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(More customer reviews)Okay, I admit it. I'm a cookbook junkie. I probably have hundreds of cookbooks, although there's no way I'm going to count them since I don't really want to know. I think because of this, I'm very picky about what I consider to be a great cookbook. Great cookbooks, in my opinion, are ones that produce fabulous results without any adjustments. The recipes work the first time, and I don't have to figure out how to fix them. My favorites include anything by Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, the Barefoot Contessa and Jean-Pierre Brehier.
This cookbook doesn't fall into the category of great, even though I thought it was going to. I'm married to a man from Wisconsin (to really get the flavor, it's pronounced "wis-CAN-sin") who loves casseroles. He sat down with the book before I did and picked out more than a dozen recipes he wanted me to try. And the recipes sounded really homey and heartlandish -- things like Hamburger & Potatoes Hot Dish and Cheesy Ham Poof.
The problem is that none of the recipes even worked without adjustments. For instance, one recipe called for a 2-quart baking dish yet nearly overflowed a 3-quart dish and another was incredibly bland before I added quite a few more seasonings. Many of the recipes called for a weird cream of mushroom or cream of celery soup substitute that included pulverizing veggies in a blender with enormous amounts of heavy cream and other ingredients. These recipes ended up being extremely rich (and loaded with calories) and sometimes very runny because of it. I would've had to play around with this, too, to get it palatable.
I tried four of the recipes and then gave up. Had I received rave reviews from my family I might have continued, but the dishes just weren't as great as they sounded. I wish the book had been tested more thoroughly and advise you not to get sucked in by the gorgeous cover photo (the only photo in the book, by the way).
(review by Mrs. Scott)
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