Title: Good, but many flaws
Product review: This book has everything I love in a cookbook: tried-and-true recipes with descriptions of why they're so special. That's the good news. The bad news is that many recipes are just doctored up cake mixes/canned fillings (which is not what anyone I know would give a gift), and a disproportionate number contain Cool Whip and/or require refrigeration, and will only last for a day or so -- but the author gives no hint about how long to keep things. Refrigerated items (such as dips) are bad enough in a cookbook intended for gift-giving, but they are mixed in with the other recipes -- so, if you're trying to find something to mail or travel with, you'll have to go through the entire book, looking at the bottom of each recipe. What a pain! Also, it has one of the worst indexes I've ever seen - so, if you find something you want to try, affix a post-it note.
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