5 comments about The Shoshoni Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes from the Shoshoni Yoga Spa.

1. I own about 45 Vegan and Vegetarian cookbooks and this one is the best! Head and shoulders above the rest. It's recipes are easy to make. They are also incredibly delicious and nutritious! No need to sacrifice taste for good health when you have this gem in your library. The Indian breakfast cereal is now a staple in our house. If you don't own this book do yourself a favor and purchase it. You won't be sorry!



2. This is my all time favorite cookbook. Anyone can use it and get terrific results. It's laid out in a very organized fashion making it easy to read and follow. My favorite recipes? Ashram lentil soup, and the Zucchini Pinenut Tamales!!



3. Of all the vegetarian cookbooks I've come across, this one is among the best. I've tried other cookbooks such as Moosewood and was never satisfied. This book actually has entrees that aren't just a collection of Middle Eastern dishes. They are original, yet simple and easy to follow and don't require a trip to specialty stores for that one ingredient you've never heard of. The dishes that I've prepared from this book have been enjoyed by vegetarians and meat-eaters alike, so if you're family is divided on such issues, have no fear.



4. The best cookbook I've ever owned.
   Just like the other reviews say,recipes are easily laid out,simple,and ingredients are easy to get; or you may have them in your pantry already.
   Plus,it's got a little of everything-not just indian recipes...something from each region,and appetizers,breakfasts,etc.
   
   You could easily add meat to the recipes if you are not vegetarian. But definitely get this book-you will not be disappointed. My dad copied the recipe for Morrocan stew and added meat to his.
   
   I have given this book countless times,as a gift. It's just beautiful.
   If you are a seasoned cook,you will find inspiration and appreciate the simple elegance of the recipes.
   If you are trying to increase your kitchen know-how,you will find this book accessible and do-able. If you have children,they will likely enjoy many of these recipes. My child does!
   Get this book,and enjoy!



5. This is one of the most creative, tasty, and easy cookbooks that I own. I've made many recipes and they ALL have turned out great. The salad dressings are to die for, as is the pumpkin curry. I also tend to buy more cookbooks with nutritional ingredients and this one comes through...it also doesn't have a lot of ingredients that you can't find. If you are veg, vegan, or flirting with the change in diet, you must own this cookbook. You won't be disappointed.

3 comments about Hawaiian Cookbook.

1. This book was really easy to use and didn't have a lot ofterminology or technique's that we're too "foreign" for usregular people. I have made at least a half a dozen different recipies out of this book so far. They have all turned out pretty well and had a lot of flavor. I am not a master chef by any means so I recommend this book to the simple cook!



2. This cookbook written by the mainland-american manager of the now-defunct Hawaii Kai restaurant in New York City represents the epitome of fine Tiki Restaurant Dining in the 1970s.
   
   This style of cooking is perhaps best characterized as take-out Chinese food served with a slice of pineapple in a hollowed-out pineapple-shell used as a container, eaten in a restaurant decorated with carved wooden tikis, bamboo struts and thatched huts.
   
   Half of this book is dedicated to this genre, where the actual recipes are very similar or even identical (soy sauce, sherry, ginger, garlic) but the presentations are elaborately different with an emphasis on outlandish (flambee recipes etc). Since the average reader scarcely have time to cook dinner, the advice on food presentation hardly seems relevant.
   
   In the time since this book was written, the chinese tiki restaurant cuisine has evolved to Modern French or American cuisine with Asian ingredients, and these are the books that you can buy from the likes of Sam Choy et al, and these are the dishes that you will encounter in the fine dining hawaiian restaurants today.
   
   Yet, what has always appealed to me about Hawaiian Cooking, is the more humble homecooking (today known as "plate lunches") that evolved from the simple traditional dishes that the plantation laborers from Asia and their Hawaiian polynesian spouses would make. This included grilled meats with asian marinade, japanese style fried cutlets, some chinese style noodle soups, and sadly only a small number of "real" polynesian dishes like laulau, kahlua pig, lomi salmon, haupia, and poi (perhaps less than a dozen of such traditional unadulterated polynesian recipes have survived).
   
   Half of this book does try to address this wealth of simple but authentic home cooked dishes. But that is clearly not the strength or emphasis of this book, and in fact I'm not aware of ANY hawaiian cookbooks that seem to do these dishes any justice, and your best bet at the moment is to search for recipes on the internet.
   
   I think that in emphasizing the "new" and "high class" restaurant style cooking be it from the 70s or today's contemporary cuisine, the cookbook authors have missed out on the true wealth of home cooked hawaiian cuisine that people in Hawaii eat everyday and perhaps take for granted, but for the rest of us living outside of Hawaii, it would be a priviledge to learn those recipes.



3. I was pleasantly surprised with how good this cookbook is. I am having a big luau in a few weeks and this book has been a huge help! Not only are the recipes easy to follow but most of them can be prepared ahead and frozen, with all the details included at the bottom of the recipe. I prepared many of them ahead, and of course had to sample each! The Bali Bali meatballs with sauce, excellent. The stuffed mushrooms Lelani, awesome and my kitchen smelled wonderful! I can't wait to make the Hawaiian Banana Pie and the Tahitian Chicken, not to mention the Baked Clams!! Too many to mention. If your planning a Luau and need some great easy to follow recipes, this is the book for you. I highly recommend it! Oh, and don't forget to try the Beef with Peanut Sauce and the BBQ'd Pork!!!

5 comments about A Taste of Oregon.

1. I have yet to try a recipe from this cookbook that I didn't like. I've been using this cookbook for about 8 years, and I have recommended it to ALL of my friends. If you like food, you'll love this cookbook.



2. I personally own over 400 cookbooks & have found Junior League Cookbooks to be one of my favorites. They are "tried & true" recipes for any age. This one contains very unusual recipes & some old standards. Can't go wrong with this one



3. I don't even know where to start. I absolutely love this cookbook. My mother used it when I was growing up. Once I moved out, the first thing on my agenda was to get my own copy. I'm on my second copy (dog destroyed the first one) and it never disappoints. I have given all of my friends copies of this cookbook as well. Everyone loves it. None of my other cookbooks even compare to this one.



4. I ordered and received the Taste of Oregon cook book but the order said the spiral and I received the hard bound. Just wondering if any one has received the spiral bound cook book or if they are all Hard bound even though it says spiral bound on the order?



5. The Taste of Oregon book that I bought was advertised as a hardcover recipe book. When I received the book it was not hard cover but a paper cover. I feel the seller was not honest in their write up. I should have known the price was too good to be true.

4 comments about Ovens of Brittany Cookbook.

1. I have used this cookbook for years and everything that I have made has been excellent. Most recipes are easy to do and you will get rave reviews from your friends and family.

   My favorites include all the soups, Bailey's Corn Oat Muffins, and the Carrot Cake.

   Enjoy!




2. This cookbook is so full of awesome recipes of such a wide variety!! This is, honestly, my very favorite cookbook. Couldn't live without it.



3. Eating at the Ovens of Brittany was a real treat when I was in graduate school at UW-Madison. I've used this cookbook for about 20 years and it's still my favorite. The Triple Chip Cookies have become my signature recipe and I'm in trouble with my friends if I don't bring them to a gathering. The blueberry muffins are my all time favorites; hearty bread muffins, not sweet and cake-like. I just ordered my second copy of the cookbook. I wore the first one out!



4. This cookbook is just excellent! I've been asked to share the recipe every time I take a food from this cookbook to a social gathering. I've focused largely on the soup and salad recipes because that's what I like, and all of them have given me gourmet quality flavorful foods using interesting herbs and spices that are easy to find. The Chicken Almond Salad is the best and the Potato Chowder, Tomato Dill Soup and Spanish Country Soup are my favorites soups. I will say that if you don't want to spend time in the kitchen, this cookbook may not be for you because many of the recipes are a little labor intensive. Also, as you might expect with a restaurant cookbook, many of the recipes are not compatible with a fat-restricted diet (some can easily be modified however).
   That being said, I would highly recommend this cookbook for its recipes that consistently turn out products that taste absolutely wonderful.

4 comments about Cal-a-Vie Living.

1. I just purchased this book and have already tried several of the recipes. I really like the idea that I can use some of the key elements from this book to help my existing recipes. Chef Steve and Jason are great, I just met them last week at Cal A Vie, but their attention to detail and the meticulous way that this book was created is evident page by page.
   
   As someone who has been to the spa I wish there were even more recipes and less about the spa because I just cannot get enough of the recipes. You really will not regret this beautiful book that has some incredible content.
   
   Each recipe has the calorie counts which is great for those that are trying to watch their diet.
   
   I cannot wait for the 2nd book!



2. I got more than I bargained for from this book. I thought it was going to be "a recipe book", but it's so much more. I knew the food would be nutritious, but I didn't fully appreciate the lengths Cal-a-vie go to in order to give nutritional values for every recipe. The daily menu is excellent, and the full colour glossy photos just make you want to prepare the dishes as soon as you can. Lovely! All-in-all it's a beautifully presented book - very classy, probably just like Cal-a-vie itself, although I've never been... yet!
   
   Also, I was delighted when the book arrived sooner than expected. Many thanks indeed Amazon.



3. This is the best gourmet spa cookbook available. It is creative, easy to follow, gorgeous, and inspiring. It is the most outstanding, low calorie, up to date book of its kind. I made the Lobster Mashed Potatoes with Roasted Tenderloin of Beef and my guests thought they had died and gone to heaven.



4. Food tastes amazing. Hard to believe you can get so much flavor for so few calories. High recommend it.

No comments about Colorado Cache Cookbook: 30th Anniversary Edition.

3 comments about The Tillamook Cheese Cookbook: Celebrating 100 Years of Excellence.

1. I would say this book is almost cruel - if you are on a diet ;-)
   The photos are gorgeous, the recipes are hunger inducing.
   If you are a Tillamook lover, you have to see this book.



2. If you like cheese, you need to buy this cookbook. In fact, if you are mildly interested in cheese, you should buy this cookbook. My wife and I received this as a gift and have not stopped trying recipes from it! So far, our favorite is Hazelnut Crusted Salmon with a Cheddar Pesto sauce with brown rice. We are very excited to keep trying new recipes... so many induce drooling and a trip to the grocery that I can barely keep the cookbook out of my hands!



3. Obviously, this book was created by the Tillamook marketing department. Tillamook primarily makes cheddar cheese. Therefore, the vast majority of the recipes in this book are cheddar cheese, either medium, sharp or extra sharp. There are 5 recipes for Colby jack, a few for cream cheese, and a very small number for other types of cheese. By and large, this is a cheddar cheese cook book. The lack of non-cheddar recipes I think is a negative for the book.
   
   With any cookbook, finding the ingredients can be a problem. In general, that's not a huge issue with this cookbook, as many of the recipes just call for medium or sharp cheddar cheese. In the Pacific NW, you can use Tillamook. In other locations, I'm sure any medium or sharp cheddar (as the recipe calls for) would do. There are a few recipes calling for exotic Tillamook cheddars which my grocery store certainly doesn't carry - ie garlic white cheddar cheese and smoked black pepper white cheddar cheese - but that is the exception, not the rule. In general, the recipes are pretty simple, and the non-cheese ingredients are available at any grocery store.
   
   With this book, you can eat cheddar from morning 'til night. There are appetizer, soup, salad, fish, dessert, breakfast and pizza recipes. There are no less than 25 mac 'n' cheese recipes! On the one hand, it's a little hard to sort out the great recipes from the mediocre. On the other, there are plenty of choices.
   
   The book is enjoyable to flip through. Probably 1/3 of the recipes include a photograph of the cooked concoction.

5 comments about Big Sky Cooking.

1. Beautifully done. Pictures magnificent. Recipes unique. I gave this book as a gift to a friend who grew up in Montana... she was thrilled!!!!



2. I love cookbooks that live...Big Sky does just that...it lives in all families. The recipes take you to a family dinner or a friendly get together. Big Sky brings wonderful recipes together with family and friends. What else is there.



3. This book has great pictures and fairly good recipes. Its kind of a yuppy moves to the west and lets get into the life style of Montana book.



4. I bought this for myself and then purchased it a second time as a gift for a dear friend. We both love this book! Thank you.



5. I must admit, I'm not a cook, but this cookbook caught my eye, with its beautiful Montana scenery and close-ups of Meredith's many delicious dishes. Maybe it will inspire even me to cook!

2 comments about A Montana Table: Recipes from Chico Hot Springs Resort.

1. Having had the opportunity to eat in the amazing restaurant at Chico Hot Springs, I was thrilled to have access to their recipes. I've made the Coconut Almond Tart twice and have gotten rave reviews. Most of the ingredients in all of the recipes are easily obtained at local supermarkets and are things cooks would have on their pantry shelves. The Cinnamon Bread Pudding with Vanilla Bourbon Sauce was a huge hit for New Year's brunch. I haven't tried it with the heirloom bread. I just used leftover cinnamon rolls. I have purchased three of these books as gifts and all recipients have commented on the ease of the directions and the down to earth ingredients. If you live too far away to visit Chico in person, you can get a taste of the fine cuisine at home with these recipes. Enjoy!



2. This book is such a wonderful cookbook with great photography. I truly enjoyed the restaurant when I was fortunate enough to visit and though the recipes are great for any upscale dinner party the ingredients are not difficult to find. Truly a treasure in my kitchen!