I love this cookbook! It's features a great assortment of both sweet and savory crepes. Some are a little too gourmet for my taste (I'm thinking of the Shrimp & Jicama crepes, specifically), but most are simple, easy and delicious. The best part about this cookbook is it quickly shows you how quick and versatile crepes are. They can be used like pancakes, like tortillas, and sometimes even like pasta (like with Spinach and Ricotta crepes....just like manicotti). It's easy to throw ice cream, fruit, or nuts into a crepe for an amazing dessert. Sure, the book shows you plenty of amazing recipes, but taking the basic ideas and coming up with your own creation is a snap. This is a marvelous book. Sure to make a crepe enthusiast out of you!

This cookbook gives you all the basics to make crepes at home. They're surprisingly easy and versatile. Several of the recipes are for "savory" crepes, where the crepe is used like a tortilla, like philo dough, or like layered noodles. The pictures make them look great, and the recipes sound delicious. But crepes are still sort of like a pancake, so it's hard for me to take them seriously in a dinner or main course, even when it involves shrimp or caviar. The desserts I have no problem with. All of them are delicious, and it's easy to take the ideas and change them to your own liking (trading peaches and pralines for apples, dried cranberries and walnuts, for example). But regardless of whether you prefer the sweet or savory, this cookbook makes crepe cooking easy for the gourmet or the novice. Definitely worth the money.

I made crepes a couple times before, but they never came out well. After reading this, I made three perfect batches using the basic recipes. I like making a batch, then filling them with things and keeping them in the refrigerator for breakfasts. With the recipes and tips in this book, I haven't had a single problem.

Ah...life at Maison Ikkoku is never easy. Misunderstandings occur with alarming frequency, the neighbors go out of their way to make trouble for each other, and the gossip is worse than the tabloids. Kyoko gets huffy when she sees Yusaku and Mitaka each clinging to another woman (for perfectly innnocent and understandable reasons), but like Akane and Lum and Shinobu, she refuses to listen to those reasons. Then when Yusaku tries to break it off with Kozue, he can't find the nerve, which is sure to cause problems in the future (in this series, every little mishap causes problems). Kyoko takes a trip down memory lane while her mother tries once again to get her daughter to leave MAison Ikkoku, and Yusaku moves out. But he gets more than he bargained for when he moves into his new apartment, and before long, Maison Ikkoku seems like heaven...

Yet another wonderful volume of Maison Ikkoku. In this volume Mr. Soichiro comes up missing, and the entire Maison Ikkoku gang go out to look for him. This is a very sweet story because we get to see a flashback and find out why the dog has the same name as Kyoko's deceased husband. There is one picture of a weeping Kyoko that will break your heart. The main attraction of this book is when Godai moves out because of a misunderstanding. Godai moves into another apartment with an attractive woman who works at a massage parlor and her husband who looks like a member of the Yakuza. Good stuff. Maison Ikkoku In my humble opinion the best manga series there is. kono manga o yonde kudasai.

The zany romance of irresponsible college student Yusaku Godai and manager widow Kyoko Otonashi continues in this fabulous book three! Everything seems to be in the way of Yusaku getting close to his appartment manager, Kyoko Otonashi. Especially his fellow tenants (who are drunkards and kooks who love to ruin everything in Yusaku's life), and Kyoko's tennis coach Shun Mitaka(the handsome, ladies' man with the sparkling smile and nice car), who has plans to win Kyoko for himself! Now Yusaku hears from his fellow tenants that Kyoko is engaged to Mitaka! He gives up his persuit of her and moves out of Maison Ikkoku. How will he ever win Kyoko's love now? Very interesting, frustratingly funny and the best humourous manga I've ever read. Maison Ikkou is action-packed for your funny bone!

What more could you expect from Rochelle Alers, but a awesome book. The story of Victoria and Quinten will make you laugh, cry and jump for joy.

Victoria has been through the mill. She has step out in opening up her own catering business after she survived a nasty divorce.

Quinten is determine to find what makes his beautiful neighbor tick. He wants to reveal why she has the sadness in her eyes. After believing that he will never find true love, he is determine to make Vicki his wife.

This is the kind of story you can read over, and over again. Rochelle develops the relationship at a good pace. You learn the background of the characters to help you understand their feelings.

I LOVED IT and I know you will too!!

Rochelle Alers is the bomb. Everything she writes is good. You don't even have to read the bad of the book you know automatically that it's good. There were alot of lessons in this book. Also it really explored Catering Business, trust, love, adoption and friendship.

Rochelle Alers is the bomb. Everything she writes is good. You don't even have to read the bad of the book you know automatically that it's good. There were alot of lessons in this book. Also it really explored Catering Business, trust, love, adoption and friendship.

I have a several thousand cookbook collection - spanning some 40+ years. I have read each one and KNOW them. This book grabs your attention and holds it. I have a Top 100 Cookbooks (my very, very favorite ones) bookcase. A book has to pass rigid cooking/baking tests to get there. This book is there!!
Note: I have had FUN doing this all these years.
The recipe for "A Good White Bread" is about as tasty as white bread can ever be. (Hint: Make 1 BIG loaf with it) The "Pain de Babeurre" rolls are probably the best we have ever had. They raise big, fat, and are very soft inside. Where do I stop?
Get the book - trust me, you won't be sorry!

Bill Neal was one of the first cookbook authors I am aware of to incorporate culinary history, as well as cultural lore and perfectly chosen old photos into his "how-we-cook-it-in-the-South book." Thus, in BISCUITS, et al. he offers a compendium of history and culture truly representative of the Southern U. S., not merely a cliched pastiche of collarded, chitterlinged, cornbreaded and mint-juleped facts and details to pad out the receipes. Native American is distinguished from Colonial cookery, African-American from Appalachian, and Creole from Charleston as the author takes pains to convey, for example, why cooks in different regions of the South tossed different ingredients in with the cornmeal to produce their distinctive cornbreads--then he reproduces each of the recipes! At the same time Neal weaves the various influences together where appropriate; for example, from the introduction to Sweet Potato Yeast Bread: "This Mississippi bread has just about everything going for it . . . delicious and nutritious. . . Similar recipes are published in local cookbooks throughout the Southern coastal regions, wherever blacks live in large numbers. The bread is most likely of African and West Indian heritage [which use other] starchy tubers such as cassava, tanyah (elephant's ear), yams, and arrowroot." Reading this book is a pleasure unto itself, and all the recipes I have tried are outstanding. Specifically, the Appalachian Corn Bread cooked up as small fritters on a cast-iron griddle was food for the gods! (Hint: I snuck in one secret ingredient.) Bill Neal, if you read this review, e-mail me at mammamia8@aol.com so that I can tell you the secret ingredient (and ask you to marry me). P.S. Also, have you published other books since '95? Next on my list to read: Through the Garden Gate and Gardeners Latin. Signed, Mirabila X.(Oh, don't forget to give me the password, being my last name, so I'll know it is really you!)

If you are a fan of quality cook books, for their reading pleasure as well as their content, this is THE book for you! Without a doubt the BEST cook book I have ever, ever, ever had the pleasure of delving into!

Be aware that the reviews refer to the "Home Sweet Home" journal and project planner by Mary Engelbreit and not the organizer alone. The organizer is basically an accordion file that is meant to be used as a supplement to the journal. It is very nice but it's sort of like have a nice digital camera bag without the camera.

This is a beautiful book and a brilliant idea! Keep track of all sorts of information about your home for future reference. Paint colors, service dates, window sizes, installer names, etc.

My husband and I purchased a house built in 1915 last year, and the journal came in handy during the renovations. It kept me organized with spaces to write the room dimensions and layout, a place to keep wallpaper and fabric samples, and the phone numbers of the plumber, electrician, etc. It keeps all the manufacturer's info in one place--just in case you need to replace or repair in the future. I use mine as a brag book to keep around the house for my guests to see the before and after pictures. Makes a nice housewarming present too!

My toddler loves this bedtime story. The illustrations are great and the theme is a beautiful blessing that is wonderfully calming for both of us at the end of the day.

My three-year old has enjoyed this book at bedtime. There are few words on each page, which gives you time to savor the beautiful illustrations. It is a nice way to end the day on a peaceful note.

We've been reading this book to my son since he was 4 months old. It's still his favorite at 9 months. We own this book and another one by the same team, "Buzz off I'm Busy." He likes these so much, we're going to buy, "When I'm Big" next. The challenge is keeping his excited fingers from grabbing the cool pop-up pictures. That takes a little bit a work, but it's worth it. Enjoy!

This is a beautifully illustrated book that really captures my one-year twins' attention. The story is very cute--Ruby is looking for a home. She checks out all of her insect friends' homes before she finds a home of her own. This is one of the most colorful pop-up books on the market.

Books like these are precious and few. It's the true story of a family living the dream of homesteading in the Alaska wilderness. It's not filled with all the evil, adversarial images of today's adventure books. It is kind, heartfelt and the kind of book to read to your children on a rainy day. These are the kind of people I want my children to emulate, and they show a way of life that we can all only benefit by experiencing. Don't miss this diamond!

As this is the true story of my wife, Dawn and her brother, Lanny, I found it most interesting. The story of their lives growing up in the heart of Alaska is almost unbelievable. This is a great book to read to your children. If you have always longed to visit Alaska, here is your chance - through the eyes of true homesteaders...

For once, there is something wrong with rich, popular Lila Fowler. I think that more people should have had more faith in Lila, and not gone against her. It had a lot of suspence, and irony. You don't expect this to happen to Lila, maybe one of the other characters, but not Lila. This book is a little different than the othes, and its a nice change.

I thought that everyone's reaction to Lila's story wasparticularly truthful. Especially since some of her closest friendsrefused to believe that it really happened. It seems such a shame that Lila had to get another girl as evidence. I mean, if these so-called friends of hers had believed her in the first place, then she wouldn't have had to suffer. I definitely recommend this book to others. It also questions the notion of friendship as well as date rape.

One of a rush of SVH books dealing with adolescent issues. Snobbish flirt Lila's romance with wholesome John turns nasty when he tries to force himself on her. Shattered, Lila falls into deep depression, made far worse when she finds the courage to speak up about the attack, only to find her peers turn against her. The lightweight series deals surprisingly well with the difficult issue of date rape, depicting it in ways that should move and affect its audience of young girls without distressing them too much. The surprising choice of having manipulative bad-girl Lila attacked by long-time "good guy" John, hero of a volume or two of SVH himself, works very well.

I thought the book was enjoyable to read and has some good suggestions on ways we can treat ourselves better and slow down our lives. A wide variety of topics is covered and references to further reading are noted if there is one area that is of interest (journaling, altars...). The book has good ideas for creating special places within our homes for us and everyone else to feel comfortable and relaxed.

I'm actually the author's neice, so I read the book when it first came out in 1996. However, I got married a year ago and reached for the book again to get inspiration for turning my new 'house' into a 'home'. This book is fun and easy to read and it is full of good ideas for decorating, living, and developing family traditions. I would recommend it as a wedding gift, a housewarming gift, or just a 'feel good' read. The cover is attractive and looks great on a guest room nightstand!

Be sure to check out her other works as well as her contributions in the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series!

Beer in America parallels the development of the country from the earliest settlers to the awakening of industrial America. Along the way you learn that nearly every founding father was a beer drinker and often a brewer.

Not intended as a history book, it is the story of how beer was there as the country developed. The book provides an excellent introduction to how the United States affected beer and brewing, and how beer was there at some of the most important moments in the country's young life. In the second part of the story individual topics guide the book, from the earliest prohibition movement, to the development of homebrewing, commercial brewing technology and colonial beer-based cocktails.

Beer in America is highly recommended as a light hearted look at beer, brewing and History