Pam Anderson - The Perfect Recipe: Getting It Right Every Time Making Our Favorite Dishes the Absolute Best They Can Be

Pros: All the favorite homestyle classics done with exacting precision.

Cons: Nothing is low-fat, although you are welcome to make substitutions.

The Bottom Line: Even if you don't cook, you will love this book. It is the history of all our legendary homestyle foods, which, when done to perfection can be quite elegant.

Review: This is the one cookbook that is worthy of sitting upright on a glass stand on my kitchen counter. I've gone through a lot of cookbooks over the years. But I love showing this one off in my kitchen; plus Pam Anderson is such a great food scientist and...

Pros: Easy to follow directions with illustrations.

Cons: Recipes sacrifice calorie-counting for flavor, recipes can be time-consuming.

The Bottom Line: This book is perfect for any cook with any amount of experience, only patience is a must. When followed precisely, the recipes truly are "fool-proof."

Review: Unlike any other cookbook I have ever read, "The Perfect Recipe" is suitable for any cook, from beginners to experts.

This book is worth owning simply for the Perfect Roast Turkey recipe. If every cook who plans on making a thanksgiving...

Pros: Yummy!!!!!

Cons: Certainly not calorie and/or fat conscious

Review: I had the good fortune of being raised by an excellent cook-My Grandmother! She prepared everything from scratch. Unfortunately, she passed away before I could ask her to write down her wonderful recipes. (I'm still trying to find a German potato...

Pros: High quality recipes

Cons: None

Review: When you open this cookbook to the table of contents you might be turned off by the paucity of recipes listed. The book looks to be organized into six sections, about 35 recipes total. This would seem like a very small number, but this book deserves...