Pros & Cons
Pros
The recipes are of the type which will have the broadest appeal, like mac-and-cheese or frosted vanilla cupcakes. They are also healthy without being “fussy,” using straightforward ingredients you can find most anywhere.
The author includes lists of utensils and equipment she deems essential. This book is a wonderful entryway for younger people to start or polish their skills in cooking and baking.
Prep has recipes that remain in the realm of simple and easy to cook. Prep is an amazing cookbook for the starter cook (teenagers!
Cons
The only common ingredient is pasta.
Highlights
Quality
I just wish it was a bit more comprehensive with the types of dishes or clarified why this small set of dishes
I read this from cover to cover including all the recipes and am totally impressed
The pork chops are panfried then served with the sauce
Packaging/appearance
The last thing he cooked today was poached eggs and homemade from scratch hash browns with bacon on the side
Competitiveness
This is my first real cookbook and being a novice chef i found all of the insight and tips incredibly helpful
My kids learned new skills and have loved all the recipes theyve made so far
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Katie really mastered the perfect balance between amazing and nutritious food and the time budget and the lack of appliances of college students
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Hes 16 so not quite in college yet
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
We visited one house that was interesting because the owner who was selling it himself had posted a website about the home that said nothing about the kitchen
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The oven indeed looked brand new even though it was a ten year old model
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There arent a huge amount of photos but in this case i didnt mind
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Usually i love cookbooks with lots of photos but for this book the information is relayed in such a way that i didnt miss the photos at all and when there was a photo it popped out more
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Review written after downloading a galley from netgalley
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The author not only covers the basics but shares tips shes gained from experience