Great company with follow up recipes
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Great company with follow up recipes. I was skeptical and concerned with the taste, but found it delicious and I'm about to order to order again! I love the energy and am leaving my morning coffee behind.
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I was very pleased with the quality of the product and the customer service. They even sent me a free PDF full of recipes! It was an unexpected surprise.
2008362
Love this software!  I have asked my family members to send me their favorite recipes and am in the process of creating a family cookbook, which I plan on giving as Christmas presents.  Just spend a few minutes watching the tutorials, and you're ready to go.  Love the quick entry...just enter the first letter or two of an ingredient, and Cook'n presents you with a drop-down of options.  Don't see your ingredient listed?  No problem...you can add your own custom ingredients so that they're available in the drop-down for the next time.  I recently had a question for Tech Support.  They replied quickly and courteously and promised that if that didn't resolve their problem, they'd continue to work on it until it was.  I highly recommend Cook'n software!
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I am impressed with the quality of this product and the attention to detail the company provides.  They are not only selling a product, but providing tips and recipes to make your experience positive.  Kudos Masontops!
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Hi, My name is Angie, and I'm a cookbookaholic. That's right, I collect cookbooks. Particularly ones about cupcakes! I read through them, mark the recipes I want to try, and work my way through them. I first bought this as a Kindle edition since the reviews looked promising. Well, once I read through the book and found myself actually laughing out loud at some of the stories Allison told, I knew I HAD to have it in hard-cover as well for my collection. I started flagging the recipes I wanted to try, and realized pretty much all 50 cupcake recipes were marked.
Not only are the recipes amazing, but the personal stories interspersed throughout the book really brought me close to Allison and Matt and I experienced everything right along with them. They are an inspiration to me, and even though I live half-way across the country, she brought me right into their kitchen through her stories.
I LOVE how she writes just like she talks. She doesn't sugar-coat anything, tells it like it is, and doesn't gloss over anything. She is a true New Yorker, and it's actually refreshing to read a cookbook that's so personal.
I learned so many things from reading this - I'm a baker with my own business but it's always nice to learn new techniques. I'm really hoping to make it to New York in the future, if only to try one of their cupcakes and meet Allison and Matt in person.
Not only do they have a great shop and a great book, but Allison went above and beyond for me. I sent her a facebook message telling her how much I loved her book and offered to pay shipping if I would send my book to her to sign and send back to me. Rather than dealing with shipping a book back and forth, she offered to sign a book plate for me. I didn't expect to see it any time soon, as this was the same time they were opening their storefront and moving everything, preparing for their grand opening. To my surprise, it arrived only 2 weeks later, while they were still in the middle of their move, which happened to coincide with Thanksgiving. Allison and Matt, if I could send you an e-hug, I would. Thank you so much for the amazing cupcake cookbook and great ideas for new flavor combinations, but also thank you for just being you.
For those that may be offended by a bit of harsh language - skip the personal stories and just read the recipes. You won't regret it.
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We have cooked with Anna's book for a month now and we have all lost weight as a result.  Two of us have adopted the NSNG lifestyle and two of us have not, but all of us lost some weight as a result of cooking from her book.  Some of the recipes have a few odd ingredients that you really have to look for but are worth the hunt to make the food taste GREAT.  The No Sugar No Grain lifestyle, shout out to Vinnie Tortorich, I speak of is easy to do following the cookbook.  Even the index's in the back of the book are easy to follow, there is a recipe index and an ingredient index.  So, if you know there is a chicken recipe you found but don't remember what page it was, the ingredient index under "chicken" will show you all of the chicken recipes in the book!  Brilliantly done with great pictures that Anna took herself!  I took great pleasure knowing that all of these recipes were actually made by Anna also to make sure they worked with the ingredients and measurements.
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Having never heard of the author or her blog before, I bought this cookbook with a gift card after noticing that readers had given it great reviews at Amazon.com. IamNotaVegan, but Im not a big meat eater and I enjoy trying new recipes, especially vegetarian ones. Once it arrived, I went to a couple of different stores in order to track down the ingredients, and tried several recipes. After preparing a few of them, I read through the entire section entitled my natural foods pantry, which provided excellent information about the various ingredients, bought a few more ingredients and prepared a few more recipes. Ive since made the chickpea salad and veggie burger again and plan to continue working my way through those recipes that I think my family (with two teens) might eat. Best of the book: excellent photography, good explanations about vegan ingredients, some really good recipes. My one complaint: Id prefer shed skipped the entire smoothie section and provided additional recipes in the other sections. My specific comments about the recipes I tried are as follows:

glowing strawberry-mango guacamole (good, but nothing I would not or could not have dreamed up on my own)

classic hummus (the one plus was actually making the effort to purchase and use tahini, in the past Id always added sesame oil to peanut butter to make it which is also good)

perfected chickpea salad sandwich (something I would not have tried to do on my own, I really liked this one)

our favorite veggie burger (my favorite recipe, btw, but my hamburger connoisseur son didn't like it and hes liked other veggie burgers)

present glo bar (good)

oil-free chocolate zucchini muffins (I liked this the least, the flavor was nice, but the texture was not great  I like it better with eggs and butter).

In summary, this is a great starter cook book for those who enjoy vegetarian food but beware: the ingredients are not necessarily easy to track down (especially if you live in a smaller city). I have since bought two additional copies, one for a friend, and one so that I could get free shipping that I also plan to gift. Also good: Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl, The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber and Cooking Favourites of the American Legion Auxiliary Wishek, North Dakota.
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I really enjoy this cookbook, and I enjoy it more when I keep in mind that it's written by a person who used the methods and recipes within to find weight loss success.  Ms. Smith is not a professional food writer, but she has some great ideas and put them together in an interesting way.  It is especially interesting to me as another post-weight-loss surgery patient who got off most of the weight and needs to do a few more lifestyle changes to keep going.  A grain-free paleo works best for people with my surgery (duodenal switch) and this book helps support that.

I would love to see a major publishing house pick this up, help Ms. Smith expand it, and hire a food artist to make the meals look a little more appetizing.  They are very delicious, but it's hard to convey that with non-professional photos.  If this gets fixed up a bit, I'll buy it again :)
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Purchased this cookbook for a gift.  The third party seller did a great job in protectively wrapping this truly new book.  Am pleased with the variety of recipes and the divisions.  Having a cookbook which is a ring binder is terrific as it stays opens on the counter.  The pictures are inviting, and I am considering repurchasing for my own use.  Also am sure the recipient is going to like the clarity of print as well as instructions.
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I ordered the Smitten Kitchen Cookbook from Premier Book Dealers, Inc. located in Kingsport TN on a Friday Night and had this used book in the mail waiting for me after work on Monday! Premier is indeed a premier quality company...and this used book that was sent to me doesn't even appear to have been browsed through by anyone else's fingers.  They sent a letter with the book asking me to write a review of their services, but also asking to rectify any discrepancies and satisfy the order to my satisfaction.  There were no problems but it is great to know that this is a company that cares about their customers, especially in a world of indifference.
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I have made several recipes from here and they have been very good....love the fact that they are not as involved as some of the others .
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Much like the Cookie and Kate blog, this book has interesting, healthy, and easy to manage recipes. Her stuff is generally more reliably tasty and interesting than other food blogs (even, dare I say, Smitten Kitchen).

Update:
I have made a recipe from this book at least once a week since purchasing. Can recommend veggie burgers, chili, tortilla soup, and those almond no bake cookies that I can never make again because I ate them all in like 2 days.

Update 2: Wanted to update in case people want to know what to make.  Moroccan Stew exceptionally delicious and healthy, Black bean/ Sweet potato enchiladas have been made too many times to count. I still make the chili every other week or so. My roommate frequently makes the stuffed sweet potatoes and loves them. The only recipe I wouldn't recommend is the Peanut Soup, which perhaps may have been the kind of peanut butter I used.
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This is a great little book that I use almost every day. I first borrowed it from my library to try it out and ended up buying it for my collection. I particularly like the "Corn Dog" type Muffin Dog, and I don't feel one bit guilty eating it either! Instead of one tablespoon of the flaxseed meal, I use 1 tablespoon gluten-free hi-maize corn meal. Yum! My other favorites are the Pizza Muffin, Pumpkin Pie Muffin, and Chocolate Muffin. I've even invented some of my own mug muffins/cakes since purchasing this book and may even write my own cookbook. I like my Egg Mmmuffin (not the name I use) better than the one in the book, but her recipe is still very good (probably the only difficult recipe in the book--not as difficult as mastering Southern biscuits, though).

While the author gets very inventive with her fruit substitutes in order to make the recipes lower carb, I didn't think they were very convenient to prepare or find some of the flavoring ingredients. I even went to the Lorann Oils site and couldn't find some of the flavorings she recommends in the recipes. I would much prefer to use real pineapple, banana, apples and peaches in the recipes instead of eggplant-based copycats. Of course, it will add extra carbs, and I quite understand why she adapted the recipes, but after trying some, I choose to use the real thing.

I love that on the opposite page of each recipe there is notable information concerning the ingredients or other interesting facts about the recipe. There is also a nice measurement conversion chart in the front of the book and comprehensive index in the back (so many smaller books totally disregard an index!). The only things that are missing are color pictures of the recipes--pictures would have been nice. I highly recommend this book for those on low-carb, gluten-free diets, even without pictures.

**Note: I was very disappointed in my delivery and packaging, which is unusual for Amazon. The book came with the front cover creased in half from the top right corner to the left lower corner. I contacted Amazon and complained, but they didn't even have the decency to contact me back or replace the cookbook as I asked them to do. Not very good customer service.
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If you have tried the first recipe book from OBB, this one will not disappoint. I love how the recipes are categorized into seasons---it takes the guess work out of deciding what to cook for dinner or what to give as a gift. I also love the little craft ideas in each section. They will be fun to try with my kids. I also like that they included recipes that are a little more "complicated" with more sophisticated flavors. I'm very excited to try the pan-seared Fillet Mignon with herb butter. I like the balance between side dishes, desserts and main dishes. There are also several beverage recipes which is nice. The only thing that would be nice to know is the nutrition facts (maybe we don't really want to know, but it would be helpful). Some of the recipes are repeats from the website, but I love having them all in one place. I also like the helpful hints and tips that are included with each recipe.

Pros:
-Tabbed sections: SO much easier to find things than with their last cookbook.
-The included bookmark with easy conversion hints.
-The beautiful color photographs.

Cons:
-Can't think of any

Wish was included:
-Nutrition facts
-More hints with what can be prepared ahead of time or frozen ahead of time, etc.

Overall and awesome cookbook. I love having their stuff in my kitchen. Most recipes are simple using basic ingredients that most have on-hand. I also like the crafty recipes that are fun for gift-giving. This book is perfect for your collection as well as gift-giving.
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I bought this magazine several times at the store and then decided to buy a subscription.  I mailed my subscription check in mid-late-December and I had already bought the November and December magazines in the store; they promptly sent me November and December and I am waiting to see when they cancel my subscription ...

If you like to travel this magazine is really for you, if you are like me and like to stay home and cook there is probably one recipe each issue that I am interested in.  There was a wonderful spatzle recipe and terrific canapes, a simple "real alfredo" but being that I live in rural America, many of their recipes don't use ingredients that I can readily buy and I am probably not going to, or at least have not, ordered away for ingredients that I might try using once, although they do have vendors who sell unusual ingredients listed.  I do appreciate interesting ideas for our family gatherings such as in the November 2008 issue they had recipes from Laos and had a recipe for a custard baked in a squash; I will try that this fall when I have so much winter squash I will be looking  for new interesting ways to use them ...

One last bit that I like is the lay out of the magazine, they list all the recipes in the front and then in the back they list all the unusual ingredients and vendors in the "Pantry" and then they list the recipes again by category; that is nice when your preparing for a family gathering and you are in charge of appetizers or side dishes and you can just breeze through the back issues and find the recipes people might enjoy.

I started writing this feeling cool on Saveur but I realize there is more in it than I might be appreciating.

I did contact the magazine company and they did agree that they received my check in mid-December and that they sent me November and December after that. I explained that I had already bought those issues, and they agreed to give me 3 more months; I hate doing that because I know all paper businesses are hurting with readership down and the economy in the state that it is ... but I felt I needed to, to be satisfied with my subscription.

October 2009 update: I had called them a couple months ago, they agreed to give me a full subscription, rather than counting the back-dated months that they sent upon arrival of my mid-December check; since then I did not receive October's issue and I received November's issue as a "gift" since they said my subscription ran out - I am too fed up to deal with them again and they have lost a customer.  Although the November issue had good Kimchee recipes ...

November 2009 update: still no more issues -
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We really enjoyed some of the recipes from this cookbook.  So, far we have made Lo mein and General Tsos.  Both have been very good and the instructions were quite clear.  I would eat either of these over take out any day.  The sauces were great and I know the versions in this book were much healthier than we could get at takeout.  In addition, Since we only buy organic/local food or homegrown, I know where my food is coming from.
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Moved from NY 10 years ago and we've been looking for a 7 layer cake ever since.  Couldn't find one in PA or in NC and then we found Greens.  The first time they sent a checkerboard cake by mistake.  I called and they immediately told me to enjoy that cake and they would send out a 7 layer cake right away.  It came in just two days and was well worth the wait.  Delicious just like my husband and I  remembered it.