The Martha Stewart Cookbook: Collected Recipes for Every Day

I have been using this book for about five years and it has always been great for looking up basics and easy ways to prepare them. The other day I picked up some lovely Norwegian salmon filets and then fennel was haunting me so I got that too, once I got home this was one of the cook book choices that I had laid out in front of me, and even I was shocked to actually find a recipe called "Salmon with Fennel" on page 232. I usually buy bits and pieces and try to throw them together in an edible way, but this book always comes to my rescue. You can look up virtually any ingredient and find a "correct" standard recipe to make, that ingredient follows up with more options for more varied meals with similar undertones on next page. The "White corn chowder" on page 141 has been my favorite soup for the past few years, I also made artichokes for the first time using this book, and it was for a room full of hungry guests; that turned out great as well. There are countless yummy potato recipes in here as well; it pleases my little Polish heart to see so much love given to this starch. This book has so many side dishes that my head is spinning when I try to think about what to make, obviously they are easy recipes, with a handful of ingredients. All I have to do is look up my favorite thing and viola, a whole world of recipes unfolds before me. This book has following chapters with full detail and dedication of preparation: - Introduction - The Pantry - The Basics - Hors D'oeuvres - Eggs - Breads, Biscuits and Sandwiches - Soups - Meat - Poultry and Game Birds - Fish and Shellfish - Vegetables and other side dishes - Salads - Potatoes - Pastas, Grains and Rice - Entertaining a crowd - Desserts - Pies and Tarts - Ice Cream and Sorbets - Cakes and Cookies - Wedding Cakes - Dips, Sauces and Butters - Preserves, Vinegars and more - Beverages This book is great for looking up basic ways of preparing just about anything, but it has many variations. Many cookbooks will only have 3-4 recipes for Salmon lets say, but this has a few pages. And besides, this can be purchased used for a laughable price, this book pays for itself with even one use. - Kasia S.

If you like Martha but you think her recipes are to complicated or sophisticated for everyday use, this is the book for you. There are no pictures and there is hardly any commentary but what there is, is wonderful. My family's favorite recipe, the yellow pound cake with blood orange glaze is simple yet you get "a lot of bang for your buck". I usually skip the blood orange glaze and I add canned mandarin oranges or frozen raspberries to the top of batter after I pour it on the cake mold. This is the cookbook I count on above all others.

I cook quite frequently and have found this to be the most useful cookbook I own. Outside of single issues of Food and Wine Magazine, it has become my only source for consistently terrific recipes.

This Marth Stewart's best book to date. I found the cookbook to be not only interesting but very useful as well. Since it contains all of the recipes found in her other cooking and entertaning books, it helps to save your money. In the book Martha teches you to make a variety of different meals which can be served at various events: from your daily breakfast and lunch to your wedding feast and cake. The book also introduces you to quite a few marvolous tasting dishes, which you may or may not have tried before