More than 1,800 photos, 1000 time-tested recipes, and the backing of America’s most trusted authority on food: The Good Housekeeping Institute. What more could a beginning cook want? How about hundreds of techniques, all invitingly illustrated? From stuffing a beef tenderloin to fluting a pie crust, this welcoming cookbook shows you in detail how to make perfect meals. Try American favorites like chili meat loaf; Mediter-ranean dishes like couscous stuffed artichokes; Asian gourmet like Salmon Teriyaki; holiday feasts and delicious desserts—including baklava, biscotti, and sweet crepes.
For more than twenty years Susan Westmoreland has been working with or writing about food. She has been Food Director at Good Housekeeping magazine since 1995. Prior to joining the magazine, she was Associate Food Editor at Ladies Home Journal for six years and before that, worked for Seventeen, Glamour, and Cuisine. Before entering the magazine world, she was a chef in Massachusetts, New York, and Greece. She received a Certificate of Merit from London's Cordon Bleu Cookery School in 1975. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.