Half-Scratch Magic: 200 Ways to Pull Dinner Out of a Hat Using a Can of Soup or Other Tasty Shortcuts

by Linda West Eckhardt, Katherine West Defoyd

A handy guide to quick-and-easy cookery explains how to transform a variety of convenience foods into culinary delights by combining pantry staples with freshly prepared purchased items, offering more than two hundred delicious recipes for hors d-oeuvres, entrTes, biscuits and breads, and desserts, as well as a variety of clever shortcuts for busy cooks. Original. 25,000 first printing.

288 pages, Paperback

First published February 18, 2003

Reviews

[Sara Westhead]

Not a huge fan of this book. Yes, there were one or two interesting looking recipes, I was surprised that they toted specific brands (seriously, you think K.C. Recipe BBQ sauce is the best???). I also wish there were at least some photos in here - nothing sells a recipe like a good picture.

[Lynda]

Nothing new in this book.