 [Larger view] | The New Best Recipe: All-New Edition with 1,000 Recipes
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| Fabulous Book | |
| This is a Fabulous book in every way! The recipes never fail, each time I'm amazed. What I like the most is that the recipes are easy to follow. It's a must Have! I also bought Simple and Simply Delicious by Sylvie Rocher, which I thought, was very interesting. | |
| As thorough as the magazine! | |
| I recently suscribed to Cooks Illustrated magazine. I love how simple but in depth the magazine is. Doesn't have pages and pages of advertisements, gives complete step by step instructions, and also useful tidbits of information (who knew that salting cabbage would make coleslaw that much better?).
The book is absolutely amazing. The front cover asks who would try 37 different creme brulee recipes to find the best. They did, and WOW! The recipes all come from lots of trial and error so all of the possible mistakes that can be made have been worked out. I love that. Someone has already done all of the hard work in the test kitchen on this one. As another review mentioned, there are also great variations at the end of each recipe (and usually a very interesting article about the recipe or main ingrediant). I would highly recommend this book to anyone from the casual cook to the accomplished chef. A great addition to the recipe book library! | |
| Not just a cookbook - a cooking education! | |
| Not only are the recipes very good, but each one clearly explains why certain methods/ingredients fail, why some succeed, and a systematic approach to creating the best tasting recipe. Taste may be subjective, but given such detail I've found them easily adaptable to my liking. Scattered throughout the book are reviews of cooking equipment and common ingredients, tips on prepping food, etc. Warning - the book is very heavy and difficult to handle; I make copies of my favorites and insert in my recipe binder. Also, there are no pretty photographs of food or celebrity chefs. They pack maximum info into the book, and cut out the glam. An awesome resource and great reading.
Watch these recipes on America's Test Kitchen on public TV - no nonsense cooking show, way superior to some on the Food Network that showcase model-thin "chefs" with very low-cut tops and a grin displaying too many teeth; or those prone to gushing praise for their own creations; or one whose incessant pointless chatter and frenetic pace gives me high blood pressure. |
