I watch Sandra Lee on Food Network alot. i love her recipes and all the decorations that she does. Has anyone purchased her cookbooks? I am looking into purchasing one but I am wondering if it is even worth it since you can get some of her recipes on the Food Network website.

Hi I have purchased just recently 2 of her cookbooks and I love them. I have found a lot of great recipes in them. I know you could probably get those recipes online at foodnetwork, but I have found some recipes in the books that I might not of thought to search for.

>but I have found some recipes in the books that I might not of thought to search for.<

You could say the same about any cookbook, don'tchathink?

That aside, there's always a warm feeling being able to thumb through a hard copy of a book, and look at the pix for inspiration. A cookbook puts you directly in touch with the author, something you just don't get from websites.

Some blogs come close to achieving that feel. But, for me, the weight of the book in my hands is important.

I have purchased a couple of Ms. Lee's books as gifts.

My sister is a busy woman who has a thousand things in her life that are much higher priority than cooking. For her, Lee's product is perfect.

I got sis those books to persuade her that she didn't need to feed her kids from fast-food drive-thrus every night... that quick, easy nutritious meals were very doable even for her, with the help of a few decent store-bought ingredients. The books did help a lot... sis now makes more time than ever before for preparing meals at home.

Lee is one of those folks that others either love- or love-to-hate! Fussy purists who have time to shop daily, to bone chickens, to make stocks, to simmer homemade tomato sauces, to bake pies and cakes... look down on her concept... but those who do indeed lead busy lives full of kids, career and constant chaos NEED someone like Sandra Lee to show them the way.

I respect her product and her approach and more than anything, I respect her audience. Thumbing thru her books, I found them to be chock-full of beautiful photos and thought they held quite an appeal for busy-busy people!

I agree with KYH... afterall, the web can bring everything to our door these days but that doesn't mean I will stop enjoying trips to the cinema, a handheld newspaper or magazine, or a vacation to the tropics!

Computers are wonderful gadgets and although they can easily become replacements for many, many things... for each of us, those things we're willing to give up will slightly differ.

Besides, I'd much rather deal with wiping a marinara-thumb-smudge from the white page of a cookbook on the counter-top, than figure out a way to detail the same marinara-splatters from between the keys on a keyboard w/ a Q-tip! Hee-Hee!

Not to mention- a trip to the local bookstore for me is as much or even more heavenly than a fine meal at home or at a favorite cafe... the internet's cool and all but there are some thangs it just can't deliver on!