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Microwave Cookbooks,
Look Before
You Buy!
Mother’s Day is coming up in
two weeks, believe it or not! If your
Mom has a microwave, she just
might appreciate a new
microwave cookbook as a gift,
especially if she doesn’t use her
microwave much.
Here are a few hints for choosing
a cookbook she (or you!) will like.
Microwave cookbooks are
available in book stores, in
microwave retail outlets, and
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Rochester, N.Y. 14606).
When you look through a book
think about what kind of cooking
your mom does. If her cooking is
limited to packaged convenience
mixes, look for a book that tells
how to use these mixes in a
microwave. If she makes most of
her food from scratch, look for
books that use homemade sauces
instead of canned soup for sauces.
If she has diet limitations, look for
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these. I’m sure you get the idea by
now.
Check the publication date on the
book. Cookbooks that were
published more than five or six
years ago and have not been
revised since then, will not utilize
the “easy cooking” features on
newer microwaves like variable
power, temperature probes, or
sensors.
One last thing to look for is the
power of the microwave used to
test and time the recipes. You will
find this information m the front of
the book, usually in a forward, or a
section called, “how to use this
book”, etc. If the power levSl is
different from your mother’s oven,
she might have to adjust all the
cooking times. Most books written
in the last few years are for ovens
with 600 to 700 watts of power. If
the cookbook was published before
1978, it may be for a lower powered
oven.
There are many microwave
cookbooks available, and as with
any cookbook, some are better
than others. Here are my favorite
cookbooks. I use these five
regularly and like them. One would
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a microwave oven.
The cookbook I think is best is
still (after seven years!) the
paperback, Loft Cook Microwovo,
Third IdHlon, by Barbara Harris.
This book is easy to use and has
good basic information on the
differences between microwave
and range cooking. If you know
someone who has a microwave
that’s not being used much, they
need this book!
In Harris’ book I’ve found
directions for anything I’ve ever
tried to cook in my microwave,
from whole pumpkins to play
dough! Most book stores don’t
stock this book, but can special
order it for you. The book is
available from many microwave
retail stores and catalogs. The
- cost? A friendly $5.25 for the
paperback and $7.95 for the spiral
binding.
Another favorite microwave
cookbook is Audrey Stehle’s,
Mkrowavt Cooking Mode Easy,
published by Southern Living. TTus
has a good “basics” section in the
front and some of the best food that
I’ve made in my microwave has
come from the recipes in this book.
You’ll find “good eatin” here,
though most of the recipes are not
really quick ones. This hardbound
sells for about $lB at the
bookstores.
The newest cookbook on my shelf
is Simply Scrumptious Microwaving, by
Wilkins, Robinson and Stancil.
This spiral bound paperback
($9.95) has almost 600 recipes in it,
but has only a brief explanation of
microwave techniques. If your
mother uses her microwave a lot
and is looking for new recipes, this
might be what she needs.
If your mother is a gourmet cook
or likes French or Italian cooking,
look for Snyder and Cone’s books,
The Mkrowavo French Cookbook, or The
Mkrowavo Kaftan Cookbook. These
hardbounds $15.50) give
microwave directions for
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authentic ethnic recipes. Their
recipes are easy, faster than
conventional, and delicious.
I haven’t personally tested these
next few books, but they should be
more reliable than one from an
author with whom you are not
familiar.
Better Homes and Gardens has
published a series of books on
microwave cooking. Each one is a
different theme, such as Microwave
Cooking For Kids, Microwave Plus
(using your range, grill and
freezer along with your
microwave). The Microwave Cooking
for One or Two would be especially
nice for a single person. Most of
these are hardbacks for about $7;
the paperbacks are a dollar less.
If your mother needs help un
derstanding microwave cooking
techniques, either Betty Crocker's
Microwave Cookbook or the General
Electric Microwave Cookbook should
help her (or you!). These hardback
books are jammed full of pictures
of techniques and doneness tests.
They range in price from $l2 to $l5.
One last suggestion is a sub
scription to a microwave
magazine. The best is The Microwave
Times, Box 1271, Burnsville, Min
nesota 55337. It costs $8.95 for a
year’s subscription (6 issues
every other month). It contains
recipes, product reports, reader’s
questions, etc.
If you need to special order one
of these books and a book store
says the one you want is not
available, try a different store. The
chain stores each have different
suppliers. When I called about
availability of these books, one
store told me I couldn’t get the
book, another had it available for
order. These books are all still
available!
So what’s the final word? Just
this - before you buy a microwave
cookbook, browse through it to
make sure its style matches your
mother’s!
Copyright 1986, Lam Bloomer