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Do people take one bite of your food, moan with delight and beg you for the recipe? Do they exclaim, "Out of this world!" and "Beyond perfect!" when they taste your cooking? When you cook from BEAT THIS!, they will. In a book that has become a classic for its unique combination of irresistible recipes and hilarious prose, Ann Hodgman throws down the gauntlet, with more than 100 recipes that she guarantees to be better than anyone else's. Recipes include: Apple Crisp, Baking Powder Biscuits, Beef Stew, Blueberry Muffins, Caramels, Chicken Salad, Clam Chowder, Deviled Eggs, Fudge, Fried Mushrooms, Gingersnaps, Guacamole, Lemon Squares, Lime Sorbet, Molasses Cookies, Onion Soup, Pesto Torta, Plum Pudding, Potato Salad, Shrimp Salad, Spaghetti Sauce, Sugar Cookies, Tomato Soup, Vinaigrette, White-Chocolate Raspberry Pie, and Whole-Wheat Bread. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best!!, May 17 2004

By	M.P.V. "pia3433" (Vail, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat This! Cookbook (Paperback)

I have to admit that when I bought this book years ago, I was disaponted because it has no pictures. (And I love pictures). But...something cought my eye: Ann Hodgman says in her book "My feeling is that every main dish is better if you add some bacon" and actually another million funny coments, but that is why I kept reading and reading.
First recipe I tried was the "Best Banana Bread", page 23 (my book opens at that page all by it self)"FANTASTIC".
Carrot Cake, page 47: OUT OF THIS WORLD (and I don't even like carrot cake).
I seriously belive that by the time I finished trying all this recipes I would be able to say that they are "all" magnificent.
Thank you Ann Hodgman for you great palate and your incredible sence of humor!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A cookbook that fills all the senses, Jan 24 2004

By	"janikozlowski" (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat This! Cookbook (Paperback)

Love all the other 5-star-rating-reviews out there, for me, same same! This and Beat That are two cookbooks that you will want to read right through (and try every recipe) Hodgman is not only super funny, but she also seems to pipe up at exactly the right time during a recipe. You know, when you are asking yourself, "Hmmm, is it supposed to look like *that*??!!" Ann typically has a comment such as, "it's supposed to look like this..." Many of the techniques that she suggests in her recipes are ones that I have used again and again in my cooking without a book experiences. She just know how to tell it so right.

Some of the recipes are pretty involved, and she always says so up front, so at least you will know what you're getting yourself into. Run, to buy this book and get cookin' I tell ya! Then you will just have to have Beat That! as well.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. One of my favorites, May 13 2002

By	apoem "apoem" (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Beat This! Cookbook (Paperback)

This is the type of cookbook you can sit around and read and really enjoy. It's funny. The directions are easy and very few recipes call for anything exotic. These are not the most low fat recipes or the most easiest recipes- but the best of the best recipes. But, that doesn't mean the meals are all hard or difficult to make, just that if they are a little bit time consuming, it promises to be worth the time. A fun read and great recipes. Enjoy

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5.0 out of 5 stars A huge pleasure to read and cook from
For those of us who like to lie in bed and read cookbooks like other people read novels, Ann Hodgman's superb "Beat This!" is a surefire winner. Read more

Published on April 3 2002 by Catherine S. Vodrey

5.0 out of 5 stars It's so good, it's become a cult
I love this book. My mom got it for me years ago, and lately I've been bringing stuff I've baked into the office. Read more

Published on Feb 10 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites for years
This is an outstanding cookbook with a collection of new takes on old favorite ingredients and recipes that will please most any palette. Read more

Published on Jan 4 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars UNIQUE AND FUN READING!
I have a "Trillion" cookbooks, and this one and her other cookbook, "Beat That", are my fabulous favorites. Read more

Published on Oct 28 2000 by smayo@ee.net