My Father's Daughter Book Review

My Father's Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness by Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali was a cookbook that I wanted to read since I saw her making the fried zucchini spaghetti on the Rachael Ray show!  If you missed the episode, please click on the link above and watch the video.

I finally reserved it at the library.  I made the spaghetti again the other night but I had still yet to read the rest of the cookbook.  I was excited to see what other recipes there were that I would fall in love with!!!

It was a beautiful cookbook with great pictures and great recipes.  I was a little disappointed because most of the recipes weren't ones that I would make :(  They were a little too fancy for my family but I did make a note of recipes that I thought I might make and I found 12.  A few were similar to other recipes that I have made in the past with a few changes which might try like Roast Chicken, French Fries, and Pancakes.  The one interesting one that stood out was Crispy Potato and Garlic Cake.  I guess time will tell if I actually make it but it looks super yummy!!

According to my dad, if a cookbook has one good recipe, then it is a good book to have.  I love the fried zucchini spaghetti recipe so it was all worth it :)  Everyone that I have made the pasta for has cleaned the bowl and love it so if you don't try the whole book... try at least the one recipe.

I recommend checking it out at your local library to see if it would be a fit for you and your family.  Let me know what you think!!! 

What is the threshold of number of interesting recipes that the cookbook has to have for you to want to check it out?  Quantity or quality??