Product Description

For 50 years Betty Crocker has reigned supreme in America's kitchens, her trusted advice and easy-to-follow recipes helping cooks of all levels become confident in the kitchen. Now updated for the new millennium, the cookbook, nicknamed "Big Red," has been completely revised and updated to reflect the cooking trends and tastes of today. Stumped by chayote squash? Want to make a perfect apple pie or find new recipes for the bread machine? It's all right here in this handy book:

• More than 950 recipes, from appetizers to desserts, to cover every cooking need - pot roast, pasta, pumpkin bread, and more
• Step-by-step line art and photographs with specific "how-to" instructions to guide you through new techniques
• Beautiful food photography that shows the finished results; i.d. photos of such foods as mushrooms and exotic fruits to help you shop with confidence
• Easy meat-roasting charts, numbered recipe steps, and preparation times with each recipe that keep cooking simpleand relaxing

With its fresh new design for 2000, Betty Crocker's Cookbook will be everyone's favorite kitchen companion, from new cooks to experienced home chefs looking for new ideas.

What's New in the 9th Edition:

• 30-Minute Recipes and Reduced-Fat/Low-Calorie Recipes tagged so they can be found in a flash
• Individual chapters on grilling and vegetarian meals
• Expanded information on fruits and vegetables
• Crockpot recipes
• Information on organic food
• "Learn with Betty" photographs that guide you through cooking techniques
• Dietary Exchanges in each recipe's nutrition analysis

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #325004 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Ring-bound
• 576 pages

Amazon.com
Betty Crocker's Cookbook is 50! In celebration, an updated and expanded ninth edition of this American classic reminds us once again of the value of good old-fashioned comfort food. The original Big Red Cookbook was immediately popular with a postwar audience seeking basic cooking advice and simple recipes that took advantage of several then-new convenience products. The ninth edition remains true to its roots, presenting exemplary instruction, savory mainstream dishes (that still make use of convenience foods and the products of parent company General Mills), and, most notably, standout chapters on baking and dessert specialties. New to this edition, which offers nearly 1,000 recipes, are grilling and vegetarian chapters; up-to-date nutrition information; additional color photos; and contemporary formulas for the likes of Brie with Caramelized Onions, Asiago Bread, and Tandoori Chicken with Chutney.

Instruction was and is the book's strongest suit, and any cook--novice to professional--will benefit from its many how-to features. These include step-by-step directions with photos, tips for kitchen timesaving, and troubleshooting advice. The book also includes several comprehensive glossaries (those on cooking terms and ingredients are particularly good). Standouts among the vast recipe collection, more than 300 of which are designated fast or low fat, include old favorites such as Macaroni and Cheese, Old-Fashioned Baked Beans, and Lemon Chiffon Cake. A few newer ones, such as Sun-Dried Tomato and Olive Bread, also qualify. Published, as ever, in a loose-leaf binder, the book celebrates American culinary know-how, a broad-based tradition of good home cooking, exemplary baking, and the conviction that food and commerce can meld to help people cook easier and eat better. Happy birthday indeed! --Arthur Boehm

From the Publisher
New Features in this exciting new landmark edition include:

Icons throughout the book highlighting fast and low-fat recipes

Two new chapters on Grilling and Vegetarian

Expanded information in the Vegetables and Fruits chapter

Crockpot and bread machine recipes in appropriate chapters

Learn with Betty step-by-step photos on subjects such as cooking rice, meat doneness, scrambling eggs, whipping cream, and so much more...

Dietary exchanges with nutrition analysis

Top ten food allergies chart

From the Back Cover
Betty Crocker's Cookbook The Best Recipes Come from Betty Crocker! With over 50 years in print, Betty Crocker's Cookbook has earned the reputation of being the most trusted cookbook in the kitchen. Millions of cooks turn to "The Big Red Cookbook^™" for accessible, reliable, foolproof recipes. In this edition, updated with today's lifestyle needs in mind, you'll find nearly 1,000 delicious recipes—from weeknight dinners in a flash to festive holiday feasts. Betty Crocker has collected all the best recipes in one easy reference—find fresh ideas, as well as all your tried and true favorites. There are friendly, easy-to-understand explanations of cooking techniques, food terms and ingredients. From breakfast to dinner, from homey favorites to scrumptious new recipes, cooking doesn't get any better than this! Whether you're a novice cook or a pro-with Betty Crocker you'll be cooking with ease and confidence. Look at these great features!

• Great-tasting Fast and Low-Fat recipes specially marked
• All new Grilling and Vegetarian chapters
• Effortless slow-cooker and bread machine recipes
• Beautiful full-color photos to identify varieties of foods, like pasta, herbs, mushrooms and more
• Instructional how-to photos to make it right every time
• Useful glossaries of cooking terms, techniques and equipment
• Up-to-date nutrition information and dietary exchanges for the new health consciousness

Betty Crocker provides foolproof recipes and confidence in the kitchen. Betty Crocker's Cookbook gives you everything you need to know to cook today! A Betty Crocker Book For more great ideas visit www.bettycrocker.com www.hungryminds.com

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Customer Reviews

Good for beginners & busy people
My daughter's bound edition of this book was one of her favorites, but it was falling apart from use. I replaced it with this ring-bound version. She is very pleased. It lays flat for use. This is a good, basic, no-frills approach to beginning and intermediate cooking skills. Other reviews have complained about the use of prepared mixes and/or shortcuts. The "food snobs", who have the time to do everything from scratch, do not appreciate these time-savers for working people and busy moms (my daughter, for instance, has a 3-yr-old, and twins 1-yr-old). It is far easier to get out, measure one cup of buisquik and put it back, than to get out and put away the flour, the shortening, the baking soda & the salt, and then wash several measuring devices instead of just one. It is nice for her to have a cookbook that offers many recipes for nutritious meals using these time-savers. If your cooking skills are more advanced and/or you desire more gourmet-type offerings, don't get this book.

The book is nicely laid out and categorized. There is nutritional information at the bottom of each recipe.

must have for a novice and beyond
This is a wonderful tool! It is a must have for a novice and beyond. The ring binding is scary for potential wear problems.

Awesome Betty Crocker Cookbook
This is my favorite new cookbook!!! I live in rural America and we just can't get all the cool products found in the city. This a great resource as a place to start when making up recipes, as well as giving techniques to change other recipes. Love it!! Kris