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Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook (1930-2000 Limited Edition)

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This kind of cookbook is great for anyone! I have an older wornout version of this cookbook and was looking for a new one that would be SIMPLE, HAVE ALOT OF PICTURES, HAVE OLD TESTED AND TRIED RECIPES, and HAVE NEW ONES. This is that kind of cookbook! There were two recipes I have been looking for, for years and they are both in this book!

I love this cookbook, but this revision is missing a few things I liked from the older ones. One is the cheese pages, one thing I love about the red plaid book is that is shows indiviual photographs of different types of pastas, herbs, beans and rice etc. But this version does not have the cheese. There were also a few other things missing I liked from my older book like seasoning guide, and also special techniques. Maybe some of these things are there and I just have not found them yet. Of course there are great additions to the book besides the old recipes section. I like the info on new foods and ethnic foods.

This is a fantastic cookbook. Recipes are easy to follow. They make suggestions for changing up the recipe slightly. The directions are clear, and easy to follow. Book has many pictures which is wonderful. I have actually had several editions of this book as they do change them every few years. The section in the back of older recipes is great. I highly recommend this book to anyone learning to cook!

This was my first adult cookbook and continues to remain my favourite. I have given it as a gift to many friends who thought that cooking was beyond them. This book makes cooking easy because it explains things completely and simply, with lots of pictures. It also contains all elements of the meal from helping you plan the meal and select ingredients to cooking, setting the table, and serving. Once you have learned the basics, the recipies are easy to play with and develop into your own. Highly reccomended, good luck!

The Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book is hardly new in my family. At least not the copy I recently found! My mother has a great nack for saving just about everything. When I partially removed the old red fabric tape holding the cover together, I found the words "Meredith Press O1." The red and white gingham cover also has three pictures: a pot, a pan and a gravy server.

I know for a fact, my mother has had this cookbook since I was born. My grandmother also has about every edition ever published, all well worn! I am finally convinced that "The Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book" is perhaps almost completely responsible for my families love of cooking.

Our beloved cookbook is so well worn, the edges of all the pages are a lovely crinkled beige. The yellow tabbed pages have clear tape over the well-worn tabs and the poultry chapter has barely survived. (We raised chickens in Africa! This book was there!)

I was more than pleased to hear about the 1930-2000 Limited Edition! We still make the Herb Stuffing and Ambrosia. I also just realized that my father must have found the idea for cheese-filled bacon wrapped frankfurters from Better Homes and Gardens. Dad! And I thought he made that recipe up! It looks like men were reading cookbooks in the 60's or maybe that dish was a popular one.

Do you remember Praline or Seven-Minute Frosting? The Swedish Pancakes and Banana-nut Bread recipes are all splattered with stains of unknown origin. (I am guessing eggs, milk, butter?) All my new cookbooks are now on a stand, far out of reach of buttery fingers! But then again, if my mother had not let me use this cookbook at a young age (without much supervision - therefore the stains of unknown origin), who knows if I would have developed such a fascination for kitchen lore, cooking and culinary culture. Many of my family memories are also connected to recipes in many editions of this book.

If you are looking for a cookbook to inspire generations of cooks, you should consider this book seriously. Not only is it an American classic, the recipes carry with them the happy culinary memories of millions of Americans.

~The Rebecca Review

Just got mine today! If you are considering a first time book this is THE ONE! I had the Betty Crocker one until I saw a friend's BH&G and realized I could cook something better than bland food. Plus this book has EVERYTHING! And, if your like me the ring binder comes in handy to add all the extra recipes collected from magazines. If you really are serious about learning your way around a kitchen, this is the one, besides Betty Crocker isn't even real. General Mills lame attempt to package thier poor quality food on unsuspecting folk. Don't get lured!

I must have purchased 50 Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks over the years as gifts for new cooks. Anyone who is graduating from college or getting married young receives one. This is my favorite edition. Suitably modern, yet wonderfully general. Where else can the witless burgeoning cook learn how long to boil an egg or bake a potato? Yet, as the skill of the user grows, the book accomodates. I myself am on my third copy as my heavy use tends to leave favorite recipes obliterated by gravy or important pages glued together with eggs...perhaps I should include a book stand in that gift box...

My mother, after 40 years of marriage, still has the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook she received as a newlywed. I grew up on a lot of recipes out of this book and I finally got one for myself. It has a lot of great basic and simple recipes as well as a classic favorites section.

This is my favorite general cookbook! I love to cook and have a collection that takes 2 full size bookcases, of all those this is the one I turn to over and over again. It's the book I learned to cook with, recipes are easy to understand, many with pictures and explanations, labeled as "Easy" or other categories and well organized.

Great book for beginners, those who just need a general guide, older kids (I got my first copy about 12 and many recipes were easy enough for me to make alone then!) and cooking enthusiasts looking for some simple alternatives. Worth the extra money to get the hardcover ring bound copy, too hard to work out of the paperback and it'll get used often!

This is the best general reference cookbook there is. Every kitchen needs one, it has all the basics - how to hard boil eggs, make fudge, mash potatoes, etc. with easy to follow instructions. Love it!