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| Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods | 
 enlarge | Author: Stanley Hunter
Creator: P. J. Gray
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1366976
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 125
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 1560234261
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9781560234265
ASIN: 1560234261
Publication Date: May 2, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
Inventive and Charming December 30, 2007
I gave my son "Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods" and "More Bear Cookin': Bigger and Better" for Christmas. He's moving out this spring for college and I was looking for a couple of cookbooks to kick-start his collection. He knows his way around the kitchen, but his experience is from cooking by my side without written down recipes. I wanted simple homestyle recipes, with no-nonsense ingredients and instructions. He's a big boy, more of a cub than a bear, with a big appetite and I wanted something he would actually use.
These cookbooks deliver exactly what I wanted and more. The recipes were collected from family and friends, delicious and traditional and hearty, with easy to find ingredients and easy to follow instructions. Each recipe is lovingly introduced - the book sprinkled with helpful tips, serving hints, food tributes and the author's down to earth humor and charm. The cookbooks aren't fancy and filled with pretty pictures, but what you do get is something that can actually be used and enjoyed. I would heartily recommend these cookbooks for any cook that appreciates inventive, homestyle cookin'. I've ordered copies for myself.
My son and I have already sampled a few of the recipes. The "Fruity Barbecue Wings" was a delicious twist on an old favorite, tangy and sweet. The "Blueberry Orange Muffins" was a simple and tasty variation on the same ol', same ol' muffins I usually make. And the "Beef Stroganoff" that uses a spice that I would have never considered before - that added an interesting flavor to another family favorite. I'm one of those potato salad snobs that will only make mine one way and one way only. This cookbook includes three different variations on the traditional potato salad - which I will definitely be trying out. And I can tell you right now the "Beyond the Honeypot" chapter is going to be a favorite with its "Mom's Oatmeal Pie," "Banana Split Cake" and "Easy Peach Blueberry Cobbler."
Can you tell I wrote this review while I was hungry? *grins*
Palate pleasing & appetite satisfying November 15, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The collaborative effort of P.J. Gray and Stanley Hunter, Bear Cookin': The Original Guide To Bear Comfort Foods is expertly organized into six major sections: Lip Smackin' Snackin'; Woofy Breakfast; Hearty Sides; Come-And-Get-It Entrees; Bear Meat; and Beyond The Honeypot. With easy-to-follow recipes ranging from Cheese on Rye Pizzas; Hobo Hash; and Cabin Fever Soup; to Spaghetti Carbonara; Husbear Burgers; and Banana Split Cake, Bear Cookin' is a wonderful compendium of palate pleasing, appetite satisfying, kitchen cook friendly recipes.
Great recipes and fun to read! August 6, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very entertaining, with personal anecdotes and easy-to-follow recipes.
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