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The Everything Restaurant Copycat Recipes Cookbook by Kelly Jaggers is a cookbook and recipe collection with 200 famous restaurant copycat dishes to recreate at home. Due out 18th March 2025 from Simon & Schuster on their Adams Media imprint, it's 272 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats. According to the publishing info, some of the content is compiled from earlier Adams "Everything" series publications.
The layout is logical and easy to follow. The introduction covers the basic tools, supplies, appliances, and pantry lists. The following chapters include the recipes arranged roughly by category: breakfast & brunch, appetizers & snacks, soup & salad, sandwiches & burgers, beef chicken & pork, seafood & vegetarian, pasta & noodles, sides, desserts, and drinks.
Ingredient measurements are supplied in imperial (American) measurements only. There's a conversion chart for metric measures in the appendices. The nutritional information is not included. Extra tips or recipe alternatives are listed in sidebars with the recipes. The recipes themselves are fairly straightforward and are made with easily sourced ingredients. Many are very simple and should be well within the abilities of the average reader.
The photography is not abundant; most of the recipes are not illustrated, but the photographs which are included are clear and well done.
This is a huge collection of recipes and even allowing for the fact that some of them are very similar to others in the same category, this will keep fast food/restaurant lovers going for ages.
Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes

This was seriously an everything cookbook. The recipes were arranged by meal and occasion. I liked the useful boxes for the recipes; they made it really helpful, and the healthier substitutions at the end were a great touch.
Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this ARC.

Recreating your favourite restaurant dishes at home sounds appealing, but unfortunately this book falls short of the mark.
There’s no shortage of recipes here, that’s not an issue at all. There’s all aspects of a restaurant menu here- breakfast favourites, lunch and dinner ideas, desserts and sides, as well as drinks too. There are just nowhere near enough photographs of the dishes to make this book stand out. Many of the dishes are easy to find online or in other cookbooks, so there’s no real ground broken here. If you like a physical book or are just starting your cookbook collection, this book would probably suit you, but unfortunately it’s not one I would pick up myself.
I received a free ebook copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

As an Australian, who does not have access to some of these restaurants, I have an appreciation for this book. It has excellent sections including the different restaurant chains. The recipes are well laid out and easy to read and follow. My only wish is that there was more imagery of the food but will I try some of these recipes? Absolutely.

So you're craving a chain restaurant's meal but the place is closed? Or you're too sick to travel?
Here's your cheat sheet for when "you can't get there from here." Lots of fun recipes from KFC, Cheesecake Factory, Olive Garden and more.
Recommended if you'd rather cook than eat someone else's cooking!

Such a nice book. I enjoyed all the fun copycat recipes. I know I’ll be making them for sure. Can’t wait to try the Cinnabon cinnamon rolls!

With these tried-and-true recipes, The Everything Restaurant Copycat Recipes Cookbook allows you to recreate popular restaurant meals as closely as possible—while still receiving the same rave reviews as the real thing.
With the price of eating out and so called fast food just skyrocketing, it's time to cook more at home.
Kelly Jagger's compiles over 200 copycat recipes in this collection that meet just about every taste.
The steps seem easy and there are even some semi- homemade options to help the casual Cook make these dishes.
Every skill level is included and the steps are concise and clear.
There are favorites from Olive Garden, Bob Evans, Cracker Barrel, Popeyes, and so many more.
A good selection and easy to read and follow.
Recommended Expected publishing date; 3/18/2025
Thanks to @netgalley and Adams Media for the opportunity to read this in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion

The Everything Restaurant Copycat Recipes Cookbook has a LOT of great recipes from favorite places to eat out. I rarely eat out, getting expensive, so this is a great way to get your favorites and make them at home. Can't wait to try some of my favorites to see how they compare to the real thing. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

I absolutely loved The Everything Restaurant Copycat Recipes Cookbook. All the the recipes that Kelly Jaggers has chosen to add in the book seem simple and straight forward. I was especially excited to see recipes for Olive Garden Soups and side dishes at Cracker Barrel. I can't wait to try them! As someone who no longer eats at fast food restaurants, I was pleasantly surprised to see recipes in here to make versions of Burger King's French Toast Sticks and Taco Bell's crunchwrap supreme. That will be useful for when I get a nostalgic craving for either of them. Kelly Jaggers has included so many recipes in this book, that there is sure to be something in it for everyone!

Loved the recipes. I can't wait to try some this weekend with my family.
Very cute and well presented.