Perfect fun book
If you love cooking this is for you. I just love reading her cookbooks. What a great Gift this would be. And great recipes too.
Simply the best cookbook you will ever buy!
The Perfect Recipe is full of test kitchen recipes that you really can use daily. The ways that they are explained and the mistakes they have made and show you how to avoid are priceless. My sister loved my book so much I had to buy her her own copy! Don't miss this one it is my favorite cookbook on the shelf and I collect them in the dozens!
Very nice "entry level" book for potential "Cook's Illustrated" fans
The Perfect Recipe's style and editorial format has a lot in common with Shirley Corriher's "CookWise" and the output of the Cook's Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen group, which isn't surprising since Anderson was once affiliated with CI. Anderson brings much of that same chatty, educational style to "The Perfect Recipe"; some people will like it, some people will hate it, depending on what they want from their cookbooks. I happen to really enjoy this kind of cookbook style, so I quite like it.
Other reviewers have mentioned that "Perfect Recipe" is practically a remake of CI's "The Best Recipe", but has far fewer recipes and represents a lesser value for the reader (although it also costs less). The criticism has merit, but I think ... Read More
Get the "Best Recipe" instead from Cooks Illustrated.
Pam Anderson was the editor at Cook's Illustrated for years. Her 1998 book, while it won the Julia Child Award, has identical recipes in "The New Best Recipe" and also in "The Best Recipe", printed in 2004, both by Cooks's Illustrated, with WAY more recipes than Pam's book.
Get the "New Best Recipe" instead from Cooks Illustrated, with over 1000 tested recipes, because it has:
1. Way more recipes to choose from
2. Costs about the same as Pam's book
3. Most importantly, it condenses Pam's roundabout writing with a simple straight forward style
4. it is 6 years newer, and has updated some recipes, and added hundreds more!
Pam's 300 odd pages are puffed up by large print. The New Best ... Read More
my favorites from this book
The Perfect Recipe is easy to read and follow. There is enough information without being overwelming. I haven't tried all of the recipes, but the ones I have tried are now THE recipe I use. The meatloaf is outstanding and special enough to serve to guests. (Try making it free-formed). The apple pie solves the double-crust problem and is the BEST apple pie recipe. When I make it, I mix it up and use an assortment of apples instead of one variety. The pancakes are very good and is my Sunday morning staple (with the addition of blueberries). I just made the muffin recipe last weekend for overnight guests. I added 2 mashed ripe bananas and a cup of frozen blueberries to the base recipe. Also sprinkled raw sugar over the tops for a little crunch. Very good. ... Read More
