As a follow-on to Mandi's comment above, one of the hints I got from my mom was to highlight in the index of a cookbook the recipes I'd tried--with a "plus," "check," or "x" next to them to give me the quick evaluation of how I liked that recipe. This also makes it easier to find a recipe again when you can't remember exactly what it was called in the cookbook--e.g., was it the "Easy Chocolate Cake" recipe that you liked so much last time, or was it the "Simply Delicious Chocolate Cake."

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