Sunday, November 29, 2015

Review - Top Secret Recipes Step-by-Step: Secret Formulas with Photos for Duplicating Your Favorite Famous Foods at Home


Top Secret Recipies: Step-By-Step:
Secret Formulas with Photos for  Duplicating Your Favorite Famous Foods at Home
by Todd Wilbur
Publisher: Plume
Pub. Date: November17, 2105
ISBN: 978-0142196960
Pages: 304
Buy Link: Amazon



Book Description:

For more than twenty-five years, Todd Wilbur has been obsessed with recreating America's most iconic brand-name foods at home. In his first cookbook with color photos, the New York Times bestselling author brings you 125 new clone recipes: 75 first-time hacks and 50 overhauled all-time favorites. Each recipe comes with easy-to-follow step-by-step photos so that even novice cooks can perfectly recreate their favorite famous foods with everyday ingredients. And your homemade versions cost just a fraction of what the restaurants charge! 

About the Author:

For more than 25 years Todd Wilbur has been reverse-engineering America's most iconic foods for his series of 11 Top Secret Recipes cookbooks. With over 5 million books in print, the self-proclaimed "food hacker" has appeared in over 100 media outlets including The New York Times, People Magazine, Newsweek, The Daily News, Entertainment Weekly, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, The Dr. Oz Show, and The Food Network.  His website www.TopSecretRecipes.com is the #1 copycat recipes website with 1 million visitors every month. He lives with his family in Las Vegas, NV. 


Billy's Thoughts:

I'm sure that there has been at least one recipe of a meal, sandwich or dessert from a restaurant or fast-food place that you have search online for. I've done this several time and have found many different copycat recipes, but sadly none of those recipes weren't even close to the real thing. I recall my mother owning one of the Top Secret Recipes cookbook by Todd Wilbur when I was a teenager back in the 90s and there were a few copycat recipes that were pretty good in there.

That being said, I was excited when I received a press release for the recently released cookbook, Top Secret Recipes Step-by-Step: Secret Formulas with Photos for Duplicating Your Favorite Famous Foods at Home by Todd Wilbur. Unlike his past cookbooks that have featured blueprint pictures, this book has over 1,100 color photos that the author shot himself! There are a total of 125 recipes, which 75 are "First-Time Hacks" that haven't appeared in other cookbooks. The other 50 recipes are "Improved Hacks"that have appeared in other Top Secret Recipes titles, but have been re-hacked.

It would take me way too long to list all 125 recipe titles, so I'm just naming a few of my favorites from the cookbook:

Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme
Tac Bell Mexican Pizza
Long John Sliver's Battered Fish
KFC Original Recipe Fried Chicken
KFC Cole Slaw
Cracker Barrel Chicken Fried Steak
Domino's Large Cheese Pizza
Hostess Twinkie
McDonald's Big Max
McDonald's McRib Sandwich
McDonalds's Baked Apple Pie
Applebee's Orental Chicken Salad
Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll
Red Lobster Pumpkin Pie in a Jar

Overall, the Top Secret Recipes Step-by-Step: Secret Formulas with Photos for Duplicating Your Favorite Famous Foods at Home is a nicely put together cookbook with easy step-by-step instructions and beautiful photos. The cookbook would make a great gift for any cook or chef (young or old) this holiday season.



*Disclaimer - I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

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