Review: IN MANY WAYS THIS IS THE BEST OF ALL THE KINDLE COOKBOOKS WE HAVE DOWNLOADED.  Don't let this one slip by!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 10, 2011
I have ordered and downloaded quite a number recipe books for my Kindle.  This is not surprising as my wife and I have been collecting recipe books for almost 50 years now and have a collection of well over 300 "real book" editions.  It is a hobby (possibly an obsession...we admit it), but as we both cook, and cook a lot, it is a hobby that has a tangible outcome.  Anyway, as we have traveled and indeed, lived all over the united state...again, for almost 50 years now, we have bought literally dozens and dozens of what are known as "club" or "church," or "community" cookbooks.  Some of the best recipes we use have come from this sort of book.The recipe book being reviewed here is beyond a doubt one of the best of the downloaded ones we own.  To begin with, it is perfectly formatted for a Kindle or e-reader.  I was amazed, as a matter of fact as to the technical skill that went into this one.  I was also delighted to find a section in the front of the book entitled "Using a Kindle Cookbook."  I, nor my wife, is tech savvy, and I will tell you that this one small section alone was worth the entire read on its own.  They even tell you how to get hard copies off the Kindle; something I simply did not know how to do but always wanted to. The information the publishers provided here is going to enhance our use of our Kindles greatly!  Anyway - on to the most important part of the review - food!These recipes have been gleaned from various community, church and club cookbooks from around the country from around the country and are dated from the 1930s up through the 1980s.  (I must admit to some chagrin here in that this sort of collection is something I have been contemplating for some time now myself.)  The book is broken down into different general food categories which include:Casseroles with MeatSeafood CasserolesVegetable Casseroles, Casseroles with Fruit and Casseroles without Meat.There are approximately 78 casseroles with meat presented, 21 Seafood Casseroles and 40 vegetable/fruit/meatless casseroles.The majority of the recipes here cover one page and just a bit of a second page.  The publishers have pointed out that by reducing the font, all can be viewed or printed on one page of you so desire.  I took a very close look at all of the dishes represented here and truth be told, I could not find one that I would not eat.  We have tried five random dishes so far which included the:Zucchini Mushroom CasseroleCheesy Broccoli CasseroleCurried Tuna - Rice CasseroleBeef Stroganoff CasseroleHamburger and Beans CasseroleAll were delicious.  I have taken a close look at most of the dishes here and can assure you that they are all doable.  Some are more complex than others but there is nothing here that a semi-competent cook could not pull off and pull off well.  The directions (for the most part) are extremely easy to follow. As the publishers have pointed out, these are all recipes submitted by amateur cooks over the years and while all look good, the user of this book may find they want to modify little bits here and adjust little bits there.  This my wife and I do anyway with any casserole recipe.  We have found that to truly get the most out of any given casserole recipe you need to prepare it a couple of times and adjust as you go. Fortunately, with this book, I am thinking there will be very few of these adjustments you will have to make.A casserole is a wonderful thing.  Most are easy to make, and with most, there are leftovers...something I dearly love.This is a very find Kindle cookbook - one of the best I have seen so far, and I strongly urge you to give this one a shot.  I am thinking you won't be sorry.Don BlankenshipThe Ozarks