The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook, Heavy-Duty Revised Edition

I am an experienced cook who has enjoyed other America's Test Kitchen books. This is a perfect cookbook for any kitchen as it provides all the basic, time honored favorites as well as countless other helps and pictures and how-to's that are fully tested for great success. I bought it for a gift and kept it for myself, buying three more for gifts.

I have tried a dozen different recipes out of this book in the two months I've owned it, and every one was One Of The Best Things I Have Ever Cooked.

These are not recipes that you will have to tweak a little the second or third time you do them. They are fabulous exactly as written, which makes sense considering they are based on a show that tries to come up with "the best" way to cook whatever they are making.

The flavors are surprisingly rich and sophisticated for recipes that generally have fairly simple ingredients. Those labeled "fast" are appropriate for weeknight meals. Their product suggestions have also been spot-on.

These guys are the perfect balance between "foodies" and practical, normal cooks making dinner for a family. I can't recommend this book highly enough.

I LOVE this cookbook. I purchased America's Test Kitchen Baking Book and liked it so much that I ordered this one, and it's just as good as the baking book, if not better.

The book is binder-style, so the pages lay flat while cooking, which is very convenient. The book comes with tabbed inserts for each chapter that make it easy to navigate through the book.

This cookbook is full of product reviews, tip and tricks, shortcuts and suggestions that make it an excellent choice for anyone from the beginner to advanced cook. It's full of easy recipes that the whole family should enjoy, such as apple pie and meatloaf.

This book will refresh your cooking repertoire and should keep your family enjoying mealtime for months to come. Highly recommended.

When I received the cookbook, I knew from reader previous reviews that the chapter dividers would need to be inserted. That would have been no problem except one insert was duplicated, so one was missing. The customer service at Amazon was very helpful and quickly got another issue out so it was received in time to give for a gift. This is my new "GO TO" gift for newlyweds AND experienced cooks. It has a wealth of useful info and great recipes. I'm glad the new revised edition has been improved; this is an excellent product. Rings and paper quality are just fine for me.

Gave this as a gift to a young man just moving into his own place. So far the reviews are great. He used it to prepare dinner for friends, said it was a success. I just ordered another for a Christmas gift!