Taste of Home Cooking School Cookbook Review
Taste of Home: Cooking School Cookbook: 400 + Simple to Spectacular Recipes.
I’m a huge fan of the Taste of Home books and magazines and I’ve excited to be doing this cookbook review of their newest book, The Taste of Home: Cooking School Cookbook: 400 + Simple to Spectacular Recipes. The book is based on their popular cooking school lessons and it lets people like me who can’t attend have the luxury of having the class in my home. The book highlights the skills and information shared at their school lessons but allows you to work on them at home, at your own pace, and at your skill level – beginner to experienced cook.
The book includes techniques, tips, and secrets for entertaining or cooking weekday meals. The chapters run from easy-to-prepare classics that your own mother likely made to new and fresh tastes. And they worked to make them affordable by using common and readily available items you should be able to find easily.
The book shares a lot of basic techniques you can use to build up your repertoire and you’ll be using that knowledge to modify recipes to suit your tastes in no time. I’ll personally skip the “cheat it” recipes as they use premade soups and the like which I’m not a fan of.
Some of the outstanding recipes include the Sparkling Raspberry Lemonade which would be amazing during these hot summer months, the Gnocchi in Sage Butter (although I’m not a fan of Gnocchi myself the sage butter would be fabulous on grilled corn on the cob), and Fresh Cherry Pie. Cherries are in season for us right now and they’re spectacular this year. Once you try a fresh cherry pie you’ll never go back to that canned filling recipes again!
My favorite thing about the book is that all of the recipes are photographed and they’re done so beautifully. I’m not a fan of books without photos or ones that have only a few, I want to see what the recipe looks like completed to see if it’s something I can do or if my family will enjoy it. This book has got that covered and I’m looking forward to having this book available in my library of cookbooks and I’m sure I’ll be cooking out of it soon.
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Love a good cook book
Sounds like a great cookbook!
It is! Thanks for the comment!
I need this cookbook. I’m in need of some new recipes.
It’s a great book Donna and about $10. There’s a Kindle version if you like electronic cookbooks…me I like to carry them around the house with me. I still like ‘em real
looks like a good one!
I definitely need to check this. I may not be June Cleaver in the kitchen, but I love cook from time to time.
I’d love some sparkling raspberry lemonade right now!
I’m so going to make this one – probably this weekend for our Mirror Mirror movie party.
I want to get this cookbook, I love the magazine, great review!
I love the pics in it – very drool-worthy!
I bet the photos are amazing and I love that the recipes are easy “cheats” IF you need them.
They are pretty fabulous – Taste of Home does a great job.
I never buy a book without pictures – I need to see it first. Thanks for sharing this!
I’m not a fan of cookbooks without pictures either. I need to see the finished product before I try it.
I guess it’s for budgetary reasons, but I have to think they’d sell better with pics.