The Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook

by Diane Roupe

Book Overview

Nearly 1,000 crowd-pleasing and award-winning recipes presented in an easy, step-by-step format to ensure success for anyone-even beginners.More than just a comprehensive cookbook, The Blue Ribbon... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401603599
• ISBN13: 9781401603595
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 660 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A great collection of Recipes

They say that if you can get ONE recipe you really love from a cookbook, you have done well. Actually, I have found several in this great cookbook. What I appreciate most is that it begins with a complete glossary of the cooking terms used in the book, followed immediately by instructions on everything from using a meat thermometer to sifting powdered sugar. This section alone makes it a wonderful gift cookbook. My personal favorite is the section marked "Homemade equivalencies of Commercially Canned Soup" - including Cream of Mushroom Soup and Cream of Celery Soup. While they are much harder to make from scratch, these choices are great for the cook is caught in a pinch! You should be aware that these are not 1 or 2 ingredient recipes, but rather this book contains a wide selection of choices for people who enjoy cooking. Well organized, lots of great recipes!

Well Done!

I received this as a gift and I've found it to be very useful. Its a wonderful reference for me, I've used it especially for canning and baked goods. Its much, much better than the standard better homes and gardens cook book most people have. I've tried to compare the two, but really there is no comparison. Your more likely to put out flavorful recipes with this! If I had to buy someone just one cook book I would give them this. Its got step by step descriptions and each chapter begins with a "how to". Perfect for experienced home cooks as well as in-experienced beginners.

Excellent cooking resource!

The Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook is one of the best purchases I have made. I have been cooking for more than 40 years and have an endless collection of good cookbooks. This cookbook is one of my top five and I would highly recommend it to anyone, beginning chef or "well seasoned". The recipes are for the most part, excellent,well written and easy to follow! I have just purchased it, again, for a young women who is opening up her own restaurant in rural Nebraska!

The Blue Ribbon County Cookbook

What A Book the "Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook" by Diane Roupe is! The Iowa State Fair Food Department is the largest in the nation and we use Diane's "Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook" for resource material and information. The most important use is the diverse wealth of recipes it offers. It is a "know all-tell all recipe book. Large quantities are sold each year as more and more people discover its value. Diane is one of our top canning judges because of her expertise in modern safe canning methodology. We refer to the "Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook" many times during the fair.

Now I can cook his meals like his mom!

Maybe I am the only wife who ever experienced this, but after 16 years of marriage, I was still not to make some of the dishes his mom did. Every son loves their mothers cooking and I wanted to be able to cook him some of those meals, but never quite got it right. I can now! In her book, Diane taught me the basic of midwestern cooking from scratch and now I receive the highest complimemnt - "As Good as Moms and Grandmas". Thanks Diane