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The New Best Recipe: All-New Edition

210 reviews
Cook's Illustrated Magazine

America?s Test Kitchen, 2004

The first one I reach for
I have had this book for a few months and have made several recipes: black beans, bread pudding, meatloaf, a caramel sauce for a flan, chicken stock and oh, I can't even remember what else. Bottom line: this cookbook ROCKS!!! The details on HOW and WHY make for great bedtime reading (and yes, I DO have a life) and I am far more willing to try a recipe that has lots of ingredients and takes a ...

The London omnibus

1 review
Carl Van Doren

An Excellent Compilation!
"The London Omnibus", which is strangely (and unfortunately) out of print, is a diverse assortment of both complete versions and excerpts from novels, essays, short stories, poems, and a play. As the introduction states, "Every section of the book will have been heard of by somebody, but nobody, the publishers and editors guess and wager, will have read it all." Upon first glancing at the ...

Rigor Vitae: Life Unyielding: The Art of Carel Pieter Brest Van Kempen

4 reviews
Carel Pieter Brest Van Kempen

Eagle Mountain Publishing, LC, 2006

The Glories of Nature: The Gifts of Carel Pieter Brest Van Kempen
With the publication of this rather phenomenal book we are at last privy to not only some of the secrets of nature, but we are also introduced to a very important American artist. This beautifully designed and produced book defies classification: it is not only an artist monograph (though the artworks generously presented and well-reproduced merit comparison with some of the finest monographs on ...

America's Test Kitchen Live!: The All-New Companion to America's Favorite Public Television Cooking Series ...

7 reviews

America's Test Kitchen, 2004

But use your own judgment
I absolutely love ATK and buy all of their books. The techniques they present are top notch and as close to bulletproof as you can get. I find the spicing a little mild for my tastes so I usually amp that up a bit. Tasting results are the aggregated opinion of several people so some of the more unusual flavors you might get a kick out of may be rounded out in the math.

The Cook's Illustrated Guide To Grilling And Barbecue

24 reviews
Cook's Illustrated Magazine Editors

America's Test Kitchen, 2005

Fantastic!
I'm not much of a meat eater, but wanted to be able to cook really good meat when I grill. This book may make me a meat lover! Each recipe is very educational as they explain many of the methods they tried before determining the best method for grilling a particular item. I've tried four recipes so far and they have all been absolutely perfect. I grilled burgers for a crowd on the 4th of July and ...

The Still-Hunter (Classics of American Sport)

3 reviews
Theodore S. Van Dyke, Carl Rungius

Stackpole Books, 2004

THE classic book of still-hunting--
First published in the 1880s, this is the first book ever written on American field sports. It helped inspire the craze for literary stories of hunting (carried on by Charles Sheldon, TRoosevelt etc.) amd was considered by both those men the best book ever written on the still-hunt. Written in the second person, it walks the reader through the process of learning to look for, stalk, and ...

Test Kitchen Favorites: The 2007 Companion Cookbook to the Hit TV Show (America's Test Kitchen)

10 reviews

America's Test Kitchen, 2006

another great, but slightly flawed, cookbook from ATK
America's Test Kitchen is similar to Consumer Reports, but for food. They will try a recipe 100 times, with every variation possible, experimenting with ingredients and techniques, until they can give you an informative article and a winning recipe. I have tried about 14 recipes from this book and every one has been terrific. The carbonnade has a more complex flavor than carbonnade I ate in ...

The Best Italian Classics (Best Recipe Classics)

1 review

America's Test Kitchen, 2007

All of their books are wonderful. This one did not let me down.
Just as all the other books and their magazines, this book will not let you down. The recipies are wonderful. There are great explanations for each step and a story for how the recipe came about. It is a must have for your kitchen. The chicken picata recipe is to die for.

Remember Me to Harlem : The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, 1925-1964

3 reviews
Langston Hughes, Carl Van Vechten, ...

Knopf, 2001

The letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten
Bernard gathers and edits the letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, written between 1925-64, presenting a notable work of Hughes' mentor and the friendship which evolved between the two men. From discussions of literature and the publishing world to politics and gossip, these letters hold important keys to the personalities and concerns of two great men of the Harlem Renaissance.

Walt Disney Treasures - Uncle Scrooge: A Little Something Special (Walt Disney Treasures)

5 reviews
Don Rosa, Carl Barks, ...

Gemstone Publishing, 2008

Everyman's Rich Man
If Mickey Mouse embodies the Horatio Alger myth in animated cartoons, then Uncle Scrooge McDuck fulfills something of the same role in comic books, with a slight twist: McDuck is what becomes of the Alger character when he makes his fortune. While Mickey became the trademark, and some would say the "lure," of the Disney empire, Uncle Scrooge became the delight of Disney comic book readers, his ...

The Best 30-Minute Recipe

37 reviews
Cook's Illustrated Magazine

America's Test Kitchen, 2006

a favorite we keep turning to over and over again
This has become a staple for us (and for my mother-in-law whenever she comes to visit!) -- with a 1yr old and two busy work schedules, we don't have much time to do the complicated, layered recipes that we usually love. But these recipes are really pretty doable in the 30min window they promise, and I've learned good shortcut techniques for other recipes too! What's nice is that they don't ...

Turn of the Screw (Heritage Edition in Slipcase)

1 review
Henry James

HERITAGE PRESS, 1949

A Handsome Book
The Heritage Turn of the Screw is a tasteful affair. Bound in russet or green cloth with silver details in matching slipcase. 12 full page Lydis illustrations, an introduction by Van Doren. Two-color decorative elements at each chapter heading. 145 pp in a sewn binding.

Walt Disney's Comics & Stories #665 (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Graphic Novels))

1 review
William Van Horn, Don Rosa, ...

Gemstone Publishing, 2006

A lot of fun
This fun little graphic novel includes seven story arcs from the funny Walt Disney comic books. You get stories starring Donald Duck (2 of them!), Mickey Mouse (2 of them as well!), the Three Little Pigs, Scamp (from the Lady and the Tramp), and the Three Caballeros. The stories are all a lot of fun, and the illustration work is all excellent. My four-year-old reader and I both loved this book, ...

Cover & Bake (Best Recipe)

23 reviews

America's Test Kitchen, 2004

Good recipes
I have made several recipes from this book and they have been great and easy to follow. this is the first cookbook I own from Cook's Illustrated and I'm now adding one more to my collection.

The Turn of the Screw

1 review
Henry James

The Heritage Press, 1977

The Heritage Release
The Heritage Turn of the Screw is a tasteful affair. Bound in russet or green cloth with silver details in matching slipcase. 12 full page Lydis illustrations, an introduction by Van Doren. Two-color decorative elements at each chapter heading. 145 pp in a sewn binding.

The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook, Heavy-Duty Revised Edition

122 reviews
America's Test Kitchen

America's Test Kitchen, 2006

Believe in it! These recipes work, plain and simple.
I actually purchased the original edition in 2005, but would love to have this newer version with the heavier paper- several of my pages have ripped out of the binder. Either way, I have not had a SINGLE bad meal using this cookbook. They really and truly test the heck out of each recipe and it shows. There are times when I read a recipe and think that maybe "my way" is better, but I forge ...

The Best Vegetable Recipes (Best Recipe Classics)

5 reviews

America's Test Kitchen, 2007

Awesome Yams
OK, I bought this book because I hate vegetables. I really REALLY don't like them, and I needed to like them. So here comes this book, and the first thing I make is baked yams. Oh man, I LOVED them! Then I tried the leeks. I'd never had leeks before, and had no idea how to cook them. They were amazing! I love to read through the description of the process they took for each vegetable, trying ...

The Odyssey of Homer in the English Verse Translation by Alexander Pope

1 review
Homer

Heritage Press, 1942

Heritage's The Odyssey
The Heritage Press edition of the Odyssey features the historically significant Alexander Pope translation and illustrations by John Flaxman. Elegant and restained, this edition has a matte gold-colored slipcase, a navy exterior blindstamped with rules in a Greek key pattern, and gold details to the spine. Flaxman, almost a contemporary of Pope, was born in 1775. A great draftsman, ...

Benjamin Franklin (Armed Services edition)

16 reviews
Carl Van Doren

Editions for the Armed Services, 1944

The best biography on the planet!
I'm a big Van Doren Bio fan, and a bigger Ben Franklin fan. Carl captures the essence of the scoundrel Franklin. This is a bigger than life, juicy life. I almost don't recognize the Ben I learned about in school. The dried up old husk of a man who was part of that long ago effort to free our nation. Read this and laugh at the ways Franklin manipulated and succeeded against many odds.

Peter Whiffle

1 review
Carl Van Vechten

no title
This was a simply remarkable book - as Time has commented "more charm than power or plan". But oh! what charm. It would appear to be entirely non-fiction except for the title character, and perhaps a few minor ones. The author is seen as the author, and all places and events, other authors, the notables of every artistic endeavor of the period, are to be found in this book. It is a veritable ...

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