The Piglet
Chrissy Teigen’s Just Given Us Our New Favorite Soup Recipe
Our community cooks through the star's second bestselling book—and loves it.
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Nancy M.
March 1, 2019
When I heard that she had written that first cookbook I thought it was the most idiotic thing ever. But here's how open-minded I am - I now own both of her books and cook from them all the time. She is fabulous and so are her books.
HalfPint
February 22, 2019
Haven't gotten to the second Chrissy Teigen book, but I really liked the first one which has my now go-to recipe for dutch baby pancake. I usually don't have much interest in celebrity cookbooks, but I find myself drawn to the rebels who make no secret of their love for comfort food, kitsch, and white bread. And that cheesy tuna casserole sounds right up my alley :)
Brinda A.
February 22, 2019
Same here, HalfPint! Chrissy's point of view and total lack of pretense makes her recipes so much more appealing. And good news: the tuna noodle casserole recipe is actually in her first book, so you can take it for a spin before picking up the second!
Michael R.
February 28, 2019
Yeah, I doubt she wrote the book, or the record weren't here's recipes aren't copyrighted, their trade secrets if anything. Dutch Baby, she simply copied comes recipe and put in her. book. You can get that same recipe from the NY Times. Who spends money on cookbooks. The internet is free, genius
HalfPint
March 1, 2019
@Michael R, you can't copyright a list of ingredients. There is protection for one's own writing, so if she printed someone else's exact recipe down to the last period and placement, then she has plagiarized.
You know where else cookbooks/recipes are free? The library. I test run cookbooks from the library and if there is one that I truly love and will cook from all the time, I'll buy that cookbook. In life, you get what you pay for. So "free" does not mean "good", "accurate", or "reliable".
You know where else cookbooks/recipes are free? The library. I test run cookbooks from the library and if there is one that I truly love and will cook from all the time, I'll buy that cookbook. In life, you get what you pay for. So "free" does not mean "good", "accurate", or "reliable".
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