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The Complete Canadian Living Cookbook: 350 Inspired Recipes from Elizabeth Baird and the Kitchen Canadians Trust Most

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This is the cookbook that I go to the most (and I collect cookbooks, so I've got a million of them). Every time the recipes are perfect. It's quite like Mark Bittman's How to cook everything, but I seem to go to this one quite a bit more then the Bittmans.
I use it so much that it's filthy with spilled sauce stains!
No pictures, but the best basic 'how to cook anything' book.

I am another person who absolutely loves this cookbook. I recommend it to everyone that I know. It has a diverse range of recipes and I like the way that there are tips in the margins and also variations on the recipes. I also have a large number of cookbooks and I usually reach for this one first when I am looking for a recipe. This would make an excellent gift for a wedding shower!

This is not a standard reference cookbook but a broad range of recipes with easy-to-follow instructions and test-kitchen-tested to be virtually goof-proof. I wish I'd bought it when it was still out in hard cover because my paperback is so heavily used it will need replacing. The perogies and lemon squares are worth the price alone as classic Canadian recipes.

I've been using this cookbook for a few years now and the recipes always turn out as pictured (and believe me, I'm NOT a chef!) Some recipe books call for ingredients that I don't have in my cupboard, but Canadian Living recipes contain ingredients found in any grocery store. I've had such great results that a friend of mine went out and bought it, too, because she enjoys everything I make from it.

This is the most well-worn cook book in my kitchen. It is absolutely reliable for day to day family meals and celebrations. I can't count how many times I've made copies of certain recipes for friends. It makes a wonderful bridal shower gift. But I would suggest the hardcover version because it will get a lot of use!