Customer Reviews

The Complete Book Of Sauces

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It's now Oct 1998. I bought the book in 1990 when it first came out. I'm a business man, not a gourmet, but with this Sallie Williams book, polite lovely ladies have almost tackled me to get 'my recipes'. I have fun cooking because of this book, more than with any other cookbook. I pick a meat or vegetable, and pick a sauce. It always works, and leaves me feeling like I'm creating by selecting the combination of some dish with a sauce, plus dreaming up ways to display the food. So far it never seems to get boring, and after nine years there are still a lot of sauces I've not yet tried. I think the book will be with me for the duration. Highly recommended. The only downside is that 'favorite' sauces are easy to find in the book, and thus you have to avoid the temptation to stop exploring sauces not yet experienced.

There are definitely more sauces in this book than you can possibly try. They are divided and arranged by type and purpose, which makes it easy to pick out the sauce that you need. Some of the ingredients are somewhat hard to find, but most recipes can be prepared with minimal fuss. My favorite part of this book is the marinades chapter.. you can combine a marinade with a similar sauce and end up with something spectacular. Another useful chapter is the fruit sauces chapter, which proved to be very valuable on that special occasion when you wanted to enhance the flavor of your desserts. No photos in this book though.

This book is excellent, I have had success with every recipe I've tried. I refer to this book almost on a daily basis to make my dishes more interesting. If you buy only one sauce book this is the one to buy.

Just the book I was looking for! Excellent coverage of sauces for beginners to "old hats"! Thanks!

This book really is "The Complete Book of Sauces". It would be hard to imagine what sauce recipe ISN'T in it. Not only does it contain virtually any kind of sauce recipe you could want, but it offers helpful ideas on what to serve with what. Also, the recipes are "doable" rather than some I've seen in other books that are so complex no one but a professional chef would even attempt them. In addition, the price was right, and it arrived very promptly in pristine condtion.

I love cook books and have a pretty good collection of them. I can tell this one is destined to become a favorite. We all have a cookbook, worn and smudged, that we turn to over and over. This is one of those books. It has everything from a basic white sauce to emulsified butter sauces. It also has salsa and pasta sauces, salad dressings and mayonnaises. For the grill meister it even has BBQ sauces and marinades.
As noted before it is not a beginners cookbook, but if you possess the basic kitchen skills you should be fine with it. It will definitely help you add a little flair to your next get together.

This book was given to my husband for Christmas. It's ok... Not a lot of help for basic sauces, more for gourmet sauces.

This is a simple book of sauces. I have used many of the recipes and have always been happy with the results. I lost this book and had to repurchase it simply because I went back to it so often. It has an index based on what type of meat or side dish you are making. There are no pictures but most of the sauces are fairly straight forward. I highly recommend this for newer cooks who are not familiar with continental cooking and would like to learn some basics. Of course if you are familiar with sauce making you will find there are many new things to try as well.

I have tried many of the sauces in this all-sauce-cookbook and I have loved most of them. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to add an extra pow to everyday foods.

This sauce book was written by someone with experience and common sense.
She explains the common pitfalls and gives good solid recipes to build on.
The Hollandaise technique just plain works. If you want more than a basic sauce
cookbook but don't need to become a saucier get this one.