Essential Cookbook
Overview
All the best recipes from 150 years of distinguished food journalism -- a volume to take its place in America's kitchens alongside Mastering the Art of French Cooking and How to Cook Everything.
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Amanda Hesser has cooked and updated every one of the 1,000-plus recipes here. Her chapter introductions showcase the history of American cooking, and her witty and fascinating headnotes share what makes each recipe special.
The Essential New York Times Cookbook is for people who grew up in the kitchen with Craig Claiborne, for curious cooks who want to serve a nineteenth-century raspberry granita to their friends, and for the new cook who needs a book that explains everything from how to roll out dough to how to slow-roast fish. A volume that will serve as a lifelong companion. Hardcover: 960 pages