The Good Housekeeping Step-By-Step Cookbook

by Dina Nayeri

Book Overview

It s all here: More than 1,000 time-tested delicious recipes, 1,800 photos, and the backing of America s most trusted authority on food. "Good Housekeeping Step by Step Cookbook" features hundreds of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068814716X
• ISBN13: 9780688147167
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Hearst Communications
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 4.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.9" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

The Best Cookbook Available!

This is a wonderful book, and an excellent kitchen resource regardless of your experience level in the kitchen. The book contains a dizzying array of recipes in every conceivable category, and is well organized and illustrated. The illustrations, in fact, are what truly set this book apart: not only are the dishes well presented, explained, and photographed, but the steps involved in preparing the dishes are generally photographed to make it crystal clear how to do all required tasks. Earlier in my life, I was a Chef at a high dollar restaurant serving mostly beef, so I was largely acquainted with the techniques associated with preparing most meats (and agree with the techniques used here), but I have never been especially knowledgeable about baking (and some other things). This book made it easy to learn the exact steps involved along the way to making every dish contained herein. I was especially enthused with the photographs taken at major preparation steps and decision points. This let me get it right the first time without having a recipe that was almost, but not quite, perfect.Any level of cook from very beginner to advanced will love this book. There are dishes ranging from simple to complex (biased toward the simple on average) but all the ones I have made have worked well and tasted great. No kitchen should be without this book!

A must-have cookbook and a great gift

I own dozens of cookbooks, but this particular cookbook is a favourite. It would be a great gift for either a new cook (great shower/wedding gift) or even for an experienced cook. The recipes range from very basic to quite gourmet, and there is something for cooks of every skill level. The layout is clear and easy to read, and best of all, it gives calorie, fat, sodium, etc. content at the end of each recipe, which I really like. The layout is eye-catching and easy to read. I have had good luck with several recipes, including Mahogany Roast Chicken (very good and easy) and Golden Onion Foccaccia. I am often dissappointed with cookbook purchases, but this one was a great buy and I would highly recommend it.

All wrapped up into one!

I checked this book out of the library and found myself taking it out for an extra 2 weeks until the one that I ordered came in! I would recommend everybody to go out and buy this book! It has made my life in cooking so much easier. I must own about 25 different ones either for different recipies in each, or just for the basics that are spread out amongst them all. With this ONE book, I can get rid of my others. It is the only one that you need for all your information wrapped up into one. The pictures really help me get a quick sense of the recipe, its steps, ingredients, and the time involved. Thank you so much Good Housekeeping!!!

Excellent for experienced chefs and those with no clue!

I bought this book for a friend, but decided to look through it first, just to make sure it'd be good for him (he wants to learn how to cook, but knows nothing). I found out that this book is probably the best book you could buy for a beginner, it explains everything, has a glossary, and many many pictures. It gives information on tools and baking dishes, at the beginning of each section, it tells you basic information on things. When in the actual recipe areas, each right-hand page will feature a recipe for a certain kind of food (for example, I randomly turned to the first page on Broiled Pork, it gave a brief overview of the section, has a recipe for Marinated Pork Tenderloin, with pictures for each step, and on the back of that page, it has three more recipes, all are for broiled pork. The entire book is like that. This book has simple recipes and old standbys that are good for the beginner who doesn't want to experiment too much (for example, I found both plain old mashed potatoes and a few good meatloaf recipes), and more daring recipes for those who've gained some experience. It contains both comfort foods and elegant foods you would prepare for a dinner party. This is a must-have book for anyone who isn't confident of their cooking skills, and also very useful to anyone who simply wants a little variety. This is definately worth the money, everyone should have one!

Everything I have made from this book has been terrific!

On Thanksgiving we had the Praline Sweet Potatoes(pg. 300), and we were all giving thanks for this recipe. Too yummy! From then on I must have used 60 recipes from this book, and they have all ranged fron very good to wonderful. I highly recommend this book.