The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook

The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook, an instant classic since its 1980 debut, has sold over a million copies and is now available in a revised and expanded edition for both novice and experienced cooks. This edition offers a wealth of information tailored for today’s modern kitchen, including microwave cooking, quick menus for any occasion, and time-saving shopping and preparation tips, along with updated nutritional data. With over 5,000 illustrations and exciting new four-color photographs, it guides you through every cooking phase, showcasing techniques like measuring, dicing, and folding. Featuring more than 1,400 triple-tested recipes—from appetizers and soups to desserts and beverages—each recipe is designed for clarity, making cooking straightforward. Instructions provide multiple methods for checking doneness, detailed explanations of techniques, precise measurements, and overall preparation times. Additional features include complete menus for entertaining, a dedicated chapter on microwave cooking with over 70 new recipes, a full-color photo gallery of over 900 dishes, calorie counts, and nutritional information for each recipe. An illustrated dictionary of herbs and spices, along with a glossary of cooking terms, enhances the cooking experience by offering critical facts about food, cooking times, and storage procedures.