The Compleat I Hate to Cook Book | 
 enlarge | Author: Peg Bracken
Creator: Hilary Knight
Publisher: Galahad Books /BBS
Category: Book
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 371705
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 278
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0883657945
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9780883657942
ASIN: 0883657945
Publication Date: April 1997
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Amazon.com Review
Some people are born to bake, boil, and lovingly tend to food, and they do it willingly. Then there are those among us who are born to burn, break, and destroy food--and would rather pull out our own wisdom teeth than have to cook a meal. For these anti-cooks, Peg Bracken has been offering advice, and dare it be said, creating recipes since the 1970s. The Compleat I Hate to Cook Book combines Bracken's earlier work, the infamous I Hate to Cook Book along with its two successors. The emphasis is on cheap, simple, "cut as many corners and spend as little time in the kitchen as humanly possible" foods. With such lovely names (Shuttemup Cookies, Fat Man's Shrimp, A Puffy Prune Whip), even naysayers will be curious. Fancy ingredients are replaced by cans of condensed soup, baked beans, and crushed corn flakes. Three-page recipes are traded for short, snappy, and simple instructions. Bracken hasn't forgotten these health-conscious times either: in a chapter entitled "Some of My Best Friends Are Fat," she concocts easy recipes for Skinny Meatloaf and a rather tasty 22 Calorie Banana Whip, which coincidentally contains just 22 calories! This book comes highly recommended for kitchen phobics the world over. --Naomi Gesinger
Product Description
26 b&w illus 6 x 9. Orig. $14.95.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 An oldie and a goodie December 22, 2008
When I moved from my home on LI, NY I had to jettison many of my books and I reluctantly gave up my "I Hate to Cook Book." Now, with the wonders of the internet, I have found my old friend and am enjoying Peg Bracken's comments and her recipes all over again. Thanks.
Our old standby August 17, 2008
Her humor is great, and my wife and I have enjoyed many of the recipes -- Stayabed Stew (made in a crockpot), is among our favorites for cold winter days.
 I love to cook! August 26, 2007
This book is probably one of the reasons I love to cook today. My mother got this book when I was in highschool and together we looked through the recipes and laughed till we hurt. Stayabed Stew was my favorite. My mom is gone now, but I have her copy and it keeps her near as I thumb through the (slightly) spattered pages. I learned to cook using this book, the Doubleday Cookbook and the Joy of Cooking.
Funny, and the recipes are good, too. February 18, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is extremely funny even if you enjoy cooking, as I do. Some of her recipes reflect the time in which the book was written (lots of canned food) but most of them are actually quite tasty. It's fun to read even if you never cook one of the recipes.
Great Gift for Single, Live-ins, Young Marrieds; anyone March 23, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The "I Hate to Cook", full of witty wisdom that goes far beyond the kitchen. This book is worth buying for its humor alone, but the common sense advice and cooking directions/recipes are a real prize whether you are a nouveau cook or a skilled chef.
I believe the first "I Hate to Cook Book" was published back in 1960. As a new bride, I bought my own version in 1965, along with Craig Claiborne's "Herb and Spice" cookbook. These two books have stood well in the test of time and formed a solid base for my own culinary adventures.
"I Hate to Cook", is my favorite gift for people who are getting married, moving into their first apartment or place ,going to college, or whatever; this book is "the bomb", as the younguns now say. Not only does, "I Hate to Cook" give good culinary advice but the recipes are quick, easy and delicious. I have made most of the recipes in this book and they all work and taste good.
Give someone you like or love the gift of laughter and success in the kitchen. You may reap a whole lifetime of cookies and pot roasts.
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