Customer Reviews

At Home with Magnolia: Classic American Recipes from the Owner of Magnolia Bakery

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Every recipe I've tried from this book has turned out deliciously. The Macaroni and Cheese recipe alone is to die for, but then you add the Meatloaf, the Chicken and Broccoli au Gratin, the Everyday Chocolate Cake...just buy it, and use it often. You won't be sorry.

I love this cookbook. I made the lemon tarragon chicken tonight - it was absolutely perfect and the green beens!! Wonderful. I have so many "note" stickers in this book - I should have just started at the first recipe and worked my way through instead of wasting a package of "note" stickers. I have all of Magnolia's cookbooks - and you can't go wrong with purchasing them -- they are keepers and this one is particularly great to give as a gift - so many interesting and wonderful recipes and nice stories and pictures.

I think it unfair for someone here to give this book a 2 because they made a mistake and thought it was a cupcake book...don't blame the book for that!

AT HOME WITH MAGNOLIA is a personal and eclectic collection of recipes inspired by what author and Magnolia Bakery owner Allysa Torey cooks at home in upstate New York. It is not a large collection, nor particularly ground-breaking, and it is as much a style book loaded with romantic Martha Stewart magazine like photographs of Torey`s enviable homestead as it is a cookbook.

Torey in upstate New York can depend on her own garden and the local farmer's market in season but is otherwise stuck with the kind of supermarket those of us who live beyond suburbia and exurbia are used to. Thus her lists of ingredients are not exotic and overly expensive, and will not leave many people scrambling to find substitutes or giving up. Her recipes are obviously inspired by a fresh abundance of ingredients. They are simple, but not simplistic or accidental: obviously she has learned what ingredients go together well. She is not averse to using the occasional prepared item: there's one recipe that calls for a can of soup! My favorite: the turkey sausage and broccoli rabe cavatelli. I make it with chicken sausage and have experimented with dandelion greens which worked just fine. Some of her recipes use more heavy cream and butter than I like, and then there are some that call for leaner ingredients. There is, for Magnolia Bakery fans, a cupcake recipe. It is the buttermilk pie, however, that I'm going to give a whirl next. Like I said, the book is eclectic and accessible.

A lovely, well presented book which also has beautiful, easy to cook recipes in it - I also have the Magnolia Bakery book no. 2 so you could say I'm a fan.

What a pleasure to read and see. This cook book has simple, fresh ideas for casual lunches or get togethers and the photos evoke a easy summer day.
I have alot of cookbooks and this is on the top of my favorites list.

This book is wonderful from start to finish. There are so many wonderful recipes in this book, it is worth the price (especially since some of the other Magnolia books are under $15). The icebox strawberry pie is the best I have ever had! Most recipes call for jello - not this one. This is the real deal! The green beans are so good even my picky 2 year old eats them (and that is saying something!). This is a fantastic book for you but also for a gift. You won't be disappointed!

The NYT ran an article in Nov. about how Americans as a culture seem to have forgotten what it means to prepare a meal and enjoy a relaxing dining experience with family and friends. Allysa Torey's new book, At Home with Magnolia, provides a practical and fun answer to this dilemma by featuring classic American "comfort food" recipes along with a few simple yet flavorfully innovative dishes and beautiful photographs. The text is well-organized and easy to follow. It's obvious after testing several of these recipes that they are Allysa's tried and true meals to serve at home -- basic, lovely, and delicious. If you're hoping to host more intimate gatherings at home by incorporating the aromas of fresh and delicious "made from scratch" meals without having to spend hours in the kitchen, this book is a perfect place to start.

This is the best cookbook ever. I own over one hundred cookbooks. This is the only one I actually use. Every recipe is delicious. I made the meatloaf tonight and my husband went back for thirds. I'm just hoping Alyssa will write another one.

This is a good book, and I am a reader of cookbooks, marking some pages to try recipes at a later date. A great way to relax after a super fast paced day at the office. But this is a good book, not as many good recipes as the first one, but a good book.

This book is a disappointment. By purchasing this book by an owner of Magnolia Bakery, I was, of course, looking for baking recipes - cupcakes, cakes, etc. This is just an average, scattered topic cookbook. Having the name Magnolia Bakery in the title (along with cupcakes featured on the cover), while certainly truthful, is very misleading. Sure, all that information is in the review, but I assume a lot of us purchase books by an author known to (and liked by) us, and expect something similar. Imagine purchasing a third book by a mystery writer, and winding up with a romance novel! I would consider Allysa Torey a baking expert; I would not look to her for a lasagna recipe.