Review: INTERESTING BOOK WITH GOOD EATS...AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2011
Well, most of us here like food.  I doubt seriously that if a "food hater" wakes up in the morning and says to  themselves, "gosh, I hate food so much I think I will go and read a bunch of reviews on cookbooks."  Nope, food is good stuff and with the literally thousands upon thousands of cookbooks we have available to us these days, the availability of millions of recipes via the web and the plethora of food shows on several different T.V. channels, you might ask yourself why on earth would you want to read or buy or download yet another?  Hmmm, well I haven't a clue.  My wife and I are setting here (we both cook) on several hundred volumes we have collected over the years and about a week or so I download this free one....go figure.Well I am happy to report that the price of this little work was certainly right and with winter weather coming on the offerings here go right along with the season.  Now before I go on there are a couple of things to note.First, the recipes found in this short little work, as has been pointed out by other reviewers, does indeed rely heavily upon canned and packaged food things such as frozen or canned veggies, frozen pie crusts...you know, the stuff you actually use but don't admit to using most of the time.  Now don't get me wrong, cooking from scratch using fresh ingredients and doing it yourself most certainly is the best way to go.  I would say that the majority of the dishes we prepare are made this way.  But that being said, we have the time and in inclination to do so; alas though, not everyone does. Nor does everyone have all that fresh stuff available all of the time.  Life is not perfect.Sometimes we simply want something fast, relatively cheap, easy to make and filling; along with simply tasting good.  This little book is just the ticket for that sort of quick and easy meal.Old-fashioned turkey pot pie, Cornbread chicken pot pie, speedy shepherd's pie, sun-dried tomato and parmeasan quiche, ham and potato pie, golden shepherd's pie, pizzeria pot pie, slow-cooker sausage pie, crispy noodle pie, rooster pie, flaky chicken pot pie, asparagus shepherd's pie, upside-down Mexican pot pie, spaghetti pie, yummy meat pie, beef pot pie, vegetable patch pie, BBQ chicken quiche, potato pie with peppers, breakfast pot pie, homestyle tuna pot pie, beefy slow-cooker pot pie and deep-dish sausage pizza pie.  This little free book offers quite a selection and if you are into making and eating various pie dishes you are bound to find something here that will appeal to you.The directions are easy to follow in this book.  The ingredients are, for the most part, readily available.  The dishes are relatively hassle free and the end product is quite tasty.I would suggest that if you do not care for using canned or frozen ingredients you probably will not want to download and read this free book, or you could always modify most of the offerings here, using fresh stuff...if available.I feel I got my monies worth out of this one.Don BlankenshipThe Ozarks