The total woman cookbook: Marabel Morgan's handbook for kitchen survival ; [ill. by Russell Willeman]

by Marabel Morgan

Book Overview

"a more unique approach to meal planning and cooking...takes the boredom-and the drudgery-out of mealtime" This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800710940
• ISBN13: 9780800710941
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Old Tappan, Nj: Fleming H. Revell, 1980
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great retro recipes

This cookbook has the most stylish recipes of 1980, including spinach balls, fondue, and Bob Griese's "sub" which is actually a Cuban Sandwich (virtually unknown to people outside Miami at the time). In addition, there are great crowd pleasing recipes such as Golden Delicious Apple Cake and others. The book also has cute cartoons, very helpful menu suggestions, and funny stories about Marabel Morgan's life. I highly recommend this one.

A fun look back at cooking in the 80's....

My grandmother had this cookbook in her collection and it is quite fun to read about how a new bride survives the cooking wars. She shows how culinary skills can bring excitement into marriage and family life. The funniest part of this book is reading Marabel's notes which are just so down-to-earth. "Romantic dinners for lovers are one of the sweet pleasures in life, and if you don't initiate one, who will? Not only does she bring in a romantic aspect to cooking, she also discusses her journey to God and how he can give us joy. What I did love was her comment: "No cookbook ever ends. This one will keep changing and growing as long as food and I are both on the same planet." Marabel started collecting her favorite recipes in order to simplify her life. I have done the same thing and you will be amazed at how fast a book can be created. She encourages all cooks to do the same. Most of the recipes can be made quite easily and are not too long. The new cook will enjoy learning how to make fluffy rice with chicken broth or make a spice crumb cake, sure to get her husbands attention. I also found a recipe for "You-Can-Eat-It" dough. Kids can make fun creations and not be in danger if they eat the dough. Recently, I have seen some of these recipes come back into fashion. Some recipes for gingerbread boys or oatmeal cookies will always be favorites. What makes this book so unique is the stories Marabel tells. The recipes are a bonus. ~The Rebecca Review

WONDERFUL recipes (easy to make); highly recommended

As a feminist, I am most definitely not a fan of Marabel Morgan (to put it VERY mildly). Nevertheless, I must concede that that gal can REALLY cook. I got several of my most favorite recipes from this book. Although I can't remember them all off-hand, I know that the peach pie was one of them -- and, IMHO, that one, alone, was well worth the cost of the hardcover book.I also remember a humorous passage about substituting leaves from a backyard tree for grape leaves in a Greek recipe -- and eating peanut butter that night .HIGHLY recommended for the recipes, albeit not the politics. (Ms. Morgan is committed to monogamous marriages, as am I. However, although a Christian who puts Jesus at the head of my home, I, myself, just can't condone expecting women to put themselves aside and always put their husbands first. Nevertheless, if you can skim over those passages, you'll find some mighty fine eating -- and, actually, there are a large number of helpful hints for a happy marriage as well. I just wasn't thrilled to find them in a cookbook, and couldn't stomach the "Hubby is first; I am a lowly second" attitude. But the recipes were worth it -- delectable and easy to prepard.