Best cookbook out there!

I'm a bit overwhelmed by this book- I've eaten from it, but have yet to try cooking from it. Mir did make one of the bbq sauces from it though, and it was GREAT!

I've had a couple of go-to cookbooks over the years, those cookbooks you thumb through, either when you're looking for something specific, or you feel like pasta (say) and you wonder what you can do with what you've got at home. They have all (including The Joy of Cooking) been subsumed by this book. It's without a doubt my most used cookbook. And its sturdy design is assurance that it will remain so for years to come. This is the can't-live-without cookbook.

This is the BEST cookbook ever !! I have given it to friends as gifts. Everyone needs this book--it explains why certain ingredients were used. The cooks have experimented with each recipe.

I like how the authors/cooks of this book have tested out several ways to make the one recipe to make it fool proof. They add wonderful tips to common problems and offer easy remedies. The layout is easy to use and the various sections are thorough. They also test out several products and give their opinion on the what they found to be the best.

Thanks Coffey Clan!

great cookbook

Hands down the best cookbook that I own for all sorts of general cooking. I can truthfully say "I have the BEST recipe for that." for just about anything my family would like to eat. The pictures are great, the notebook format allows the book to stay open to the right page on my kitchen counter, and the equipment and food reviews are just icing on the (very delicious) cake.

wonderful wonderful wonderful! the most fun I had in a long time.

This is one of my go to books for basic recipes.

I have tried about 50 recipes from this and most I have cooked or would cook again. The book doesn't have a gimmick-it is full of good, solid food that would please crowds of people with varied tastes. Some of my favorite recipes include weeknight chili, stuffed bell peppers, creamed spinach, cream biscuits, sugar cookies, molasses spice cookies, and snickerdoodles. Once in awhile you'll come across a recipe too fussy for the family chef, but the overwhelming majority are realistic and have a good effort/quality balance. And they come out as they're supposed to! Even if you're just bumbling along like me. I love the sidenote lessons and product/equipment recommendations, too. This is by far my favorite cookbook I've owned.

I read a whole lot of cookbooks, collect masses of recipes, and do an awful lot of cooking and baking. This is far and away the absolute best cookbook I've seen out there--and I was raised on both Betty Crocker AND Better Homes & Gardens cookbooks. They take a very scientific approach to developing recipes and testing ingredients/cookware. This allows them to figure out how things could go wrong and use somewhat nontraditional approaches that make food better. Plus, I appreciate that their cookware suggestions take price into account; they'll tell you when something is not worth the price, and often suggest a cheaper alternative. This is the only cookbook I've used where EVERY SINGLE RECIPE I've tried came out beautifully--and even looking like the pictures! This cookbook can truly change your technique in the kitchen.