Customer Reviews

The Southern Living Complete Do-Ahead Cookbook (Today's Gourmet)

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For the last 10 years this has been my favorite cookbook. I've been through 3 phases of life: single, married, married with 3 children. And the "Do Ahead" cookbook has made all 3 stages of life flow a little easier by planning what's for dinner ahead of time and then enjoying a delicious meal that's quick to put on the table.
Each recipe gives information on freezing or how long to keep in the refrigerator. Several recipes are given for leftovers of a main meat dish (such as ham). Some chapters provide full menus for various occasions.

With an extensive and sophisticated library of cookbooks I am always amused by the compliments received; (always), and the requested recipes from guests enjoying foods prepared through the use of this book! I now give it as a gift as I am tiring of copying from its pages at the behest of my friends, business associates and family. It is filled with practical yet interesting suggestions and many favorite recipies.

I came across this book on a coffee table and started marking pages I wanted to try. When I got to the 5th or 6th marked page I decided I need to own this book!

I found the recipes and methods to be outdated, and many were not recipes my family would eat. Since I had bought my copy used, I ended up just cutting out the 5 recipes out of the entire book that I would possibly try, and recycling the rest of the book.

I originally took this book out of my library just for some new ideas. I found almost all of the recipes worthy of trying when I might need them for entertaining. I bought the book through Amazon and have already used some of the recipes for my Garden Club Christmas party. They were a big hit.