Customer Reviews

Bed and Breakfast Cookbook

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This is both a wonderful cookbook & a great reference on American B&B's. It contains over 300 recipes. It is printed on glossy stock with many full-color photos & b/w illustration of the B&Bs.

A wide variety of recipes include beverages, cereals, pancakes, waffles, French toast, vegetables, egg dishes, breads, coffee cakes, pastries, jellies, sauces, sandwiches, sweets & breakfast meats.

The chocolate waffles, apple French toast with cream cheese, & sour cream raisin pie are all divine. An easier to make cheese souffle is another favorite. I also loved the orange julius beverage & lobster quiche.

Each recipe is accompanied by description of the B&B with contact information. B&Bs are also listed in the index & by state in the back. Reservation agencies & a list of other guidebooks are included as well.

This is a high quality paperback, 8x11, glossy paper and beautiful photographs. The book is recipe oriented with a bio and sometimes a picture of the B&B where the recipe originated.

For those of you who like brunch entertaining, this is a treasure trove. I confess brunch is my absolute favorite way of entertaining guests for all the usual reasons. It is easy to assemble, relaxed and not much work. Oh yes, did I say "not much work?"

The recipes are not for the calorie counters nor cholesterol impaired. This is not a drawback, as planning a brunch menu can always include some items for all appetites.

A simple recipe that was much praised is from the Big Horn Mountain B&B, Big Horn, WY (edited - serves 4, but no problem doubling or tripling) Creamy Scrambled Eggs

8 eggs, ½ Cup milk, 2T butter, 8 oz. cream cheese cut in ½" cubes, 1T fresh chives, 1t chopped fresh parsley

Melt butter in lightly oiled skillet. Beat together everything except cheese and parsley. Cook over very low flame (cooking process should take 30 minutes average). When eggs begin to set, run a spatula carefully underneath, letting uncooked mixture flow to the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle cream cheese pieces and continue cooking. By the time the eggs are set, the cheese will be melted. Garnish with parsley. Serve immediately.

Ms. Murphy is faithful about listing B&Bs from all 50 states. However, as B&Bs go in and out of business with alarming rapidity, I would check carefully before setting off for the one of your finest imaginings. Ms. Murphy's own B&B in Rhode Island sounds like the one of your dreams, fresh flowers and all!

I bought the paperback, surprised by the low price, and was pleased that it's large (8 1/2 x 11) and full of color pictures of both the food and the B&B rooms: it must be just like the hardback except for the cover. A great value, even if nutrition data (calories, fat, etc.) are not included and it's slightly dated (1991). Can't wait to try the recipes - they look great.

No problems. Swift delivery and the book was in the condition they said it would be.

However, I find many of these recipes to be too much bother or too fancy to mess with when cooking for two kids. I'm afraid I just prefer plain, easy stove to table cooking and this book was not what I was looking for.

Gorgeous pictures and good directions as well. Everything I have tried has turned out well.

I came on site to buy the book, which I intend to do. I borrowed it from the library because I found recipes in it for Christmas morning for the family. The egg and sauage breakfast casserole was great. The skier's toast gave me a little problem. Part of the recipe is a syrup out of karo, brown sugar and half and half which is placed in 13x9 pan,when I placed it in the dish mine turned into caramel..I made it again and put a little water in it and did not cook it that long. It worked this time. It was delicious. I got rave reviews from the family, but I still wonder about that receipe. What was my mistake? Or is something missing from it. Otherwise the book is great and I'm going to buy it right now.

This is the first time that I have not purchased a book directly from Amazon. I can not say enough about cellar of books. After I placed the order, I received a email informing me of the expected arrival date. I was also asked if I had any questions. The book arrived in superb condition right at the expected time. Living in Hawaii, many are hesitant to ship things here without additional cost often those cost are not discussed up front. This did not occur. Even as the book arrived there was a note from the owner with full information for contact.