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not so bad. But the recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of ...
I received this as a gift. Unfortunately, it suffers from the same problem as their website recipes: a lack of proofreading. I chose a recipe at random, the curried butternut squash soup. It starts by directing you to preheat the oven - but I'm reading the recipe, and nowhere does it mention actually using the oven. I checked their website, and sure enough, this is a recipe already available - for free - on the show's website. The difference is that the website recipe has the soup being served in a bread bowl, and the bread is what goes in the oven. Okay, not so bad. But the recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of butter - divided. Again, nowhere does it indicate the proper use of the butter, calling only for it to be added all at once to the soup (not divided). But - the website recipe does call for it to be divided, one tablespoon in the soup, one tablespoon used to toast the bread bowls. These are not the worst errors I've found in their recipes (over the years, some glaring errors have been noted in the recipes posted on the website) but clearly the proofreading of this book wasn't sufficient. Also, I checked a few recipes at random against their website - yup, they're on the website, for free. How many recipes in this book are available for free on their website, versus how many are new to the book? I don't know. Paying for recipes already available for free is bad enough. Paying for a cooking with faulty ingredient lists and instructions, inexcusable. Photos of the finished dish accompany many recipes, but there's far too many photos of the show's hosts.
October 2014 · Books
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The Chew: A Year of Celebrations: Festive and Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion
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