The Chopped Cookbook Review

The Chopped Cookbook
Author: Food Network Kitchen
My rating: 4/5 stars

Summary:

From the hit show on the Food Network, this cookbook is about inspiring the everyday cook in the kitchen to create amazing dishes with what they have around them. Can you make something with potato chips, chicken, and marshmallows? You might say no, but I'm sure the contestants on Chopped can. This cookbook teaches you how to make food from whatever you've got in the kitchen.
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My thoughts:

I really enjoyed reading through this cookbook. I absolutely love Chopped on the Food Network because it's a cooking show that employs creativity and a crazy time limit to make a dish. It's fun to watch and I wish I could taste these crazy things the contestants make. But now, with this cookbook, I can make my own crazy dishes and taste them too.

This cookbook is very accommodating. It is organized into a few main sections and those sections include vegetarian and gluten-free options. There's nothing the average person can't make or eat. Also, it is very educational. It has some really neat tables and charts that explain why blank is used for blank, and it also has substitutions. I love a book that teaches me new things.

The layout of the cookbook is really great. It is organized and clean, so that I completely understand the  recipe and directions. My only criticism is that I wish every single dish came with a photo. Only a select few do have them. Sometimes my eyes are my mouth, and with a cookbook that wants you to prepare weird dishes, I need to see it before I dive in and make it. I understand that it would be a huge cookbook with those added pages, but I'd be all for it.
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Would I recommend The Chopped Cookbook?

Yes, I would absolutely recommend this cookbook. If you love watching Chopped like I do, you will feel like a contestant, but without the time limit....the judges....the whole national television thing. Okay, it's not really like Chopped, but you get to make delicious things from weird ingredients. And that's a boatload of fun! I would recommend this cookbook to anyone who loves cooking, loves a challenge, and especially loves the show Chopped.
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Resources:

For more information about the cookbook, click here.

Information about the author can be found here.
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I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.