Pre-Owned Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Other) 9780696224034

from shabacus

This is my go-to cookbook for virtually all of my general cooking and baking. If the recipes lack inspiration or variety, that's something that an inventive cook can compensate for. I own two editions, and comparing the changes in recipes (older recipes use more shortening, newer recipes more but...

from LeesyLou

A great basic cookbook. This is the one I turn to when I need a basic recipe for baked goods, family favorites, and general American foods like pizza, pasta, muffins, cakes, cookies, ground beef presentations, fish dishes and so on. Nothing innovative, but a lot of family foods. Nutrition info is...

from Farree

Heh. This was my mother's go to cookbook. 5-ring binder, clear vinyl flyleaf, photographs galore; this is the first edition, 2nd printing, (1953). I will never forget the Pecan-dotted Butter-scotch rolls, the unbelieveable lard-based pie crusts for mincemeat pies, soaked in brandy: (which could k...

from tuckerresearch

An updated version of a classic. A simple cook book with simple recipies - a neat primer.

from ahgonzales

Great for basics. It literally tells you how to scramble eggs, etc. I'm not much of a cook, especially when it comes to throwing something together, but there are enough recipes marked "fast" that I can usually find a recipe with the ingredients I have in the house. It's also fun for when I have ...