Inge N. Dobelis

This cookbook was a wedding gift in 1985. It contains a large number of reasonably tasty recipes which take very little skill or time to prepare. It was great help for two people who were fairly inexperienced cooks. While Libby moved on to other cook books as skills (and taste) developed, there are several recipes from this book that wa still make, though often the spices have been tweaked to make them more flavorful. Now that I am regularly cooking again, I find myself pulling this cookbook show more off the shelf as I rebuild my skills. show less

I inherited this cookbook when my mother died. It is full of the old time goodies, Swiss Steak, Jambalaya, Stroganoff and many soups, side dishes and deserts. I love using this book, though I've cooked out of it for twenty years, so I'm often just checking on the amount of ingredients I need for any particular dish. My son, who is a Line-chef, sometimes calls me and asks for one of the recipes from this book. It's a primer of good, old fashioned cooking, except it does pay heed to the show more dietary needs of our generation. show less

This is a great cookbook, filled with quick, easy recipes with ingredients that I tend to have on hand most of the time already. It'd be great for a beginning cook as it includes lots of tips and tricks, and the instructions are very explicit.

Only giving this one three stars for now; need to cook more recipes out of it. A very good general cookbook for someone starting out. Most ingredients are staples that you would have on hand in any normal kitchen. Lots of variety too.