| More-With-Less Cookbook |  | Author: Doris Janzen Longacre
Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm)
Category: Book
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 2217974
Media: Paperback
ISBN: 0553139304
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780553139303
ASIN: 0553139304
Publication Date: March 1981
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 mixed results January 20, 2007
fii (UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
i found this book very american. i had to investigate what a lot of the equipment & ingredients were, & the abreviations weren't explained anywhere i could find, which has really limited the usefullness of this book to me. on a positive note, those recipes i have managed to adapt have generally been a success.
Not as good or healthy as I thought it would be ... January 11, 2007
Gingernut (London, UK)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
I love cookbooks, and as someone who likes saving money too I was keen to purchase a copy of this book. I have to say that I'm a little disappointed with it. It has some good recipes in it - cakes and biscuits particularly, but on the whole I can't see that it's *that* useful a book to use as a money saving device unless you live in a rural area and are able to grow, kill and preserve your own food.
I can see the reasoning behind lots of the recipes - they are written by and for people who may be in situations where 'common' ingredients may not be available - but that doesn't change the fact that many of the recipes in here are, quite simply, home-made junk food, made using canned and preserved food rather than fresh ingredients. Pesonally I'd rather spend a few pence more and use fresh or canned tomatoes in a recipe than use condensed tomato soup. As someone who has studied food and nutrition, I would also add that there is a fairly urgent need for some of the misleading nutritional information in the book to be updated. All of the recipes I've tried are oversalted and oversugared, as well as being underseasoned. Yes, you can change this but the recipes in this book aren't quite as healthy as they're made out to be. Equally, many of the money-saving tips are fairly useless unless you actually do live in the rural mid-west of the USA - I honestly can't think of anywhere in the UK that I could actually buy fresh wheat to grind to make breakfast cereal.
I don't mean to be critical of a book which does have some good ideas, recipes and theology in it - certainly the message to consume less and be more responsible about how we live is incredibly important, and if this book manages to get that message across then it's worth it just for that. This isn't a *bad* book at all, but I wouldn't feed my family exclusively from its recipes.
Great to get a new copy! November 2, 2006
Mrs. C. Grieve
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have used this book for many years. When I lived in East Africa, for 18 years, it was not always easy to get the food items we were used to at "home". This book became my cookbook bible and still is today. So glad to get a new copy and let my old, stained and torn copy rest on the shelf. Some of the best bread recipes ever. My husband won't eat "store bought" bread anymore as long as we have the whole meal bread from this book in the freezer. Once you try the recipes, you get hooked. Happy cooking.
My absolute favourite cookbook December 12, 2005
31 out of 32 found this review helpful
I am a cookbook addict, but amongst all the Jamies, Nigels and Nigellas on my bookshelf this modest little book is the one I actually cook from.The recipes require a set of U.S cup measures(easily obtainable), are all easy to follow and to adapt, and call for cheap, basic everyday ingredients.The introductory pages consist of a thought provoking call to all of us in the west to consume less so that others might simply live.I now have two copies; one for my bedside and one for the kitchen.I have read it cover to cover many times and always leave it feeling inspired.
So Simple, and So Useful December 6, 2005
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
My family are Mennonite and I grew up with this cookbook in the house. It was the first thing I asked for when I moved out and started to cook for myself in earnest. Do not be put off by the Christian theology at the beginning, this is really about making the best use of the worlds resources, while still eating well! I often find myself re-reading the introduction while waiting for a kettle to boil - no how many cookbooks can you say that about?I've made almost everything in the cookbook to rave reviews from my decidedly gourmet friends. This book is particularly relevant with all the information coming out about how horrible the diets in the West are, and how it is the urban poor who are really suffering.
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