• Eat Your Books

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• NHNonni on November 29, 2011

  Pizza Dough recipe is very good and very useful (8 hour version; 1 hour version).

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Beef and broccoli with Szechwan chili sauce

  • sarahawker on January 16, 2017

    Quite good, simple but the elements took more time than expected to prep. Went together quickly afterward. Kids enjoyed but this is not the "sweet" sticky Beef and Broccoli that you get from take-out.

• The best macaroni and cheese

  • Couture911 on September 20, 2010

    This is really, really good stuff. When I first discovered this recipe I made it over and over again because it was so good. But then everyone's pants started getting tight and I had to switch over to the low-fat version from the Moosewood low-fat cookbook. I still make this from time to time, when I want high-fat, high-carb comfort food.

• Simple chicken pot pie

  • Dollhouse_Cuisine on April 07, 2024

    Good, but forgettable.

• Fluffy buttermilk biscuits

  • Dollhouse_Cuisine on April 08, 2024

    Really good.

• Bacon-wrapped meat loaf with brown sugar-ketchup glaze

  • pvia on May 14, 2015

    My go to meatloaf for years,

  • louie734 on January 18, 2018

    Just what meatloaf should be. Used meatloaf mix in its equal proportions instead of the extra ground chuck. Seasonings are just right, oatmeal is a great binder, and the glaze is perfect. (Oh! and having no Worcestershire... but, inexplicably, Pickapeppa sauce ... it worked perfectly, and I'd use it again!) I separated this (giant) recipe into 2 smaller meatloaves, which each made 3-4 servings and cooked in slightly less time.

  • sarahawker on November 17, 2020

    Solid meatloaf, not dry, plenty of flavor. Favorite of the boys for the bacon alone. I've used all beef, mix of beef and pork and beef and turkey. They all work.

• Hearty beef stew with green peas and carrots

  • sarahawker on November 17, 2020

    Basic Delicious Stew. It takes awhile, just browning the beef is time consuming, but a couple of times a year this is the recipe we follow.

• Beef stew and bacon mushroom and pearl onions

  • Dollhouse_Cuisine on April 08, 2024

    Very good. Make 1/2 recipe. Can omit pearl onions.

• Beef stew with root vegetables

  • sarahawker on November 17, 2020

    This is the recipe that got us eating those CSA turnips. I peel them every time, and a par-boil helps get them as tender as the family wants them.

• Southern-style corn bread

  • MNR_T on October 02, 2020

    This is so good/easy/gluten-free!

• Light and fluffy pancakes

  • mamacrumbcake on June 06, 2016

    Perfect buttermilk pancakes!

  • janereads on March 11, 2026

    Agree with mamacrumbcake that these are excellent buttermilk pancakes. I made a double batch and added blueberries as suggested on the following page. Interesting technique to separate eggs and whisk whites into milk mixture and then add yolks to butter. Not sure it made a difference in terms of texture, so maybe I will experiment next time by not separating. I've had this book for ages and this is first thing I've made from it.

• Cornmeal-citrus cookies

  • KatieK1 on January 03, 2022

    Simply hand-press the dough balls onto the silicone covered cookie sheets. The author's method does not work. That said, the cookies are delicious.