Must have for kitchen library
925858
This is definitely one of my very favorite cookbooks. I also enjoy her website, nourishedkitchen.com where she regularly adds new recipes, hints, and other useful information. If you are about the back to basics lifestyle, this cookbook is a necessary addition to your kitchen library.
4914865
This book is cool! Just within 10 minutes of reading this book, I found useful advise on things that bothered me often. This book doesn't give any recipes, it offers that extra knowledge you need to become a well rounded cook and kitchen-expert. It is a must-have reference for any household.
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I adore this book. I find the index exceptionally well-organized. Recipes at all skill levels.  Favorite recipes include zucchini brownies and zucchini cookies, okra curry, roasted winter vegetables, spicy eggplant burgers, curried vegetable bisque, carrot cookies, and red lentil coconut curry. I've had this book one year, and I find myself turning to it continually. I've already given away two copies as gifts.
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This is a must have book for your Kitchen Library. I love the "Experts List" that run through the book, Doctors and Health Professionals from every specialty get a chance to give us their "Top 10" healthiest foods. I believe that food is the best medicine and preventative of disease that you can give yourself. If you are serious about being as healthy as you can then get this book!
3673640
Love this book! I've been giving it as a gift for years... time for me to buy the newest version for myself! I refer to it a few times every week, often while watching cooking shows.
2553528
Bought this for my husband who is an amateur home chef. He has already applied a lot of the principles of the book to his cooking. This book is a must for any cook to have in their collection.
280243
Not only do you get a lot of "book" for your money... but it is filled with great recipes! I love how it gives you the difficulty level-- always helps me with time management in the kitchen. The pictures are great and come with each recipe, makes choosing just one hard to do :)
3975180
This is a valuable addition to anyone cookbook/kitchen shelf.  Lots of colorful pictures and helpful advice about cooking light and fresh. I have purchase several for my sisters and friends.
1187408
Lots of pictures and things to consider.  We have the same series book for kitchens. well worth the investment.
3277339
Extremely easy read, great tool to use for the kitchen.  There are step by step math problems for conversions and quantifying recipes that even math-phobic people will understand. Even though the book is from the late nineties, it still is not outdated.
3807157
Love love love this book!  Bought it for a gift and I made 6 recipes from it before giving it - I will be ordering myself a copy soon.  I tried teriyaki chicken, margarita lime chicken, steak skewers w/blue cheese dipping sauce, chicken broccoli bake, sticky ribs and French onion soup.  They have all been good and I'm excited to try others.  The recipes are already calculated for making 3 or 4 meals each and there are shopping lists too.
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America's Test Kitchen (ATK) seems to keep pumping out massive cookbooks. I bought this one and love it. I have had great success with the recipes I've cooked out of it. It has a wide range of recipes as well, which makes it the one ATK book worth owning. While ATK has put out dozens of books with wide or narrow focus, I've found many to be redundant or less-well-suited to their type of recipes. This is one that every cook should have, however. It covers all the basics. Unless you're committed to cooking only ATK recipes, there is no sense in buying all their various other ones. Use this one to master the basics and then learn to apply their principles of cooking to other recipes. The background research is also always interesting and helpful to read.
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I have followed Shanti's site for some time now and I love her recipes. This collection of her Top 10 makes it easy to find my favorites. I'm always in need of new inspiration in the kitchen, so this book crossed my path at the perfect time!
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I come from a restaurant family and am an avid collector of all types of cookbooks from vintage to Martha and I consistently grab Bittman's How to Cook Everything for how to "cut to the chase." His writing style is terrific for: explanations, definitions, useful tips and information, technique and recipes that I can't find in my vast collection of cook books. I must have in anyone's cookbook library.
3136512
Like a good millennial, I use Google and Pinterest to find a lot of recipes. I read ingredient lists off the browser on my phone. But sometimes, I want something reliable, detailed, and solid. So I turn to this book! I love that it provides all these little tips, tricks, and explanations about the different foods and ingredients. It's actually better than the internet when I'm trying to look up the best way to do something. It's also just fun to read through, even when I'm not cooking. Anyways, this is a must-have for every kitchen, whether you're 18 or 80. Joy of Cooking is the best, most thorough cookbook I've ever used (way better than the Better Homes and Gardens one my mom used to use). It's improved my cooking 100%, and I'm planning to use it until I'm 100 years old and can't see or cook anything. I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH.
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I have quite a large collection of cookbooks, most of which sit on a shelf somewhere, unused. This book, however, is an exception. Along with my trusty Better Homes & Gardens cookbook (a standard for all home cooks) and a few other chosen ones, this sits on my kitchen counter for easy (and frequent) access. Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking is more than just a collection of recipes...it's a valuable learning tool. From page one, Marcella is teaching us about the very fundamentals of not only Italian cooking, but good cooking in general. This book is a must-have for anyone who loves Italian cooking -- I can't recommend it enough!
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I've used the Joy of Cooking for decades. It contains a lot of valuable general cooking information, such as how to cut up a chicken or make variations on a basic vinaigrette. And so many recipes!  Joy of Cooking has an incredible array of baking recipes, too. This is the maybe tenth Joy I've purchased, first for myself, and then for friends, whether experienced or just learning to cook. Everyone should have Joy in their kitchen!