foodie was invented. Many of the recipes suit today's harried lifestyle, as you see in Six Layer Dinner, combining eight cups of vegetables with a pound of ground meat, and Dainty Tea Brownies topped with colorful chopped pistachios.
Hundreds of black-and-white photos, animated drawings, and quaint color spreads of prepared dishes aid you in using the recipes. Beginners learn how to measure ingredients, choose the best economical cuts of meat, and cut up round and sheet cakes for serving. There is even a section on how to set the table. This loose-leaf book contains enough recipes to fill a 12-page, double-column index. Best of all, perhaps, is the "Shortcut" section, where useful tips include cleaning a grater of cheese residue by rubbing it with a piece of stale bread. These are interspersed with 15 ways to recuperate from overwork. One suggestion is to lie down on the kitchen floor on your back and relax for three to five minutes. Still a good idea, though few people have a kitchen large enough to try this. --Dana Jacobi
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