Book Description
Advice and techniques to create the perfect outdoor cooking center for your home and lifestyle-from a simple grill to an elaborate outdoor kitchen. The meat of the book is fifteen complete barbecue building plans, including simple surrounds for portable grills, smokers, and even fire pits. Whether planning to build-your-own or hire a professional, Building Barbecues has the recipe for a successful project.
Book Description
Much more than just lawns, the backyards of today make full use of this area's unlimited possibilities for lounging, dining, playing, and communing with nature. Outdoor kitchens make cooking a treat for the senses while backyard fireplaces create a natural gathering place for friends and family. Decks, patios and porches can be transformed into fully furnished outdoor rooms with floors, walls and ceilings. Backyard Idea Book helps readers unlock the extraordinary possibilities of this incredibly flexible area, and showcases a huge array of cutting-edge ideas for turning backyards into personal, satisfying spaces. New twists on old themes are offered, as well as some of the freshest ideas from the brightest talent in landscape design. An effective combination of stylistic concepts and hands-on advice helps readers select specific projects, while hundreds of color photos serve to inspire and delight.
Customer Reviews:
Great inspiration.......2007-04-29
This is a wonderful book with beautiful photos and great ideas. It is not a how to book, but it does inspire!
Good choice!.......2006-06-24
I'm satisfied. More than enough pictures with detailed analysis for each. There is nothing missing.
just looking.......2006-03-13
This book has excellent photo's of backyard ideas. It is a great book if you are just looking for ideas. I had expected a book with a little "how-to" mixed in.
Very helpful book with great ideas.......2005-12-08
I haven't finished reading it yet but so far love it. It has many photos along with a paragraph about why/how this works - the type of landscape and things to make sure you do/don't do. I am buying a copy for my sister for xmas.
Amazon.com
Better Homes and Gardens's The New Grilling Book opens with an introduction offering good advice on grill types, fuel types, safety, and maintenance basics. The several hundred recipes include condiments, appetizers, main dishes, and desserts--all prepared right on the grill. Each recipe has specific directions for charcoal and gas grills, along with a chapter on smoke cooking. You'll find the usual suspects, with recipes for ribs, steaks, and vegetables, but there's some less-than-usual fare, including Polenta with Ratatouille and Banana-Chocolate Tiramisu. The photography, lightly peppered throughout, is quite striking, and the "Wise Advice" commentary includes great suggestions on picking the freshest seafoods and proper poultry handling, as well as ranking beef cuts by the most to the least tender. A full international array of styles and flavors is present, including Tex-Mex, Asian, Mediterranean, Polynesian, and much more. The New Grilling Book is packed with a great wealth of information and ideas for novice and seasoned grillers alike. --Teresa Simanton
Book Description
Barbecue lovers will rejoice! This is the definitive guide to grilling, with everything cooks need to know, from the basics to the secrets of master grillers. Recipes include main dishes and sauces, appetizers, side dishes, even desserts.
Easy-to-use ringbound format.
Cooking directions for charcoal and gas grills and smokers.
Hundreds of timesaving tips. Color photos. Useful charts.
Preparation and grilling times and nutrition information for every kitchen-tested recipe.
Customer Reviews:
Delicious grilling.......2007-08-13
The friend I bought this for told me that the recipes she tried turned out to be succulently delicious.
A top pick any home griller must have.......2007-07-08
Plastic spiral binding with spine lettering lends to both lay-flat handy use and easy location in a cookbook collection, enhancing the appeal of a new 2nd, updated edition packing in over 800 recipes and well over a hundred color photos to support them. This combination makes NEW GRILLING BOOK exceptional - as does the attention to different types of grills and methods, from charcoal and gas to smokers and indoor grills. From Lamb with Spinach Pesto or Gingered Tuna Kebabs to Raspberry-Sesame TriTip Roast, NEW GRILLING BOOK is a top pick any home griller must have - especially audiences seeking new recipes and innovative ideas.
Amazing!.......2007-06-12
I bought this book for my Dad for Father's Day and he LOVES it! Of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from Better Homes and Gardens! I love my red plaid book!
Love It!.......2007-01-09
I can't wait for grilling season. There are so many great recipes I want to try. This was a great purchase.
Finally!.......2005-07-28
Great tabbed grilling resource. Better Homes and Gardens continues to be the best at cookbook layout. Most of the recipes consist of everyday items found at your local grocer. What a nice change of pace!
Book Description
A total of 80 recipes featuring a variety of flavors—sweet and savory—that make use of a bread machine's convenient and timesaving features.
Recipes give ingredient amounts for both 1 1/2-pound and 2-pound loaves.
Every recipe tested in the Better Homes and Gardens® Test Kitchen in machines from a variety of manufacturers to ensure success.
Answers questions from consumers that are commonly asked of the Test Kitchen home economists to help readers solve specific bread machine baking problems.
Shows how to convert conventional bread recipes into bread machine recipes.
Machine settings specified for each recipe.
Nutrition Facts with every recipe in new easy-to-read vertical column format, include the percent Daily Values for calories, total fat, saturated fat, sodium, cholesterol, carbohydrates, and fiber.
Concealed wire-o binding allows book to lie flat for easy reading.
Customer Reviews:
Best Bread Book!.......2006-10-26
Got this book for a Christmas present with my breadmaker. If you own a breadmaker, you need to have it too. The recipes are easy and very tasty. It contains the basics, some fancy loaves, and some specialty items like cinnamon rolls and different pizza doughs. A must have!
Excellent book!.......2005-11-10
I must concur with the other reviewers. The recipes in this book always turn out great. I never have to adjust liquids/flour or anything. When I get creative with my own ingredients, I use basic recipe amounts from this book and modify flours, sugars, spices, etc. I can always count on these recipes to be right.
Great results each time!.......2003-04-08
I recently purchased a bread machine (Williams Sonoma) and wanted to try different recipes. I bought a book "Bread Machine Baking" which had recipes scaled for my machine. I also found this one on Amazon and bought it too.
I have found that the recipes in this book actually turn out better, even with the lesser amount of yeast used. Each loaf has risen evenly and nicely, creating a beautiful and delicious loaf of bread.
I also prefer the way this book is laid out. It is spiral bound which allows it to lie flat, it has a good table of contents and the recipes are easy to read at a glance.
I highly recommend this book. Try the Egg and Oatmeal breads. So good and easy to make with ingredients you have on hand.
A great basic book for bread machines.......2002-05-13
Clear directions and type-size for recipes, extremely well laid-out, and very good recipes throughout make this book one of my personal favorites for the bread machine.
Better than other recipes.......2002-04-24
I about had it with my bread machine until I got this book. Every recipe I have tried is great. They say it's because other recipes call for too much yeast. Their proportions are a little different and it really works. Buy it and you'll have fresh bread in the house all the time. The Egg Bread is the best!
Amazon.com
At the East Bay French-American School in Berkeley, California, the students and teachers grow a garden of delicious herbs and vegetables. Their curriculum includes tasting, cooking, and eating the harvest to establish a connection between the earth and daily life. This well-put-together book teaches even gardening novices how to do it, too. The book features colorful line drawings, photographs of the kids in action, delicious recipes that even five-year-olds can help prepare, and great little sidebars on subjects as diverse as "Composting," "How Flowers Drink," and how to hold a "First Sprout Party."
Customer Reviews:
The perfect toddler project book!.......1999-10-31
This delightful book is an especially helpful tool for the beginning gardener. It will guide you and your children through all the basics of creating your very own garden. What a wonderful project for a toddler! Based on a gardening project started at the French-American School in Berkeley, California, this book will take you from planning and planting to harvesting and cooking delicious herbs and vegetables. The recipes are almost entirely vegetarian; including Herb Mayonnaise, Corn, Rice and Tomato Salad with Basil, and Snap Bean and Potato Soup with Pasta, just to name a few. Also includes a resource section for seed suppliers and more.
Book Description
Creating scrapbook memories of cherished family food traditions is easy with this complete guide to selecting papers, laying out pages, and scrapbooking basics
Vibrant full-color photography inspires scrapbookers to preserve precious memories from classic cooking moments, as well as capture new cooking memories.
Amazon.com
This book focuses on the 50 most popular and practical improvements in the kitchen and bathroom that don't involve moving walls or building an addition, so right from the get-go, it is a boon to those who want to upgrade a dingy bathroom or lackluster kitchen without necessarily breaking the bank. Next, it helps a homeowner distinguish between what they can realistically do themselves, based on skills and experience, and which projects may need professional help. A "basic skills" section deals entirely with the fundamentals of plumbing, wiring, and installing new flooring, making for a good beginner's book. It's filled from cover to cover with useful and clear diagrams and photographs, and has practical "feature boxes" throughout detailing such subjects as "Expert Insights," "Tools to Use," "Safety," "Money Saver," "Measurements," and "Caution!" There's a lot of information packed into its 112 pages; it contains a complete glossary of terms the reader will need to know; and it is well indexed for easy reference to the appropriate sections. --Mark A. Hetts
Book Description
A valuable reference book that shows everything from improving an existing kitchen or bath with fresh finishes to starting over with new cabinets and fixtures.
Focuses on 50 of the most popular and practical projects—improvements readers can make without moving walls or adding on.
Bonus "basics skills" chapter covers fundamentals of plumbing, wiring, and installing new flooring.
Book Description
One of the best and most straightforward works on growing herbs that this reviewer and zealous herb grower has read.-- New York Botanical Garden Magazine. A selection of Better Homes and Gardens and Rodale Book Clubs. Over 113,000 copies sold.
Customer Reviews:
Great Information for Growing Herbs.......2006-01-13
The propagation and growing instructions are clear and quite useful for the beginner. The author expands on those to growing in quantity for sale to restaurants or to sell potted plants.
One chapter gives ideas (bath perfumes, herb sachets, etc.) for herbal products to market, but readers will need other books to detail making these or else develop their own recipes from trial and error. A final chapter gives Points-To-Remember for building a successful herb business.
Customer Reviews:
Very disappointing & dumb.......2007-06-21
Hi! I collect cookbooks and never give bad reviews but this book was awful! There wasn't one cute food idea that I would make for my child. I was hoping for cute snacks I could make for pre-school & this book was a waste of money. I got better ideas just off of the internet.
A fun read for cute ideas.......2006-04-05
The kids and I had fun reading this cookbook together. The photos and examples are great.
Not satisfied.......2004-03-31
This book is fun to look at but most, not all, of the recipes are extremely fattening. It is mostly made up of sweets and treats. There are a few healthy and nutritious items but overall you'll see nothing but how to make cookies, candy and ice cream. I don't recommend this book if you are trying to feed your children healthy snacks. These aren't snacks, they're desserts.
Great book for the younger people that would like to cook.......2001-06-12
This book is a fun book. It has many colorful illustrations that is sure to please and interest young children. The recipes in this book are fun! You can make things like waffle skyscrapers, field of greens pizza, corn cobs, and so much more. This book is put together from the folks at Better Homes and Garden's and they definately have their stuff together with this one. My family has had a lot of fun putting together recipes from this book.
Fun, easy snacks that kids can put together too!.......1999-08-20
After-school snacks, party treats, or just-for-fun goodies that kids love to make! Kids also like to thumb through the pages choosing snacks they'd like to try. Most are quick to prepare and don't require special ingredients. Most also turn out pretty tasty! Lots of fun!
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Discover why every kitchen worth its salt has a flour-dusted, bouillon-stained, batter-encrusted and whisk-maimed copy.
Book Description
More than 900 new recipes—1,200 in all—reflect current eating habits and lifestyles.
500 new photos—more than 700 in all—including 60 percent more of finished food than the last edition.
Dozens of new recipes offer ethnic flavors, fresh ingredients, or vegetarian appeal.
Many recipes feature make-ahead directions or quick-to-the-table meals.
New chapter provides recipes for crockery cookers.
Efficient, easy-to-read format, with recipes categorized into 21 chapters, each thoroughly indexed for easy reference.
Expanded chapter on cooking basics includes advice on food safety, menu planning, table setting, and make-ahead cooking, plus a thorough glossary on ingredients and techniques.
Appliance-friendly recipes help cooks save time and creatively use new kitchen tools.
Nutrition information with each recipe, plus diabetic exchanges.
Contemporary food photography attracts browsers and helps cooks discover new recipes to make.
Icons identify low-fat, no-fat, fast, and best-loved recipes.
Every recipe tested and perfected by the Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen.
Revised and updated cooking charts, ingredient photos, emergency substitutions, and equivalents.
Respected, reliable kitchen reference with hundreds of cooking terms, tips, and techniques.
Customer Reviews:
the best cookbook out there.......2007-10-11
this was a gift for my sister-in-law and I believe everyone should own a copy of this book. It is the most helpful general cookbook I have ever owned and I have given copies to many friends and family members.
Favorite.......2007-09-08
This was my favorite cook book and my daughter thought so too, so I bought her this one for her new home.
Good basic source.......2007-08-16
Great 'learn to cook' source. I sent each of my kids off to their first apartments with a copy.
Love this book!.......2007-07-24
I borrowed the book from the library. This was the only cookbook that I borrowed from the library that I use practically everyday. After renewing the book three times, I think it was time to purchase it. The instructions are easy to follow, the ingredients simple, and I've only had something come out bad once due to a missed ingredient on my part. This book is really great for a beginner to intermediate - where fanciful is not necessary.
Are roasted red peppers the new sun dried tomatoes?.......2007-07-18
The recipes are solid and practical. I use this cookbook as my starter when I'm planning meals for the week. If it doesn't have a recipe for a particular base, then I move on. It works well in that role. I have noticed a number of recipes that would've had sun dried tomatoes as a unique flavor in previous recipes now have roasted red peppers.
The ability of the cookbook to stay open on it's own is a real bonus.
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