Better Than Store-Bought: A Cookbook [Paperback]

Helen Witty (Author), Elizabeth Colchie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1985

"A cookbook of foods that most people never knew they could make at home- and without preservatives".

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Harpercollins (August 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060912871
• ISBN-13: 978-0060912871
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Unique, October 14, 2002

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Michael Wilson "freak boy wonder" (Brooklyn, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Better Than Store-Bought: A Cookbook (Paperback)

I found a reference to this after having searched the internet for marshmallow recipes. The recipe was posted online, but I bought the book figuring it was the right thing to do. I had NO idea how delightful this would be. Most of the recipes I've never seen anyplace else (gingerbread cookie MIX!?!) The marshmallow recipe alone has won me a couple marriage proposals. If you have any impulse to cook or bake, please buy this book. You will be amazed.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than most Cookbooks, November 8, 2001

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Barbtail (San Franciso, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Better Than Store-Bought: A Cookbook (Paperback)

I have had this cookbook since the 80's and use it regularly. My copy is yellowed, stained, torn, taped and well loved. I think I've tried nearly every recipe in it, including the recipe for caviar. The recipes are all comprehensive and easy to follow.

Some of my favorites include; black pumpernickel bread, fresh chorizo sausage; and the homemade chili sauce (extra tomatoes in summer?-- try this recipe). There's even a recipe for tofu in it! (And pastrami, too!) If you can find it, get it. You won't be disapointed!

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back to my childhood...., June 22, 2000

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This review is from: Better Than Store-Bought: A Cookbook Authoritative recipes for the foods that most people never knew they could make at home. (Hardcover)

The recipes in this book are amazing. I especially like the roasted pumpkin seeds (I didn't know you had to boil them first!) and the mustard. Making these a la carte items from scratch sounds daunting--but it isn't with this book as your guide. Small touches like these make whoever you're cooking for know they're SPECIAL. And you don't have to be Martha Stewart to succeed! I found out about this book browsing my the bookshelf in my mom's kitchen in New Hampshire. She let me borrow it but wanted it back. Now I know why.