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Best of Thymes

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I had known and been a fan of Marge Clark for several years, and it was with great saddness that we lost our gardening sister last summer. As with all her cookbooks, Best of Thymes is tried and true. I have yet to try a recipe that wasn't excellent, creative and lovely. Who would think of adding basil to a nectarine lemonade? Brilliant! The cookbook is also very readable with many delightful comments in the margins. Thank you, Marge, for this and your other three cookbooks during your time here on earth.

The Best of Thymes should be in the Top Ten cookbooks in America! You can't beat it. This book is often billed as an herb cookbook. It's that, but so much more. There is a plethora of gorgeous, delicious recipes for anyone who likes to cook or eat! Not all recipes are herbal but many are. By herbal, I mean they contain wonderful flavoring agents like rosemary, thyme, sage, etc. - those great enhancers that gourmet cooks have relied on forever to create wonderful taste sensations. It is also packed with informative growing and use information. And it's beautiful to look at. Food lovers of all kinds should have this book. You won't need any other.

The size of this book is the first thing that impresses you, then the exquisite water color illustrations. But that's just the beginning. This is jam-packed with mouth-watering recipes that run the culinary gamut! As an extra plus, there is concise, accurate growing information for the most popular herbs featured here. Marge Clark has definitely done it again! Her award-winning Christmas Thyme At Oak Hill Farm seemed to be the last word in the culinary arts. Not so. The Best of Thymes is on equal footing! If you love to cook and/or eat, you'll want this!

Marge Clark has created a most useful AND beautiful book that will appeal to cooks and gardeners alike. This is AN IDEAL gift for brides! The coffee-table quality illustrations, the succinct summaries of the care and use of the most popular herbs and the clearly written recipes makes this a MUST for every cookbook lover. This should be on your Christmas want-list as well as your Christmas-give list!

I am ordering two more of these cookbooks today, to keep as gifts. I received Marge's book as a gift and let it sit on a shelf for two years, thinking it to be about herbs. Then one day I was looking for a good cheesecake recipe and found one in Best of Thymes. The pages for boursin, honey-mustard dressing, chocolate cake and potato salad are stained and worn. I think of this as my most basic, go-to cookbook now.

Marge does a great job with the recipes in this book--both hers and others from the community and around the country. This book is also a great herb resource book.

This is a wonderful book..like all of Marge's books, it is a conversation with the author - full of tips and guaranteed great recipes. Don't let the herb theme put you off, this is serious good food for all occasions. Super for the novice, a must for the collector.