Product Description

Banish 5 o’clock guilt forever with the new, wonderful-to-read, wonderful-to-cook Essential Recipe Collection–Weeknight. It features more than 50 Cooking Light kitchen-tested recipes for family-pleasing, health-conscious meals that don’t take a lot of advance planning. Easy entrées, one-dish dinners, soup and salad, and make-ahead meals–they’re all here, and they’re all incredibly tasty. Just what you’d expect from Cooking Light!

From Publishers Weekly

A literal encyclopedia of recipes (culled from the magazine), this revision to Cook’s Illustrated’s popular The Best Recipe is almost double in size and includes more than 1,000 recipes. Cook’s Illustrated is known for careful (some would say compulsive) testing of recipes with a focus on foolproof technique; detailed line drawings that take readers step-by-step through recipes; and opinionated guides that assert that their way is the best way. This methodology appeals particularly to a specific kind of cook, one with a primarily scientific rather than artistic or intuitive approach to cooking. Though there are a few photographs, readers who buy cookbooks for full-color photographs and personal anecdotes aren’t likely to be drawn to this work. Twenty-two chapters cover appetizers to desserts. Even the simplest tasks, such as blanching vegetables or peeling an egg, are explained and illustrated in detail. More involved techniques include brining poultry and roasting a turkey. Pad Thai gets a full-page description with photographs to help home cooks learn how to properly soak the noodles. Well organized and extremely clear, the book has only one drawback: its heft may make it tough to hoist onto kitchen counters.
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Review

“. . . .will please those who groove to the cooking geek sensibility of CI editor Christopher Kimball.” — People Magazine, Novembe 12, 2004

“Its charm is its over-the-top thoroughness.” — Newsweek Magazine, Decmeber 6, 2004

“This new edition (The New Best Recipe) means business.” — The New York Times Book Review, November 5, 2004

“the book’s recipes…you don’t need to be a gourmet to pull them off.” — San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 13, 2004

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Product Description

Beautiful to display and practical to use, Slow Cooker is truly a godsend for time-challenged cooks who want to prepare healthy, tasty, and satisfying meals but don?t have hours to spend hovering over their stoves. Replete with all the high standards that have made Cooking Light a trusted favorite, this new edition provides over 58 beautifully photographed recipes with useful, easy-to-follow instruction.