Rachael Ray Look + Cook by Rachael Ray
Are you a visual person? Are you one of those people who likes to have photos in their cookbook? And when I say images, I do not mean some scattered here or there, or drawings of things, I mean full color photographs of the dishes you want to prepare according to the instructions in the book. If that’s you, then “Rachael Ray’s Look + Cook” by Rachael Ray is the book to brighten up your kitchen with “100 must-see main dishes in pictures.” The book also contains 125 new, more interactive 30-minute recipes. meals, sides, sauces and yum-o menus. (These don’t have pictures with them, and they’re basically text-only recipes. Basically, in the first part of the book, or the first 100 entries, Ray tried to make cooking easier with what she calls innovative look + cook recipes. For each The recipe is presented in vivid photographs so you can take a quick look and then start cooking. I wouldn’t say it’s the best alternative to having Rachael Ray in your kitchen, but it’s certainly a good cookbook.
This cookbook is definitely a good one for the visual learner, and the 600+ full-color photographs make it an easy book to cook with, especially when the food pictures look so good. Unfortunately, homemade dishes rarely looked as appealing as the main course photo with every recipe, but we’re not professionals preparing dishes for a cookbook photoshoot, we just want it to taste good.
Each of the top 100 entries contains a larger image of the finished dish. These are the images I mentioned earlier because they look so much better than some of the dishes we make at home. With smaller photos, but still in full color, the steps to prepare the dish are presented. Most dishes have 5-6 pictures accompanying the description, but some have only 3 or 4. Dishes also have a written description, like most cookbooks, and these descriptions are quite easy to understand and follow, continue. Each entry also has a sidebar that says how many they serve (usually 4) and a list of the necessary ingredients. The recipes fall into these categories: Cozy Food, Make Your Own Takeout, and Stylish Fakes. You’ll find things like Caesar spaghetti, chicken ragout, yellow chicken and rice, winter minestrone, Hungarian-style chili, pork and black-eyed peas, cabbage and hay pasta, sirloin burgers, meatball sandwiches, fried chicken crispy curry, and much more.
The back of the book under More Recipes is pretty boring compared to the front. These recipes are delivered in plain text without images. The only color is orange text instead of black and white. There are still many additional recipes here, but they are not as colorful and interesting as the ones on the front of the book with all the photographs in full color.
If you like Rachael Ray, if you like tasty food and you like cookbooks that contain pictures to help you prepare delicious meals, this cookbook will appeal to you.
