The Oregonian Cookbook: Best Recipes from Foodday

The contents and recipes are amazing - many of the newspaper clippings I've been saving and using for years are included in this text. Also useful are some of the tips scattered throughout the book. For exammple: the differences in types of pectin, the various Asian vinegars, and the benefits of pasta water.Now for the flaw - rather stunning, because I've always found the Oregonian FoodDay staff to be wise and practical. But someone, somewhere decided to make this an edge-bound book - the kind that would never lie flat. At least not until the binding breaks and the book falls apart. How would anyone fathom that this great cookbook, with all these very useable recipes (that I already refer to on a regular basis), actually be used? The book will need to be weighted with a cast-iron pan or other heavy object to stay open. This is certainly not very practical while cooking or baking. The minute the object gets bumped, the book will snap shut and you'll be on the hunt to find which page you were on. Frustrating to say the least. Couldn't this have been one of those ring-bound books? Would that have been unreasonable?

I ordered this book after seeing this book a shop owner in Oregon was perusing; when we were there on vacation. After trying a few recipes I am enjoying this book. Every recipe has turned out and they are easy to follow. Quickly becoming one of my "go to" recipe books.I do like pictures in my cookbooks but the recipes looked so intriguing I was inspired to purchase the book. No regrets. Glad we went into that knitting store.

I have 270+ cook books and this is one of the best, I refer to it often. You don't have to live in Oregon to appreciate this book. The recipes are great for entertaining as well as everyday meals. A must for cook book collections and people that love to cook and drink good wine.

I loved the Food day publications and recipes in the 1980s and 1990s. Although I lived 3000 miles away at that time, my recipe boxes are bulging with recipes clipped from the Wednesday issues. I anticipated finding many of my favorites in this cookbook, but was deeply disappointed to find that the majority of the book's recipes were not appealing.

So far, I'm loving the six recipes I've cooked. I can't wait to try so many more. I must have about 8 bookmarks on the go. Love it!

Over the years, we have snipped out and collected hundreds of recipes from FOODDAY. Now we can lose the ziplock bags full of ageing newsprint, and find them all in one convenient location. Regardless of your taste, there's arecipe or two to please everyone in this book.

Beautiful book, great recipes. I saw it here for a really great price so I bought it as a gift for myself! I'm really happy with it. I wouldn't say the recipes are necessarily every day things- there are some. But it does offer a lot of great tips.

I can imagine making at least 90% of all the recipes - I've already made 2 soups. I have read the Oregonian my whole life and always cut recipes out. Now there are some all together.