Cooking at Home

A provocative, handpicked collection of relevant (and surprising) essential recipes for today’s cook.
We have countless recipes at our disposal today but what are the real keepers, the ones that don’t just feed us when we’re hungry or impress our friends on Saturday night, but inspire us to get into the kitchen? At the forefront of American cooking for more than 20 years, the editors at America’s Test Kitchen have...

Potatoes are nearly universally loved, and the right recipes take a good thing and make it even better. We’ve gathered 20 of our all-time favorite potato recipes into this digital download that will come in handy anytime you think, “A potato side would be perfect, which should I choose.” 
There’s Best Baked Potatoes (we’ll tell you how to ensure fluffy interiors and crispy skin every time), Easier...

"Step-by-step photos teach bakers-in-training how to knead dough, make biscuits, decorate cookies, and produce a ... pie, along with essential skills like following directions and accurately measuring ingredients"--Amazon.com.

An "invaluable [and] enormous assortment of easy-to-follow recipes that make putting dinner on the table a stress-free . . . welcoming any level of cook" (Publishers Weekly).
What busy mom or dad isn't looking for the Big Easy? Enter the next title in the popular Big Book series, an essential volume for anyone who needs to race home and get dinner on the table. With more than 270 recipes at the ready, cooking dinner will...

"A journal-style narrative about the author's first year of feeding her family seasonally, sustainably, and sumptuously -- eating real, fresh, whole, non-processed foods, choosing local and seasonal and sustainable whenever possible, and eschewing factory meats and overfished seafood. But also about eating well and not making herself crazy. This will be a look at her choices, how she succeeds and fails, and most importantly, what she's choosing to...

Choosing local, organic foods benefits your health and the planet's. But how you cook is as important as what you cook: cooking itself is an under-reported yet substantial greenhouse gas creator. Now, Kate Heyhoe shows you how to think like an environmentalist in the kitchen. Without changing your politics or completely disrupting your routine, you can reduce your impact on the planet by rethinking how you cook, shop, and consume food....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Three signs you need this book:
1) Chicken fingers qualify as adventurous. (Hey, they’re not nuggets.)
2) You live in fear of the white stuff touching the green stuff.
3) Family dinner? What’s family dinner?
 
When Jenny Rosenstrach’s kids were little, her dinner rotation looked like this: Pasta, Pizza, Pasta, Burgers, Pasta....

Tamar weaves philosophy and instruction into approachable lessons on instinctive cooking. By wresting cooking from doctrine and doldrums, Tamar encourages readers to begin from wherever they are, with whatever they have.

Lagasse offers recipes that will inspire cooks to utilize organic and locally-grown seasonal produce. The recipes are organized by growing season, and include helpful tips on canning and choosing naturally-raised meats and seafood.

"- Do you want to eat really well - not just once in a while, but all the time - yet you don't know where to begin? - Are you tired of pizza, as much as you like it, and broke from buying take-out? - Do you love good food - the straightforward homemade kind - but feel challenged to set up a kitchen, shop for decent groceries, and tap into a few basic skills that can put a simple roast chicken or vegetarian casserole on your dinner table? If your answers...