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The Los Angeles Times California Cookbook (Plume)

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P-p-p-please reprint! I also received this with an LA times subscription... It's a wonderful collection of outstanding recipes. I remember an "offbeat chicken salad" that was THE BEST SALAD I EVER HAD, and was actually GOOD for you! Also, a potluck just isn't a potluck without that amazing pumpkin bread... If heaven has a taste... I've tried other recipes with varying success, but a remarkable half of these are mainstay "keepers" for any recipe collection. Everyone will find something they love.

I like many others got this cookbook as a freebe for a subscription. I have used it constantly since 1983, so much so the pages have turned yellow & are starting to get loose in the book. It is probably the best cookbook I have ever had & would love to buy one for my daughter, now that she is out on her own. I no longer live in So Calif, but find each recipe interesting with the little blurps they give on the background of each recipe.

I really love this book. I owned it and it wasa gift from my brother, Joe, many years ago. I've used the recipes many times! The sugar cookie recipe is the best ever and the pumpkin bread recipe is also. This year, 2001, I just cannot find it, I misplaced it when we redid our living room. I am so mad and sad, but happy I found it here at amazon. I made the sugar cookies anyway, from another cookbook, but they were just not the same.

I got this book as a freebie back in 1983 with a newspaper subscription. Although I no longer live in SoCal or get the LA Times, it is by far the best of all the cookbooks I own (and I own many!). The cheesecake recipe alone has made me famous (I have modified it) amongst all my friends and it is constantly asked for for parties. I would love to be able to give this as a gift to others...please bring it back!

I have had a copy of this book since 1983 when I was living in California as a Nanny. 21 yrs later, it has been moved from country to country and is now a UK resident! It is still regularly used, but is falling apart! I desperately need a new copy! Please, please reprint!

I got this as a gift. It is a gift that just keeps on given'. If it were in-print, I wld give it to several of my family and friends for gifts. One of the best cookbooks I have on my self! BRING IT BACK!

A friend gave me this cookbook and it quickly became the source of some family favorites. I lost all of my cookbooks in a house fire in 2002 and this was the one cookbook I missed the most. My family LOVED the Lasagna pg.167 and the Chicken Enchiladas pg.215 and no one was happy with any other recipe I tried. I've already received the replacement I found on Amazon.com and I'm thrilled. For only 85 cents plus shipping my family and I are celebrating!

I use the California Cookbook at least once a month, mostly for recipes that are a little too West Coast-centric for Joy and the other oldies, but too old-fashioned or boring for Epicurious. Browsing through this collection of 650+ recipes from the paper's archives, it doesn't take long to stumble across dishes from one-time celebrities -- Mahalia Jackson, Lawrence Welk, Polly Bergen -- and popular restaurants of yore. (Remember The Velvet Turtle? The Hungry Tiger?) Each recipe has a little piece of marginalia that introduces its source, adding a bit of backstory and flair

This cookbook is tremendous! My wife, a serious Foodie, says that with a regular cookbook, if she gets one or two good recipes, she considers the book a success. With this one, the LA Times CookBook, every recipe she's tried is a success, and this is the best cookbook she owns (out of maybe 50).

I grew up and learned to cook with this book. My parents got this as a gift from the LA times for a yearly subscription back in the day when it was a new print.

The instructions are so clear and straightforward a child could follow them. This book also has recipes from landmark Hollywood restaurants long gone along with unknown secret recipes of LAUSD cafeteria lunch ladies. The sweet cornbread cake was one of the few things I remember being good from an LAUSD cafeteria and that recipe is in this book.

My absolute favorite is the Chocolate Mousse Pie. It has been a staple dessert at our holiday table for more than 15 years.

This book is a must have for a gourmet cook. I only wish it had real pictures.