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Williams-Sonoma Bride & Groom Cookbook: Recipes for Cooking Together

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I have gone through the Betty Crocker Bride & Groom Cookbook, the Better Homes and Garden Bride & Groom Cookbook and many more trying to find one that would have great pointers for cooking for two as well as great dishes. This cookbook has it all. The recipes are great classic dishes and the recipes range from breakfast foods to desserts. I highly recommend this cookbook.

First off, this book looks great. I have a collection of hand-me-down 'classics' (Beard, Joy, all that jazz) but none of them are very presentable. After getting married recently, we decided to get a new book and this one really stood out. I personally think the title (cooking together) is a little misleading, because there's not much really that would differentiate it from any other starter cookbook in that regard. It is more family oriented in meal choices, and gives some great pointers to get you moving around the kitchen. There is also excellent advice on meals, pairings etc. Overall its a very good resource, especially for a younger couple. And of course, thanks to the slipcover, it makes a great wedding or anniversary present!

I ordered two copies of this book for different wedding occassions. The first was as a wedding gift. It was loved when received. The second occassion was for a his and her shower. As the bride and groom cookbook published by Williams-Sonoma, the recipes are all fantastic and are great for various occassions from casual dinner to a romantic evening, to meals to celebrate special occassions. As well as all types of meals, the recipes are also of varied cooking levels for beginner to expert, which allows new couples to begin cooking and develop their cooking skills as their relationships grow. HUGE RECOMMENDATION for any wedding occassion!

If you're seeking a shower or wedding gift for a couple who likes to cook or eat, BRIDE & GROOM COOKBOOK: RECIPES FOR COOKING TOGETHER is the item of choice for such a couple. The authors use their own experience as restaurant chefs and as a married couple to show how working families can use dozens of favorite dishes to create hundreds of family meals. Even though the authors are cooks, they don't presume any prior knowledge: the basics accompany over a hundred classic dishes for meals from breakfast to dinner and plenty of supportive tips from preparation and cooking times to a complexity scale between 1-4.

Diane C. Donovan, Editor
California Bookwatch

My husband and I both love to cook and cook a lot: we treat our Global Knife set like it was a firstborn child, our library is comprised of cookbooks ranging from Disney Princess cookbooks to Paul Prudhomme's excellent collection, and we take better care of our cast iron skillet than we do our pets....

I'll be honest, we were disappointed with this cookbook. We received it as a wedding gift, because we thought it'd be a great contribution to our growing collection. The pictures are beautiful- they're appetizing, they're inspiring, they've got absolutely everything you could ever need (in a picture). The wine pairings are really useful (if you don't know much about wine pairings). The vegetable recipes and some of the red meat and fish recipes were good, though I found some of the spices and flavorings to be a little weak (that's just my tastebuds though).

A lot of the recipes, however, are lacking: not only are some of the dessert and breakfast recipes under-measured, but in a couple of memorable recipes, very important steps have been left out- in one case the recipe forgot to include when to add the wine while tending to meat. Additionally, the recipes call for some pretty interesting ingredients: fresh clams are hard to get (unless you're on a coast), organic chervil gets pretty expensive, and I have yet to find veal shanks at my neighborhood grocery store.

It's a great coffee table cookbook, but in terms of a couple's first cookbook? It could be more accessible.

I got this cookbook as a gift and while I loved reading it and looking at the beautiful pictures, I have yet to make anything from it. If you are, like many newlyweds, eating on a budget, there's far too many exotic, hard-to-come-by, or just plain expensive ingredients required for even the simplest recipes. If you have easy access to a wide variety of ingredients and cost is no concern, then this may be a great cookbook. Otherwise, stay away.

I have tried two recipes from this book and am utterly disappointed. I first tried the Minestrone recipe and the result was a rather bland soup. I am now in the middle of making the "Leek and Potato Soup" on page 72. Immediately, I questioned how any recipe with potatoes could list a cooking time of 15 minutes. Well, I followed the instructions cooking this on my brand new gas stove and am a half hour into cooking and of course my potatoes are still hard. But even worse is that it is bland and b/c this recipe called for vegetable stock it is red. This soup is normally white in color and not red. Other recipes that I googled showed a much longer cooking time and called for chicken stock. I truly wonder if the publisher, editor, and author tried these recipes. I really want them to make the "Leek and Potato Soup" in 15 minutes and eat it!

This book is great for starting your own kitchen and lives! My fiancee and I received this book as an engagement gift and we love it. There are some delicious recipes in here, but what I love is the description of what a standard kitchen should have as far as tools, pantry staples, and other supplies. I also love the section about wine pairing, since I know nothing about wine. An all-around good cookbook for the new bride and groom!

the happy couple about to be married enjoy good food. the groom to be is the chef; the bride has a demanding career and has no time to cook, but wants to learn some basics just the same. This book is great for people like them...really begins at the beginning and has some very good recipes. I copied a few of them to keep for myself.

I just gave this as a gift to a couple that was recently engaged. They love to cook together, and they thought it was the coolest cookbook ever. Not only does it have recipes, but it has cool lists of what you should always have in your fridge, freezer, pantry, etc. It also has lots of cool information on wine. It is not only a cookbook of recipes. It teaches basic things about cooking/eating/drinking that all married couples should know! Great gift!