Cook Like a Pro: Recipes and Tips for Home Cooks: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten

4.07 AVERAGE

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kerryreads's review

3.0
I do enjoy watching Ina and looking through her cookbooks. I read this one cover to cover, save a few of the dessert recipes. There are a few good tips that stood out to me as well as a couple of recipes that caught my eye but overall, this isn’t one I feel the need to add to my collection.

costey_e's review against another edition

5.0
inspiring relaxing slow-paced

dbluminberg's review against another edition

4.0
Nothing shows the huge difference between the life I have and the life I want like an Ina Garten cookbook. This cookbook is a good blend of recipes I could make and recipes I’d never tackle, but a woman can dream . . .

libraryassistant_4th's review against another edition

4.0
I was drooling over so many things while reading this! And with Ina’s tips and stories, it feels like a chat with an old friend who just happens to be an amazing cook.
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barbette's review against another edition

4.0
The chapters in COOK LIKE A PRO on breakfast and desserts are inspiring, but some of the other chapters just don't feel new. I am especially excited to try some of the summery desserts, like fresh peach cremolata and vanilla roasted rhubarb with sweet yogurt. There are a lot of tips in here that will be helpful to new or younger home cooks, but are things I have already figured out along the way. But like everything Ina, it is a cookbook that will get used and is worth having.
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i_dont_read_blurbs's review against another edition

5.0
There are so many handy tips in this cookbook! I learned quite a bit. So good!

redhdlibrarian's review

3.0
Has even more basics (giving recipes for all types of stock). Beautiful vegetables and new delicious twists on common meat plates.

triciaralph's review against another edition

5.0
Actually one of the best. The last 2 were duds but this one reads better, as if it’s Ina talking to you. And recipes are better with normal ingredients. Highly recommend.

linda48's review against another edition

5.0
Of course Ina Garten has a five-star review. Wonderful recipes, gorgeous photos - what's not to love? There aren't a lot of gluten free recipes, but everything looks like it could be easily adapted with the substitution of a gluten free flour mix or the use of gluten free specific breads, cookies, etc.

Comparing Ina Garten's cookbooks with Dorie Greenspan's is easy: Where Dorie gives you a recipe and lots of variations, Ina says "Here. This is a good recipe, It will be delicious. Trust me." and that's it. No variations, just believe her when she says it'll be great.

xena1987's review against another edition

5.0
informative medium-paced