Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0898214971, Ring-bound)

Your purchase of The Taste of Home Cookbook also includes a one-year subscription to Taste of Home magazine!

The 1,000 home cooks who help create the #1 cooking magazine in the world bring you the most comprehensive cookbook yet, The Taste of Home Cookbook! This brand-new cookbook has over 1,200 home-style, kitchen-tested recipes with over 700 full-color photographs. The five-ring binder-style collection is organized into 25 different chapters, so it is easy to use. There are 2 handy pockets to store your own recipe clippings or cards. For quick look-up, you can flip to any one of five separate indexes, including major ingredient, food category, alphabetical, cooking method, and tip/reference. Plus, easy-to-follow reference charts are located on the inside front and back covers.

Best of all, The Taste of Home Cookbook includes all of the homemade classics you would expect - from beef brisket to dinner rolls, pot roast to apple pie - plus dozens of fresh taste-twists soon to become new family favorites. Scattered throughout are entertaining anecdotal stories from contributing home cooks that will demonstrate why these treasured recipes earn rave reviews at every meal or special occasion. Each recipe also features a quick-read ingredient list and clear, simple-to-follow instructions.

New and experienced cooks alike will appreciate the basic techniques sections, followed by more than 300 additional time-saving tips, handy tricks and helpful how-to's with step-by-step instructions and photos to make cooking easier.

Every recipe hand-selected for The Taste of Home Cookbook has been tested by cooks like you and again in the Taste of Home Test Kitchens, and each includes nutrition information. There's even a chapter on light recipes and an information section on the latest FDA food label information, including trans fats. With hundreds of photos inside, you can know what the food will look like on your own table. You can make any recipe in this book with confidence and enjoy guaranteed success.

The Taste of Home Cookbook is a must-have resource for every home cook! It is the ideal year-round gift, perfect for holidays, bridal showers, birthdays, Mother's Day and more.