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by: Rachael Ray, Dan Dinicola

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Average Rating: Rating: - Thai it, you'll like it. I was given this book as a Christmas gift. I've used it many times already in just one month. The recipes are practical, easy and tasty for cooking every day dishes. The mini meatball soup, Carbanora, and Thai it you'll like it Chicken are very good. I will make them again. Can't wait to try the Curry in a Hurry next. This book has helped me cook more meals at home and not feel overwhelmed in the kitchen. It is a good book for someone with limited cooking skills and someone who doesn't want to spend all night in the kitchen after work, so these recipes are perfect for weeknights. A lot of the recipes can be served with some rice or salad and you have a complete meal. There are a lot of italian pasta recipes in the book, so I would have liked more Asian/Mexican and hearty soup recipes. I would like to see a follow up book to this one, with more 30 minute recipes. You really can't go wrong with this book, and you will be sure to find a few recipes that will become favorites to make on a regular basis. Rating: - New show, old book The path to 'Celebrity Chef' is well traveled. Open a restaurant with your name, start a TV show (with your name) then write a book with a tie in to the show. If you think the book is a result of Rachael's application of this success formula, you'd be wrong. Based on the publishing information the book was originally published in 1998. Rachael's Food Network show of the same name isn't more than a year old which makes one wonder: what's going on here? Rachael's original show "30 Minute Meals" was a regional production in New York. This fact helps explain who Dan Dinicola is and why he wrote an introduction. He was part of the orginal show, not the Food Network incarnation. This leaves me with the feeling that either Rachael (or the publisher) cranked out another printing to capitalize on her recent Food Network success. Are business practices important if the recipes are good? Probably not and I didn't mark the book down because of it. I would say the book is "solid" and delivers what most people expect: good tasting recipes that can be made in 30 minutes. The recipes are easy to make so you don't need to be a culinary master to have them turn out perfectly. The ingredients used are also common enough to be found in most supermarkets. One thing I liked was that many recipes measure in "handfulls" and "glugs" which helps a person trust their own inner chef and grow beyond the rigidity of a recipe. So why only four stars then? Well, I took one off because the book lacked color pictures of the food. I'm a fan of food pictures for inspiration. I also would have taken one star off because there is a lot of overlap between the book and the show (especially since the show now appears daily instead of weekly) but I didn't think it much of an issue because the current price point of the book is such that it keeps value even if kept as a paper reference to the show's recipes. Just remember that much of what you pay for in this book you've already seen on TV. Rating: - buy it My husband bought me this book for mothers day after we had been watching Rachel for about a month or so. At first I thought she was a dork, but after watching the first episode and then making the meal the following day, I was (and still am)hooked. I have just placed an order for three more so that I can give then to several friends, as well as ordering her other books.If you've happened along this book by chance, and have no previous knowlegde of Rachel Ray or her show, I cannot express this enough. Buy it!. But I have to go now, 30 Minute Meals is on in 5 minutes.

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