The Bon Appetit Cookbook by Barbara Fairchild
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Book Reviews of The Bon Appetit Cookbook
Book Review: A beautiful cookbook with fabulous recipes
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is definitely worth the price. The setup is easy to follow and read, and there's even a full year's subscription to the magazine included! The recipes are well-written and plenty of options for a single item are included - for example, instead of just one or two cheesecakes, a whole line of cheesecake recipes is included so you can prepare one for all occasions.
The accompanying photographs are gorgeous (of course) and make you want to cook immediately. Like other reviewers have mentioned, the recipes are a lot less complicated than the ones in the Gourmet cookbook; however, it'd be nice if the active time and cooking times were listed alongside each recipe, as they are in the Gourmet book. On the other hand, it's wonderful to be able to make dinner with only a few ingredients that you already might have on hand - the braised greek chicken with lemon and artichokes is particularly good for weeknights!
All the recipes I've prepared from the book have been good, some better than others. Because the included recipes are all relatively simple and many are easy enough to cook for a weeknight meal, I'm really looking forward to trying them all.
Overall, I have to say that while I like the setup of this cookbook better, I find myself liking the Gourmet cookbook more - even though they're more complicated, the dishes for me have turned out better. However, for everyday meals, the Bon Appetit cookbook is the way to go. If you're a beginning cook, after buying a cookbook for beginners, this is the book you want to expand your repetoire. If you're confident in your kitchen abilities, get both cookbooks to have on hand; they're worth the money.
Bon Appetit!
Book Review: Just an average cookbook
Summary: 4 Stars
After reading through the entire book I found the recipes to be rather boring. There were no recipes that had the "Wow" factor. There were quite a few recipes I recognized from their web site. I don't like paying for something I can get for free. Overall I am just not impressed with the book.Book Review: Bon Appetit in one location
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are a fan of the magazine, which I am, you will like this book. It is clear and easy to understand with very workable and tasty recipes! Plus, it came with a free one year subscription to the magazine, a $12 value! Good deal!Book Review: Buy the book instead of a subscription
Summary: 4 Stars
Like many food magazines, Bon Appetit can go literally months without a recipe to tempt me. This takes the frustration out of waiting for a good month. I would have liked more pictures, though.Book Review: Accessible and easy to use but not appealing!
Summary: 3 Stars
I've bought this book because besides being a big fan of the magazine, I though that having all the favorites recipes in just one book would be great, however, I'm quite disappointed with the book itself.
I would prefer to have less recipes and more pictures, given the book an image of richness similar to the magazine, which is appealing. Some recipes I know from the magazine as well as from the webpage, but seeing them know, I don't feel like I want to make them again, at least using the book.
I have more than 200 cookbooks; this one, probably, will not be used as often as the others.
M.T. - Japan