Get Togethers: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals [Paperback]

Rachael Ray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2003

Rachel Ray puts the fun back into entertaining with this exciting collection of recipes, all designed to feed a crowd or smaller gathering in 30 minutes or less.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Lake Isle Press (October 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891105116
• ISBN-13: 978-1891105111
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #648,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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138 of 142 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Everyday Resource, January 2, 2004

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Caroline P. Hampton (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Togethers: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals (Paperback)

When I first started watching Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals on the Food Network - I thought she was a bit annoying a little bit too "over the top." BUT ---- I gave her a couple of chances and I must confess I have changed my tune and become a full time 30-Minute Meal fanatic. I never miss an episode and find her recipes so easy to work into my everyday cooking. Ray builds her receipes around the everyday cook - with everyday ingredients - with a normal grocery store down the road and no real "special cooks tools" that other cookbook authors request.

Ray's new book "Get Togethers" broadens her collection of recipes and give so many great ideas for all your entertaining needs. I love how she organizes her books - and her friendly conversational way of explaining ingredients/techniques.

I have read other complaints that it is not possible to complete her receipes in the stated 30 minutes - but I think if you are organized, focused and have a small bit of cooking knowledge it's completely possible.

I love this new book and it's a great addition to anyone's collection.

Cheers!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything Works!, May 16, 2005

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Pamela Haskins "Poorbuthappy1" (Orange Park, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Togethers: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals (Paperback)

As a "non chef" I am always excited when I find a cookbook that has recipes I can follow and which turn out the way they are supposed to. Rachel Ray's recipes do that and more - they are easy, quick and don't usually take a whole lot of ingredients. I have gone from hating cooking to actually looking forward to making her dishes. I have two of her books already, and just ordered a third.

75 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good food but lacking instructions for 30 minute preparation, November 18, 2003

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L. Burnette (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Togethers: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals (Paperback)

I like the fact that this book actually groups recipes into meals, which Ms. Ray's first cookbook did not (it was really 30 Minute Recipes, not MEALS). Many menus I recognize from her show, which I enjoy very much. However, part of what makes Rachel's show informative is that she not only discusses the food and recipes, but how to organize in order to prepare the entire menu within 30 minutes. The cookbook gives you 3 recipes per meal, and no other help. An instructional section for each menu would make this book perfect. Something like this: 1) Preheat oven for bisquits. 3) Mix the sausage, pat out, and begin cooking. 3) Open the bisquits, top with blah blah..... But I still do recommend Ms. Ray's books for their simple, accessible recipes that introduce people to new styles of food and cooking that can still be simple and quick.