My very favorite cook book
920132
My very favorite cook book. The recipes are easy and don't need a lot of ingredients. Everything that I have made so far was good.
2903120
I have a bookshelf full of cookbooks.  The ones I don't use, I give away, so the shelf is only full of the books that I use regularly.  However, this is far and away the one that I use the most!  I love this cookbook.  I have never been disappointed with any of the recipes in this book.  I received this cookbook 18 years ago from an Italian-American friend who is a phenomenal cook.  I LOVE it.  I have given it to many friends.  My husband and I bought 5 copies used on the internet since this lovely book is out of print.  We kept two copies for our children (5 and 7) and have given the others away as wedding gifts.  What else can I say.  I LOVE THIS BOOK, and find the recipes easy, tasty, and a great hit at parties.
475880
I enjoy this cooking book so much. The recipes and ingredients are realistic, healthy. The directions are simple to follow. Perfect addition to my cooking books collection. Im going to use it really often!
2254913
I have a lot of cookbooks, but this is definitely my new favorite. It has so many delicious looking recipes (there are pictures for each meal) and every one I've made has been so good! My boyfriend told me that the "Flank Steak Rellenos" need to be a staple in our house. I've also made a tomato salad that in the book and wow-- so simple, but so much flavor! She has a lot of make ahead meals and slow cooker meals so this book really couldn't get much easier. Love it!

Some of the recipes have a few steps, but she also usually gives you short cuts if you don't want to take the time. I'm a pretty decent cook and the recipes have all been fairly simple that I've made so far. Some do require some prep work, but others are 30 minute meals. It just depends on what you're looking for but she has it all!
2294101
This is my favorite recipe book ever.  It has very basic recipes to a little fancy and special occasion type foods.  The roll recipe I use as a basic for every type of rolls sweat or savory. They are real ingredients not packaged ingredients like a cake mix or a can of that.  The book is well organized. The soups, salads, and desserts are especially great.  The crepe recipe is completely non fail.  I like this book so well it is my standard and I write in any of my other recipe in the book that I ever use.  The book is sturdy however the reason I had ordered this book is because my old one fell apart and so I have had to go through and rewrite all my other recipes in the new book.  The cover is sturdy and cleans well is some ingredient gets on it.  I haven't found on recipe we haven't enjoyed.
821194
This is absolutely my favorite cookbook.  The recipes are simple and delicious and the variations that are included offer even more ways to prepare the same dish.  Everything that I have tried from this cookbook has turned out so good and have resulted in some of our favorite dishes.
Rabbi Marks also includes information about spices and vegetables and Jewish culture making the cookbook a fascinating read as well (I actually read the whole cookbook before I even tried any of the recipes!).
It is well worth the money!
2159622
This is my favorite cook book.  Every single recipe I have cooked is soooo delicious.  I just became vegetarian 6 months ago.  This cook book has great recipes and ideas for changing the ingredients to create new recipes.  I keep writing "Yum!"  on the recipes I've tried!  Can't go wrong with this one.
1308637
I bought this about 1999 when I was starting to cook. I get so caught up in the favorite recipes I still haven't tried them all. the Zucchini soup (4)I cooked today (add more water). the (286)I make every few weeks since 99 and I might play with them a bit but I haven't tried a recipe I don't like from this book. looked up the book on amazon for another person who loves my cooking and for 4 bucks you can't beat this cook book.

Cons no time's given or calorie info (it's old school) but the recipes are great.
4282641
This book has always been my favorite cook-book.

It's also the third time I've purchased this book as my daughter & sister-in-law has taken the other two from me.

This newer version is much nicer!!!!!

Thanks.
4797122
I find this recipe book to be very simple and easy to put together delicious meals with just simple ingredients. Everyday meals are now so great to prepare that I look forward to cooking more. My family enjoys all the different meals that I prepare when we do a family gathering. They complement me and want to know what's my secret. I can honestly say that this is now my favorite cookbook. I highly recommend this recipe book.
1006064
This is my favorite cookbook. Every recipe is a winner with anyone I've ever served them to. It's like your grandma handed over her recipe box of her very best time-tested recipes. I bought two extra copies to put back for my children someday as their favorite cookies and cakes came from these pages.
3819790
I found this book at the University of Washington bookstore a long time ago, and it has remained among my favorite cookbooks (and that means a lot for an avid reader of thousands of cookbooks) and for numerous reasons.  I have likely cooked 1/3 of the recipes from this book, something I also rarely do, and every one is well-wrought and delicious.  I found this new iteration of the book  here on Amazon as I remembered a wonderful dish, Persian Rice, but, since I haven't made it in many years, I was hoping to renew my memory of exactly how the method went.  Alas, no read inside feature on this one, and my book, which I still have, though taped liberally by now, and stored away in a box, is far away and inaccessible, and I don't have any idea how I might get this recipe.  So many wonderful recipes, so little time; even as I write this 30 years after I bought the book.  It has proved well worth having.
489099
I absolutely love to cook and have a collection of more than 75 cookbooks.  I typically find recipes online now, but the reviews on this book were so strong I decided to purchase it.  Every single thing I have cooked from this book has been simple but fantastic.  After serving guests a series of four recipes from this book last night it is certain - this is the best cookbook I have ever purchased.  I served the beef satay, firecracker shrimp, Mom's fish and grilled bananas stuffed with chocolate.
4140956
Since I started to use this cook book at work, I've bought it for myself, given a couple away, and told several people about it.  Everything I've made so far has been very easy, so fast and been so good.  I can highly recommend this cook book, by far my favourite right now.
2068305
I love this book. I love the stories, the pictures, the recipes...everything. It is truly enjoyable to read and to cook from. Everything I have made so far is amazing and it reminds me of the food I used to eat growing up in rural east and south Texas. Food that stuck to the ribs of people who had to make the most of everything and appreciated what they had. And mostly it made me miss my Dad, who when he married my Mom and she was trying to impress him with things like beef wellington and more gourmet dishes, asked if she could just make some turnip greens so he could sop up the pot "licker" with corn bread. These are the stories of my childhood too. And much like the author, I didn't really appreciate it until I went away.
3478445
I bought this book because it looked easy and I like to see pictures.  Now I love it even more because every recipe I make is excellent-they are easy, ingredients are usually in your refrigerator anyway and I get more compliments than I have EVER gotten on any other cook book-I just bought another one for a friend-it rocks!!!
2306937
I bought my first copy of this cookbook more than 20 years ago and it's still one of my all-time favorites.  I've given several copies as gifts over the years and the recipients have loved it as well.

The Bourbon Pecan recipe by itself is worth the price of the book.  The carrot cake is time-consuming, but awesome.  Cookie recipes are to die for.  The salads are terrific.  Everything else I've tried has been wonderful too.

The book is also studded with fun little stories about some of the recipes and their development.

Altogether a great cookbook.  I can't recommend it highly enough.