Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book

Pros: Comprehensive, easy to use cookbook that is very informative
Cons: Absolutely nothing

I have to admit I have been sitting on this review for a while just not sure how to start it or where to begin. I mean, after all, it's only a cookbook, right? OK, I really don't believe that, but sometimes it's hard to figure out where to start ...

Pros: Basic, staple of your kitchen
Cons: None

What’s for dinner? Does that ring clear to most of you? It sure does to me, and after 32 years, although I love to cook, it does get tiring. Oh well, we all need to eat!

Through the years I have quite a collection of cookbooks. There are some...

Pros: Great variety of classic and newer recipes.
Cons: NONE!

First off, the copy of the Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook I am reviewing is the 2000 limited edition printing. Along with all of the wonderful recipes that this cookbook already carries, their is a special "favorite recipes" section....

Pros: A must have for any kitchen!
Cons: Some recipes may be listed under a uncommon name.

The Better Homes & Garden New Cook Book, otherwise known in our kitchen as the “Cooking Bible”, has been used more times than any other book in our home. What makes the Better Homes & Garden New Cook Book so special? Plain and simple . ....

Pros: Beginners with any interest in cooking will find it "handy"
Cons: Not exactly the most adventurous splunker on the shelf

Welcome to 2001. Anyone else feel just a wee bit disappointed?

I mean, where are the shiny space aged polymer pants that were to replace Levis as the choice of streetwear? Where are the flying cars?

Most importantly –...

Pros: Good, solid comfort foods and handy reference material
Cons: Not very adventurous

Growing up my mom had this cook book in her kitchen and she gave me a copy as a wedding shower gift. Over the years, my mom has had several editions of the book. I think I'm on my second or third edition as well. This is your basic mom-type-cooking...

Pros: Many great recipes and helpful hints
Cons: It is hard to decide which recipe to make

I love to cook and bake. I started at a very young age, around about 6 years old. I would follow my mother ( who is a magnificent cook), around the kitchen, watching everything she did, and taking it all in. Then the Mothers Day right after my sixth...

Pros: Helped a complete novice (ME!) learn to cook!
Cons: None

When I married at the age of 19, I knew absolutely nothing about cooking. My husband loves to tell the story of the first meal I attempted to cook for him. It began with a box of Hamburger Helper and a pound of hamburger. It ended with me crying, "How...

Pros: This book has everything! Classics & trend recipes, pantry primer, guides, photos and alot more!
Cons: None!

Better Homes and Gardens is a tried and true cookbook that has been around since 1930 during the Depression Era. The first edition had alot of recipes that helped America eat great meals on a small budget. As times have changed so has Better Homes &...

Pros: Ease of use, variety, helpful hints, many charts, cooking basics, durable, food is sooooooo yummy!
Cons: Inside cover peeled up, no pages for my own recipes

When my husband and I got married, I had not a clue what I was doing in the kitchen. The primary purpose of a kitchen, as far as I was concerned, was to have a place to keep plates on which you could put take-out Chinese food. (Mmmm... Yummy) However, ...

Pros: Pictures, charts, guides, and great recipes. And it's spiral bound!
Cons: Pages in the 3 ring binder need to be reinforced.

Introduction
I must admit, I am a cookbook-a-holic! I tend to collect them, and I have been doing so for 25 years - as you might guess I have amassed quite a large collection of them over that time span! In fact, I have two rows full of my...

Pros: TONS of recipes and very helpful hints
Cons: None!

I will admit it. When I got married, I didn't know the first thing about cooking. I didn't even know what it meant to marinate. But, luckily I got this cookbook as a wedding gift. It is the most helpful book I have ever seen. It covers all the basics-...

Pros: easy to use,great recipes
Cons: none

My mother has cooked out of Better Homes for ever and I have enjoyed it myself . There is such a variety of food its hard to begin. The book is very good at walking you through the process and has many guides to help you.

I love the Lasagna...

Pros: Covers basic rules of cooking, easy to understand
Cons: Mine is falling apart

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book

The latest edition was released on 08/01/1996 in ringbound and 540 pages. It is the eleventh edition and the Editors of Better Homes & Gardens continue to add recipes and revised old ones. The new...

Pros: Wide variety, "cheat sheets" for lots of meats and vegetables.
Cons: Some of the recipes aren't very exciting.

My fiance was already living in our new home 6 states away when it came time to register for wedding gifts, so I took my mother along to the local department store. This was a good idea. Obviously, she's been "playing house" longer than I've been alive...