Analysis: Cooking With Betty Crocker

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Cooking with Betty Crocker Some people enjoy cooking, others dread it. Both types will probably at least once in their life cook something by following a recipe. Recipes are like cheat sheets. Someone else did the work and the next people copy it. No matter what, cookbooks are extremely helpful for keeping an immense number of recipes in one spot. Betty Crocker’s sixth edition cookbook is an excellent example of an easy to use cookbook for health conscious people. The cookbook has a variety of dishes that can be made by following the recipes. The first thing that stands out to people browsing any type of book is its pictures. This cookbook has colorful pictures of some of the dishes fully prepared. The pictures offer the person cooking an …show more content…
The tabs help the food preparer search swiftly for the section he or she wants so that he or she can quickly find a recipe from that section. There is also an herb list inside the front cover of the book. The list shows a drawing of the herb. It describes each herb’s flavor and suggests its uses. Inside the back cover, there is a helpful list of yields and equivalents. If a recipe calls for a cup of chopped apples, the back cover tells approximately how many apples are required to make a cup. This is helpful if the food preparer has some apples, but is unsure how much the chopped apples will yield. The yield and equivalent list help the food preparer decide if he or she has enough of that ingredient before starting the …show more content…
People concerned about their diet are fond of the nutrition chart because all of the work is done for them. It has all of the recipes listed. It says how much protein, carbohydrates, fat, sodium, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron is in each recipe. People that are trying to keep track of their nutrition have an easier time because it is all written down. For some people, the cookbook’s characteristics are not positive aspects. They might not use herbs. They might prefer quick recipes using commercial mixes and a microwave. For those types of people, this cookbook is more of a hindrance. But typically, commercial mixes have a lot of unhealthy preservatives, and some doctors declare microwaves to be harmful to the user. As a result, the cookbook supports keeping its users informed of their nutrition intake and has minimal microwave use

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