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Summary: Beer Loving Cooks, and Cooks Loving Beer!
Review: I received this book as a gift and have since ordered 4 more to give to friends. I called the author and she personally autographed and sent the copies to me within a couple of days. The recipes are unique AND tasty. The trivia is fun and original. I could become one heck of a cook with a book like this! They're available by calling Nob Hill Press at 920.336.3429.
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Summary: Don't get suckered
Review: One star is too many for this book. This book is fine if you like guessing what style of beer goes with what food ingredients. But most of us don't - that's why we buy a book we think will tell us. This book is okay if you like throwing out your food because you put a too hoppy beer in it and it tastes really bitter or you used a malty beer and it made everything too sweet. For someone who claims to know beer, this author doesn't show that in the book. Every recipe simply calls for "beer". Is that a stout? Is that an IPA? Is that an American mass-produced watery beer? Is that a malty beer - a hoppy beer? Big difference in beers. Big difference in how they react with various ingredients. I was overwhemlmingly disappointed with this book. It's getting returned.
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Summary: Don't get suckered
Review: One star is too many for this book. This book is fine if you like guessing what style of beer goes with what food ingredients. But most of us don't - that's why we buy a book we think will tell us. This book is okay if you like throwing out your food because you put a too hoppy beer in it and it tastes really bitter or you used a malty beer and it made everything too sweet. For someone who claims to know beer, this author doesn't show that in the book. Every recipe simply calls for "beer". Is that a stout? Is that an IPA? Is that an American mass-produced watery beer? Is that a malty beer - a hoppy beer? Big difference in beers. Big difference in how they react with various ingredients. I was overwhemlmingly disappointed with this book. It's getting returned.
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Summary: BEER BONANZA!
Review: This is a definite ONE OF A KIND FIND! I picked up this book because it looked interesting and the recipes were unique -- I found out after my first recipe ("beer fudge") that it was fun to read too. It is jam packed with fun ditties about beer, from bizarre trivia to little known history. This is not just a silly book -- these are seriously good recipes. The Beer jello was the hit of my last pot luck -- even before they knew it was made with beer. Even non-cooking friends got a real kick out of my find. I have given it out as housewarming and birthday gifts -- and my Christmas list for this year will be a basket with a six-pack of imported brew, some measuring cups, and THIS BOOK! Enjoy this one -- whether you like to cook, eat, drink beer, or just read trivia!
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