Semi-Homemade: Cooking

by Sandra Lee, Wolfgang Puck (Introduction)

These second editions cookbooks showcase an inspiring new look, featuring:

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food

239 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Sandra Lee Christiansen, known professionally as Sandra Lee, is an American television chef and author. She is known for her "Semi-Homemade" cooking concept, which Lee describes as using 70 percent packaged and 30 percent fresh products. She received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host in 2012 for her work and her show. As the partner of former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, she served as the de facto First Lady Of New York from 2011 to 2019, when the couple ended their relationship.

Librarian's note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Susan Mazur Stommen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This woman is crazee, but I love her. She figured out an angle to peddle her wares that is so freakin' obvious - hey most of us don't make our own pasta and how many Food Channel Chefs really suggest we do? But no, she LABELED the concept, and therefore owns it.

Kudos Sandy, I lift up one of your red hot cinnamon stick mochaccino cocktails and salute you and your crazy ass table scapes.

[Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

really? an introduction by wolfgang puck....for sandra lee? well that certainly gives her credibility, oh but then again her "recipe" for cheesy sausage english muffins pretty much shames him. i'm certainly never against easy, quick cheat tips but this "recipe" is pretty stupid...sausage patty, english muffin and american cheese. wow, i'm so glad she took the time to write that up in her cookbook. that said, i might try the pumpkin cinnamon pancakes for a quick breakfast, or would enjoy caramel popcorn, or beef pot roast in the crockpot...

[Cynthia Fan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lame. How can a cookbook author be such a picky eater!?

[Just - The romance reader · Rating 2 out of 5]

Typical Sandra Lee. If you like her Semi-Homemade recipes and her style then it's a decent book.

[Lenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of this stuff was too fancy for my tastes, although I can't wait to make the "gooey mud pie".

[Carly Johnson]

Nothing overtly "to die for". Quick and easy is the focus here.