This is my all-time favorite recipe book. It's so versatile, everything from appetizers to drinks to desserts to grilling. It's also really easy to understand, with photographs to demonstrate certain things. There aren't a lot of extravagent ingredients or techniques if you don't want them, but some recipes have them if you want a challenge. This cookbook taught me how to cook, AND, we've never eaten a recipe from here we didn't love! I highly recommend it. ( )

Peanut butter cookies are too die for! Instructions are clear but often long for most recipes. Wealth of information, though, allows recipes to come out perfectly if somewhat laboriously. ( )

Great concept and information. Don't use their crepe recipe - use Julia Child's fool-proof one. The one in this book rips too easily. ( )

Hands down, the best cookbook I've ever owned. God bless the Test Kitchen people. I especially like the product reviews and scientific explanations in this book. Ring binder and divider tabs are included with a table of contents for every section. ( )