Do you love to cook? Every great cook has these cookbooks on the shelves...
THE JOY OF COOKING:
by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker.
Julia Child says "it's the one book she'd keep if she could only have one English title on the shelf." The nearly 5,000 recipes are organized by meal and ingredient, and no cooking instruction goes unexplained, so you can finally understand the difference between poaching and braising. The book includes nutritional information as well as an extremely helpful list of measures and equivalents. You'll find a version of every recipe your mother ever cooked. This is an all American classic! Get it to add to your cookbook collection now!
MASTERING THE ART OF COOKING:
by Julia Child.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. The techniques learned in this beautiful book, with more than one hundred instructive illustrations, can be applied to recipes in all other French cookbooks, making them infinitely usable. In compiling the secrets of famous Cordon Bleu chefs, the authors produced a magnificent volume that continues to have a place of honor in American kitchens. Buy it Now!
THE BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS COOKBOOK
by Better Homes and Gardens Books
This special anniversary edition features 70 years of best-loved recipes from all 10 previous editions of the popular "Red Plaid" cookbook - America's best-selling cookbook. A special nostalgic section features dozens of all-time best recipes from the past 10 editions. Includes a fun or historical fact with each all-time-best recipe. All recipes are tested in the Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen and updated for today's cooking techniques and taste appeal. Every recipe includes nutrition information plus preparation and cooking times. Perfect gift book for weddings, anniversaries, and housewarmings. Add it to your collection today!
by Martha Stewart
Avowed Martha Stewart fans--and the rest of us, too--have cause to applaud. The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook, which marks the 10th anniversary of the magazine from which the book takes its name and 1,200 recipes, is a winner. A wide-ranging trove, it tackles with equal aplomb the basics--from fried chicken to apple pie--and "newer" dishes such as Roasted Eggplant and Red Pepper Soup, Veal Stew with Shallots and Wild Mushrooms, and Pistachio Gelato. Both daily cookbook and stylish culinary guide, Living should prove useful to cooks facing the what-should-we-have-for-dinner dilemma and those seeking delicious dishes for entertaining. The book's 19 chapters cover every dish type. Ranging from hors d'oeuvres to desserts, and including sections devoted to vegetarian main courses, salsas, sauces, and dips, A few standouts among many include Pappardelle with Osso Buco Sauce, Chunky Vegetable Potpie, and Ginger Pecan Cake. Like its parent publication, the book strikes just the right chord for those who want to cook along with Martha. --Arthur Boehm Get your copy now!
THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA BACK TO BASICS
by Ina Garten
Ina Garten is known for her uncomplicated but elegant recipes designed for the home cook whose priority is spending time with friends and family--not in the kitchen. Ina Garten, lays out her approach in the following quotations (both from Page 11): ". . .I don't see any reason why we can't buy perfectly good ingredients in a grocery store, cook them simply, and serve an absolutely delicious meal that will delight everyone at the table." And, "What truly fires my imagination is taking ordinary ingredients and cooking them--or pairing them--in a way that `unlocks' their true flavors." Learn more...
MOLTO GUSTO
by Mario Batali
Easy Italian Cooking. In his words at the outset (Page 13): "What you will certainly notice quite quickly is that this cookbook is radically different from all the others that I have written in its complete lack of traditional main dishes." The recipes are bundled into seven what-you-would-expect categories, from antipasti, bruschetta & cheese to insalata, pasta and pizza. Each of the sections includes food lore and very, very useful basic information such as "Ten Most Important Pasta Cooking Tips." Tip #4: never boil a sauce until you've added the pasta. Add Mario to your collection today!
by Mario Batali
Easy Italian Cooking. In his words at the outset (Page 13): "What you will certainly notice quite quickly is that this cookbook is radically different from all the others that I have written in its complete lack of traditional main dishes."
BOBBY FLAY'S GRILL IT!
by Bobby Flay
Flay notes at the outset that (Page vi): "Firing up the grill makes every night dinners with family or simple get-togethers with friends feel like a party or some sort of celebration." The early part of the book discusses fundamentals--direct versus indirect heat and when to use each, how to determine how hot the grill is, testing for doneness, needed gear to grill, what should be in your pantry and refrigerator. Finally, he emphasizes going to a local market/store, picking up what food seems freshest and most interesting, and going from there.
Five Star Rating across the board...Outstanding book for the first time and experienced griller. Bobby is very creative and pushes the envelope when it comes to unique taste ingredients. Every backyard griller should add this book to their cooking library. Get great grilling advice for your kitchen now!
