Todd Wilbur - Top Secret Restaurant Recipes: Creating Kitchen Clones from America's Favorite Restaurant Chains

Pros: Easy to Follow

Cons: My wife hates when I use the kitchen

Review: If you want to bring home the taste of your favorite foods from the restaurants you enjoy, you won't need a doggie bag, just this book!

In this book you'll find recipes that mimic food dishes from various famous restaurants. The...

Pros: Great concept, good variety

Cons: paperback format, poorly organized

The Bottom Line: This book will show you how to make menu items from chain restaurants at home.

Review: Note: This is my first cookbook review, so if I have not included enough information, please let me know what I need to add. Thanks in advance!

I have been visiting the Top Secret Recipes website for years, and I own several of the TSR...

Pros: Recipes are close to the real thing.

Cons: Some recipes taste like they are missing ingredients.

The Bottom Line: This book has recipes of some of your favorite restaurants best dishes.

Review: I'm a collector of cookbooks and this is definitely my favorite cookbook. It has recipes from Applebee to Tony Roma. But my favorites recipes are Olive Garden's Toscana Soup and Alfredo Pasta, Big Boy's Cream of Broccoli Soup, and Ruth's Chris Steak...

Pros: Great recipes!

Cons: It would be nice if it included nutritional information.

Review: Todd Wilbur's "knock-off's" of favorite restaurant recipes are so close to the real thing, people will think you've gone for take-out! Restaurants are listed alphabetically, with 3 or 4 favorite recipes from each one. Some of my personal favorites...

Pros: Cheaper than going out to eat, taste very much like the original recipe

Cons: Some recipes may taste slightly different, difficult to keep open while cooking

The Bottom Line: I would recommend this book. I love being able to make the recipes at home and they taste great!

Review: I bought this cookbook because I love to eat out but with 3 small children, we no longer have the money or the patience. (Also, we don't want to punish those of you who are actually "enjoying" your dinner.) I wanted to add some interesting dishes...

Pros: Recipes for food that have proven to be delicious.

Cons: Not as good as the real thing, probably get the same recipes free online.

The Bottom Line: First look online for free recipes, but if you can't find what you are looking for & this book has the recipe you want, then it is worth the money.

Review: I love to eat out at restaurants, and I have a favorite meal at each that I always order. I'll crave these favorite foods and wish that I could save some time and money by just making it at home. I was hoping this recipe book could help.

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Pros: A wonderful variety of recipes.

Cons: Can't decide which recipe is best.

The Bottom Line: Every cook needs this book. Anyone can cook like a restaurant now.

Review: I love all of Todd Wilbur's books. This one is my favorite. He has included recipes from such a great variety of restaurants. Most are relatively easy to make. A few I would rather go to the restaurant than go to the trouble of making them. The best...