The Woman's Day Cookbook: Great Recipes, Bright Ideas, And Healthy Choices for Today's Cook

by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley, Woman's Day Magazine

The first major, lavishly illustrated cookbook from the nation's top women's magazine offers more than seven hundred recipes--from quick dishes to elaborate dinners--along with the magazine's trademark cooking strategies. 250,000 first printing. Major ad/promo. Tour.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published November 1, 1995

Reviews

[Jessica Fleming · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a basic cookbook with some good starter recipes.

[Sylvia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good recipes ranging from easy to complex. Some things are a little dated, but the recipes remain timeless. Could use more pictures, although cookbooks of this time period focused on providing many recipes vs. photography.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

OK, just not many recipes that both look good and that I can eat. Probably fine for those on the SAD

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first cookbook I ever bought when I got my first apartment and was living alone. I guess you could say this is the cookbook that taught me how to cook. I was going to try every recipe in it and I had this thing where I had to be cooking by the time the drive at five came on the mountain radio station...with the 5:20 funny. Did I make it through every recipe? No, but I did get some real winners that are now part of my regular repertoire like the garden orzo on page 44, dilled chicken fricassee (with asparagus and new potatoes) page55, steak fajitas pg 130, spicy salmon pg 160, coconut banana bread pg312, apricot nut bread pg 314(I've altered this one slightly), peach cobbler with praline biscuits pg 478 (trust me on this one), and lemon coconut bars pg492.

Merged review:

This is the first cookbook that I purchased when I moved in to my first apartment. You could say that this cookbook taught me how to cook. I had this thing where I tried to be home cooking by the time the drive at five started on a local radio station called the mountain and I'd be in the thick of it for their five twenty funny...which is how I fell in live with the comedian Mitch hedberg, but I digress. I was going to try to make every dish in the book. Did I make? No, but I did obtain some great recipes that I still use in my repertoire today...starting with the garden orzo on page 44 and to include the peach cobbler with praline biscuits on page 478. I don't think I tried a single dish that didn't work, there were a few that were a little bland but it was still worth it and it got me through three boyfriends and my first adventures in cooking.

[Katie Kenig · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book belongs on any cook's shelf - it's just a basic primer on how to cook nearly everything, though it's been reworked for a new generation interested in healthier ways of preparing traditional foods. Unlike the Betty Crocker healthier version, my husband *can't* tell I'm making healthier food when I cook from this book - it just tastes like the familar old favourite to him.