Get Togethers - Rachel Ray 30-Minute Meals Description:

Get Togethers : Rachel Ray 30-Minute Meals review:
1 stars (ALL of her books share the same major fault....) - Don't get me wrong, I love her shows, it is great to see how she pulls it all together in the 30 minutes without seeming rushed. The recipes, for the most part, are pretty healthy and have good variety. The lack of pictures doesn't bother me, as she's not really into foo-foo presentation with raspberry sauce swirled half-a-mile away on the edge of the dessert plate, imho totally wasting perfectly good raspberry sauce....



However, her books are *not* written to really go with the flow of her show, as in total meals being prepared at the same time.



The recipes, while grouped together as a menu, are all written separately, just like in other cookbooks. So, if you're looking to see what you should be doing *while* the water is boiling or something else is cooking, you're not going to get any help from her books, which is disappointing.



Believe it or not, it takes organization and good time management skills to get everything on the table hot (or cold, as the case may be) at the same time. Her shows do an excellent job of this--the books do not. She needs to look at redoing her books in both formats--recipes all being prepared at the same time to match her show, as well as the more conventional way if you want to mix and match. Then I would buy them.



In the meantime, watch the shows and take notes to get the process down, then get the books from the library or used from Amazon.
4 stars (HOW ABOUT 30 MEALS IN 15 MINUTES?) - She's done it again...another book, with recipes simple enough for your lazy teenage son to cook, but Rachel, Rachel...more pix please! Some of us need more stimulation than others. I enjoy Rachels cooking show and her previous books, but the recipes are just too good to pass off as my own, so reluctantly, I'll have to give her credit.
2 stars (Mixed satisfaction with recipes) - Yes, these recipes can be finished in 30 mins when you are somewhat organised in your kitchen. Yes, recipes are also suitable for get togethers.



However, I was not 100% happy with this book for two reasons -

one, some of the recipes are not very creative and probably everyone who has lived with flatmates at some point in life has done them...

two, photos of presentations would make all the difference in the world...



Most of us use more than our sense for taste when cooking and enjoying a meal and that also applies for getting ideas what to cook.