Good Housekeeping Step by Step Cookbook: More Than 1,000 Recipes * 1,800 Photographs * 500 Techniques Hardcover – October 7, 2008

This is a step above the average food I cook at home. Step by Step instructions and tips are very helpful. I am a good cook and was looking for some more inspiring meals and this has that going for it. I really enjoy this book. Only one draw back so far, I do not care for the binding of the book. After looking through the book for about 2 hours, the back cover was tearing from its binding. So, I took quite sometime and cut the glue and binding from the book, used the paper cutter to cut pages to be all the same, (took off frayed edges after pulling it apart), and placed in a nice 3 ring binder and added separating tabs for the 16 different categories. Happy Meals!

I bought whatever edition back in 1985. Still use it though it's held together by duck tape now. I have no bad experiences with these recipes. Actually I remember I bought it to learn to cook for my girlfriend, and ...... Buyer beware, we got married and kids and..... But seriously, I just bought the latest edition for my daughter, she keeps texting me how do you make that veal thing...Here's the book!

This book has everything. And, as the title says - it tells you how to do everything: Step by Step. It's a great volume of recipes for everything under the sun. It's big, it's comprehensive, and it's helpful with instruction, techniques, and mouth-watering photos. It's great for holiday meals because everything you might want to make is in there. It's also great for everyday stuff and a touch of the exotic. All around textbook for normal everyday cooks.

Her first response was that it was the "bomb diggity" lol. Her mother told me she was praising the book because it had lots of recipes for 'everything' and had photos and step by step instructions plus she enjoyed learning what all the cooking terms meant.

I have purchased this multiple times for gifts (and one replacement for me when rain ruined my copy!) and probably will again!! Its a perfect cookbook for the beginner but the recipes cover all cuisines and types of prep, making it perfect for ANY cook!! Clear instructions, simple ingredients and wonderful recipes!! I own about 400 cookbooks and have to say, this is the one I come back to over and over.

I bought this as a gift for a young teen wanting to learn to cook. It sounded like it would fit the requirements needed for a beginner and it seemed to do so when I reviewed it. Good recipe selection, clear recipes and many explanations on how to do each required step. We shall see how it works out for her once she uses it for a while.

I bought this because I thought it would be a good "basic" cookbook for young adults on their own. Its far from basic. The recipes are fancy and gourmet. Its a very large book and is not in a ring binder. It has some photos but not as many as or user friendly as BH&G cookbook that i bought at the same time. It will be a book that they won't use everyday/week but in time they may want to create a fancy meal for a challenge.

This book is great for people who are interested in cooking. It is not, however, as "step-by-step" as I was expecting. One my mother got me years ago, from Pillsbury, I believe, was the most "step-by-step" I've ever seen. It was perfect for me, as I truly needed everything spelled out for me. This book assumes you know a few things, lol.