Friday, March 25, 2022

Cookbooks reviewed: Mar 25

  





Icing On Top: Buttercream Exclusive Cake Decorating by Becky Beverly
Intro discusses authors background and tools of the trade chapter tell you what you should be using.
Lots of color photos, sometimes hard to read print.
Each recipe starts with a title on top of medium size color photo.
Summary of the dish and List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, low sugar and fresh vs canned items.
Directions are given. There is NO nutritional information or servings.
Easy to find recipe you want by the pictures, you can tell what ingredients are in the frosting recipe.
Tips are included at the back, step by step, piping sheet practice also and different techniques. How to frost a naked cake, layers.
So many extra special recipes and frosting ideas.
I remember watching my mom in law do all this, never tried it myself, nothing real fancy.
QR codes at the end take you to the specific area you want. Index ia slo included. Credits are included
A KEEPER if you ever want to impress anyone with your imagination.
 





 
The Sunday Football Cookbook: 50 Delicious Football Recipes to Enjoy Game Days by BookSumo Press
About the author, short intro, Table of contents where recipes  are listed.
Common abbreviations table.
Each recipe starts with a title and list of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, low sugar and fresh vs canned items.
Directions are given, servings, pre, cook and total times.
Some nutritional information: calories, fat, carbs, protein, cholesterol and sodium based on 2k calorie diet.
There are NO pictures.  Lots of sodium not sure i can substitute for the ingredients in this one.





 
Copycat Recipes: Making the Cheesecake Factory Most Popular Recipes at Home (Famous Restaurant Copycat Cookbooks Book 1) by Lina Chang
TOC where recipes are broken up into food groups.
Free ebook bonus. short intro discusses the food and history of the chain restaurant.
Each recipe starts with a title summary of the dish, medium size color photo, servings, prep and cook times.
List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, low sugar and fresh vs canned items.
Directions are given and there is NO nutritional information.
Have eaten in this restaurant once and it was a salad dish, everything else was too salty  or high in fats for our diets.
carrot cake looks good, i'd use fresh pineapple and canola oil to make it a bit healthier.
Requests review and other works by the author are listed at the end.
Appendix is included conversion charts.


 


 

Copycat Recipes: Making PF Chang’s, Panda Express & Pei Wei Most Popular Chinese Recipes at Home (Famous Restaurant Copycat Cookbooks) by Lina Chang
TOC where recipes are broken up into meals and food categories.
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Intro discusses Chinese food .Each recipe starts with a title, summary of the dish and medium size color photo, servings, prep and cok times.
List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, low sugar and fresh vs canned items.
Some use prepackaged mixes and have a LOT of ingredients, be sure to have them all.
Directions are given and there is NO nutritional information.
Have never eaten at these places but the pictures  sound appealing.
Other works by the author are listed at the end.
Conversion charts are included.











Canadian Cookbook: Delicious Canadian Recipes that will Offer you a Taste of Canada by Thomas Kelly
TOC where recipes are listed, short intro. Each recipe starts with a title and medium size color photo, summary of the dish, servings, time.
List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, low sugar and fresh vs canned items.
Directions are given and there is NO nutritional information.
Very exquisite dishes as the ingredients call for not your ordinary foods.
Remember my mom making salted cod cakes, dad loved them.










Instant Pot Cookbook: Pressure Cooker Cookbook with 600 Tasty Instant Pot Cookbook Recipes by Brendan Fawn
TOC where recipes are in meals and food categories.
Into discusses the instant pot, how to use it, benefits, what it is,  features, and more.
Each recipe starts with a title, very few have a medium size color photo, servings, prep and cook times.
List of ingredients and you should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs: low fat, low sodium, low sugar and fresh vs canned items.
Directions are given and some nutritional information: calories, carbs, protein. Some include more items so they come from different sources.
Same with measurements, they are not same throughout the book, again, different sources of recipes.
Recipes do NOT always start at the top of a new page.
Some recipes are for couples, but servings are for 3 to 4 people.
Not impressed with this book, too many inconsistences.
 


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