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Betty Crocker's New Cookbook

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What's the matter, cookie? Don't know a sauce-pan from a fondue pot? Not to worry, Aunt Betty Crocker will tell you everything you need to know. In this classic book, appropriately subtitiled "Everything You Need to Know to Cook," you'll be able to make do for dinner in thirty minutes or less, or plan a menu for fifteen guests or more (and set the table appropriately as well), by merely looking up the appropriate recepie. It works at all times, and under all circumstances. Best of all, it assumes no knowledge on the part of the average person! Don't know how to boil water? It's okay, Betty Crocker will walk you through step-by-step through hundreds of mouth-watering recepies; from basic meatloaf to coq-au-vin; with uinformly fine results. Don't wait, cookie. BUY NOW for the best of the Best! It's been called, and is arguably, the ONLY cookbook you'll ever need.

As a bride to be a little over a year ago and a cooking nightmare, this was the perfect gift for me. Betty Crocker's cookbook provides step-by-step instructions to everyday dishes and techniques. Included are explanations of what may have gone wrong if your cake/bread/etc. doesn't turn out. Friends have begun to rave at my culinary skills and I am loving the kitchen. The book is also a great reference on how to shop and cook various meats and vegetables. It is like having your mum or another great guide in your kitchen.

My mother gave this to me before I got married 2 years ago. It is THE definitive cookbook for the less experienced cookbook and is also highly useful for the more experienced chef.

The three-ring binder makes for easy flipping. Easy to read charts make it simple to find out about cooking times, cuts of meat, serving sizes, and a variety of how-to's. For example: preparing bread crumbs, dicing, snipping, roasting, etc. A glossary of terms helps familiarize the new cook with common terms found in recipes.

On to the recipes. This cookbook provides a variety of recipes that will please almost any appetite. Each recipe includes nutritional information on fat content and percentage of saturated fat, as well as protein and carbohydrate content. Some recipes even offer low-fat versions or simple alterations to jazz up the regular recipe. Any cook would appreciate the addition of this cookbook to his collection.

For years Betty Crocker, an old 1968 edition my mother received as wedding gift, was the only cookbook I owned. It basically taught me how to cook. As the old edition finally fell apart shortly after my marriage, I purchased the "Betty Crocker New Cookbook" a few years back and it has served me well.

It's still the best, for the money, all-purpose cookbook on the market, offering simple recipes with clear instructions for everyday food we all eat--no nouvelle cuisine here. The updated version simply keeps with the times, adding new techniques which take into account modern equipment and food mores (things like fat, cholesterol and sodium are taken into consider, but this isn't a diet cookbook).

All in all, the "New Betty Crocker Cookbook" is a super all-purpose cookbook, offering well-tested, simple recipes for just about any food you can think of. Alongside the classic "Fannie Farmer Cookbook," the "Joy of Cooking" and something new from Martha Stewart (I like the "Martha Stewart Living Cookbook," which is a compilation of recipes from her magazine) and/or Cook's Illustrated (either "The Best Recipe" or the "Cook's Bible"), the "New Betty Crocker Cookbook" will create a perfectly balanced recipe collection for the experienced cook or novice baker.

This is a great little cookbook that was most definitely worth the money! It gives plenty of basic cooking instruction as well as recipies, and loads of great photos. It will not offer much challenge to an advanced cook, but then it is not geared towards that. Rather, it is ideal for someone like me- I am good in the kitchen, but there's plenty I could learn. I needed a book that would give me fundamentals on everything from how long to do a roast to how to bake a batch of sugar cookies.

Of course, since this is a basic book the recipies are somewhat limited. This will not be the only cookbook that you will ever want to use, especially if you really like to cook. Rather, this is a good first cookbook to have, the place to start your cooking library. Learn to use this book, then take off from there with whatever style or cuisine you like!

I have not found any other cookbook that has such wonderful tasting recipes that is also easy to follow. I HIGHLY recommend this book for cooks both with lots of experience, as well as for beginners.

I am an 18 year old college student who until recently, has never cooked. This was the first cookbook that I bought. I think that the easy format make this cookbook ideal for beginners. The introductory sections for each chapter is a nice touch too. The problem with the cookbook is that the recipes are somewhat uninspired. Some of the dishes tasted like the dinners you get at Bob's Big Boy. If you already know cooking basics I would recommend skipping this one and buying a more sophisticated cookbook like Better Homes and Gardens. But if your a novice then Betty Crocker is definately worth the money.

A must have in the kitchen! Everything from beef stew to snicker doodles to white sauce! I am, however, very disappointed that this comes in the "spiral" bound. If you notice on the front page description it does say "hard cover", but if you read the small print in the description, it does have some abbreviation indicating that it's spiral bound.

I got the call, how do I cook...? After I stopped laughing, and capitulated, I sent the whole cookbook. My child who was "allergic to cooking" wanted to make home cooked food. I went nuts and sent all the favorite family recipes passed down from generation to generation, including Grandma Anna's prized Kulich recipe. What did she really want to know? How to cook a turkey. Betty Crocker to the rescue!

I gave this book and Better Homes and Garden Cookbook to my sister-in-law living in Pakistan. She wanted to learn some "basic" American cooking, or I should say the "melting pot" cooking we have. She enjoys them both as do I . . . I seem to collect a lot of cookbooks -- but when asked by her to send some reflecting American cooking these were the two I chose.