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(More customer reviews)I eagerly awaited the release of this cookbook because I have the yellow ring-bound Pillsbury Cookbook that was published back in 1979. The yellow Pillsbury cookbook has been my all-time favorite cookbook of all time. I've made MANY recipes from there over the years.
Pillsbury makes incredible cookbooks (as well as those monthly cookbook magazines you can get by mail or at the grocery store check-out!) and this new one is no exception.
It has all the basics that a beginning cook needs to know - how long to cook a beef roast, emergency substitutions, a chapter on freezing and canning, a cooking glossary, a guide to utensils, and much more!
I love the ring-bound format because the book lays flat (I'd recommend a page-protector or some plastic over the recipe as you're working though, to prevent spills on your new cookbook! ).
This cookbook's recipes are for just plain good cooking! Not a lot of exotic ingredients are included, but you will find some of the more recent additions into cookbooks such as a chapter on Vegetarian Cooking.
The cookbook is divided into 12 sections, each separated by a very lightweight cardboard stock with a tab of the same paper extending past the edges of the recipe pages, indicating the topic of that section. The reason I mention this is that I really feel that Pillsbury could've spent a little more on this cookbook and made the dividers from a stiffer cardboard and made the divider tabs especially in such a way where they would stand up to heavy use (since this cookbook is one you might use constantly!).
Perhaps I'm spoiled by having the other one, but in the 1979 model, the dividing pages have much stiffer cardboard and I just recently lost the first tab from that cookbook - after 21 years!!
The 1979 yellow edition was ahead of it's time by providing full nutrition facts, including fat grams! My other criticism of the new book is that the Nutrition Information is printed in such teeny-tiny print that it's quite hard to read! The Nutrition info text in the old cookbook is quite a bit larger!
Perhaps Pillsbury was saving space by using a small font, but personally I'd rather pay a few extra dollars and get a cookbook which will stand stand the test of time in both readability and durability.
Please note that these are the ONLY criticisms I have of this fine cookbook! It is a wonderful basic cookbook to have on hand! And it would make an excellent gift for any cook, from the newly married and just starting out, to the experienced cook.
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Pillsbury Complete Cookbook: Recipes from America's Most-Trusted KitchensThe Ultimate Kitchen CompanionEvery recipe triple-tested in Pillsbury's famous kitchensEasy-to-use, lie-flat ring-binder format lets cooks customize their cookbooksNearly 1,000 recipes that celebrate the way Americans are eating todayMore than 300 full-color photographs, including step-by-step photos illustrating various cooking techniques and ingredientsCommon ingredients and easy-to-follow directions ensure excellent resultsCooking Basics section, featuring nutrition information, cooking charts, ingredient information, emergency substitutions storage hints, menu planning and suggestions, up-to-date food safety information and the most complete glossary in a ring-bound cookbookLow in Fat and 20 Minutes or Less recipes are listed on chapter dividers for easy referenceCook's Notes, ingredient and cooking charts and clearly illustrated step-by-step technique instructions included throughoutHigh altitude directions provided
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