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Learn to COOK - Semi-Homemade Gatherings
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List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $10.00
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Manufacturer: Meredith Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.555
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Meredith Books
Manufacturer: Meredith Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 2006-12-12
Publisher: Meredith Books
Release Date: 2006-12-12
Studio: Meredith Books
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- New York Times best-selling author Sandra Lee brings her approach to entertaining.
- With more than 40 party themes featuring easy to duplicate, beautifully decorated and artfully arranged tabletop settings for every celebratory occasion imaginable.
- To round out every theme, Sandra offers 100 sensational Semi-Homemade recipes for quick and delicious appetizers, desserts, and signature cocktails-perfectly suited for each specific party theme.
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Summary: Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade
Comment: I never received this book from the person I ordered it from. I ordered it well over a month ago. I sent an email asking why and I never received a reply back. I'm very disappointed. I wanted this book for the holidays. How can I get my money back from this person?
I can't rate this.
Cathy Underwood
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Summary: Is this a cookbook or Elle magazine???
Comment: I thought this cookbook would be more focused on the food and not on SANDRA LEE!
Every page you turn, there she is, wearing another outfit, cheesin' for the camera... It wouldn't bother me as much if the photos were only of beautiful table settings, etc. It's disturbing how it seems to be all about her and not the food.
As for her food preparation and serving ideas, they're all right, but too complicated for me. I was surprised because her ideas on her tv program seem much more simple.
Thumbs down!
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Summary: Perfect !!
Comment: A ton of ideas, all super simple ! Loved it and even bought it for my friend as a housewarming gift !
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Summary: Way too much trouble to create these "gatherings"
Comment: I gave the cookbook 3 stars because it has beautiful photography, layout is nice, and it's a well-done book. Having said all that...
I just don't see anyway to re-create these productions Sandra Lee has made. These tablescapes are elaborate, the food is time consuming to prepare, and then to purchase all these items would cost a small fortune.
The Easter tablescape involved a ton of moss, hollowing out eggs and writing cutsy stuff on them and then cooking for 3 days to make it all happen. And I don't even know where you'd buy all that ribbon.
I love most of Sandra Lee's books because they are budget conscience but this is just too much. Even the recipes require lots of ingredients, even if some are shortcuts, as well as lengthy cooking instuctions. There's no way I could see actually doing the things she describes. Many of the instructions were vague.
Now, the cookbook itself is a work of art. It's very pretty and would made a nice gift because of the pictures. But in reality you'll never make any of this stuff. If you're truly a connoisseur of party planning you will go with a different book. Seems she's trying to be more Martha Stewart everyday.
Sandra Lee has marketed herself for being budget conscious so for those of us who are then you would purchase Betty Crocker "Buffets", not this one. This cookbook is not budget friendly. I actually recommend this cookbook more of a bartending guide than anything. She had more time and space devoted to the cocktails in their elaborate stemware than any other aspect of the book.
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Summary: Wasn't What I Expected
Comment: This cook book has a couple pages for each holiday with only a few recipes on each page. It also shows more pages on how to decorate for a party than cooking. I thought it was going to be a whole cook book on meals.
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