I am a sucker for a book about a group. What reminded me of this was Joanna Smith Rakoff's A Fortunate Age, her homage to Mary McCarthy's endlessly re-readable...
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If you are looking for a cookbook this one is the one to buy. They've done all of the work for you in testing variations of every recipe and only using the best. All of the instructions are clear and concise, laying out exactly what ingredients work best (and my favorite part...how they came to that conclusion). It includes 1000 recipes and is an amazing value (also makes a great gift).
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corri.goates, September 5, 2008
If you are looking for a cookbook this one is the one to buy. They've done all of the work for you in testing variations of every recipe and only using the best. All of the instructions are clear and concise, laying out exactly what ingredients work best (and my favorite part...how they came to that conclusion). It includes 1000 recipes and is an amazing value (also makes a great gift).(5 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)