Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #508168 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 576 pages

Customer Reviews

How useful is a cookbook with US terms and measures ?
How useful is a cookbook using US terms and measures ? well it's real useful if you're living in America, you're an american with US measures and US products to hand, and you're used to cups and quarts, US fluid ounces and the US-pint

BUT (and that's a big B-U-T) this cookbook is of little use being sold here on Amazon UK primarily to the BRITISH & EUROPEAN market where non-US terms, non-US measures, non-US standards and non-US products apply.

Such a pity that Amazon UK do NOT make the effort to clearly point this fact out up front.

It's a real struggle finding semisweet chocolate, unsweetened chocolate, all purpose flour, never mind cups vs spoons and pints vs quarts vs fluid ounces

And then some: a US-pint is 16 fluid ounces, a UK-pint is 20 fliud ounces

It's a whole new language - forget it - save your money and buy a real cookbook instead.

All wrapped up into one!
I checked this book out of the library and found myself taking it out for an extra 2 weeks until the one that I ordered came in! I would recommend everybody to go out and buy this book! It has made my life in cooking so much easier. I must own about 25 different ones either for different recipies in each, or just for the basics that are spread out amongst them all. With this ONE book, I can get rid of my others. It is the only one that you need for all your information wrapped up into one. The pictures really help me get a quick sense of the recipe, its steps, ingredients, and the time involved. Thank you so much Good Housekeeping!!!

Great cookbook! My favorite out of 100's
This is a great cookbook. I must own a hundred and this is one that I keep coming back to. Lots of color photographs and detailed instructions. Recipes range from the basic and traditional to ethnic specialities.