The Good Housekeeping Hostess


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Relive a time of grace and elegance with this facsimile edition of Good Housekeeping's 1904 hostess manual. With all the original illustrations, it is far more than just a charming door into the past. Thoughtful behavior has never gone out of style, and the advice on everything from organizing a formal event to celebrating a wedding anniversary to writing sympathy cards will prove useful. And, of course, no magazine equals Good Housekeeping for offering scrumptious recipes and original entertaining suggestions. Here are complete menus, seating plans, decorating ideas, and games for a wide variety of social gatherings and parties: weddings and christenings; a children's Winter Picnic to enjoy indoors; a Curiosity Tea (where guests bring a "curiosity"); a Hayseed Carnival (with wedges of apple pie, milk, doughnuts, cider, and gingerbread), and many other holiday festivities. With this guide at your side, you'll be the hostess with the mostest!




The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Book of Desserts


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Who can say no to double-chocolate mousse cake, fresh cherry tarts, or a rich, smooth creme caramel? Now a new Good Housekeeping cookbook, another in a line of classics, reveals in its own clearly written and lavishly illustrated style how to master the art of dessert making. 800 color photographs.




The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook


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A collection of over 1,400 recipes each featuring step-by-step instructions, including 900 color photographs of finished dishes.




The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen Cookbook


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These 375 delicious recipes, specially selected by the test kitchen as any home cook's essential go-to collection, are paired with irresistible color photographs and the magazine's unmatched kitchen know-how.




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Good Housekeeping The Best-Ever Cookie Book


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A cookie for every craving: From classics like chocolate chips to decadent delights (hello, skillet cookie sundae), this collection will become your go-to baking book. Everyone loves a cookie! Whether you go right to the chocolate or are more of a buttery shortbread fan, there's a special cookie here just for you. The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen presents their best-ever, tested-‘til-perfect recipes so you can find your soulmate in sweetness. Plus, a chapter devoted to holiday cookies will become your favorite for celebrations all year round. Chapters include: BAKE YOUR BEST COOKIES: Classic Sugar Cookie Dough, Spice Cookie Dough, Royal Icing, tips for decorating like a pro, and gifting and sharing cookies DROP COOKIES: Strawberry-Oatmeal Cookies, Glazed Sourdough Snickerdoodles, Razzy-Jammy Thumbprints, Ginger Crinkles SLICE & BAKE COOKIES: Matcha Cookies, Chocolate-Pistachio Slice & Bakes, Lemon Icebox Cookies, Lime & Coconut Coins, Pecan Crescent Cookies BARS, BLONDIES & BROWNIES: Millionaire Shortbread, Orange-Turmeric Squares, Brown Butter Hazelnut Blondies, Double-Stuffed Brownies SPECTACULAR COOKIE CREATIONS: Alfajores, Apple Pie Rugelah, Homemade Honey Graham Crackers, Cookie Shooters, Homemade Fudgy Ice Cream Sandwiches, Skillet Cookie Sundaes, Walnut Biscotti HOLIDAY COOKIES: Chinese Almond Cookies, Jammin’ Heart Cookies, Hamantaschen, Nan-e Berenji, Lemon Curd Egg Cookies, Chocolate Dipped Macaroons, Coffin Sandwich Cookies, Nankhatai, Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies, Fruitcake Crisps Whether you're baking for a special occasion or just for a sweet treat, you'll find tons of inspiration from the gorgeous photographs, clever ideas from the Test Kitchen editors (including gifting tips to pack them like a pro!), and inventive variations that all come out perfectly every single time.







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The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen Cookie Lover's Cookbook


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From an iconic lifestyle brand, “an exceptionally useful baking reference” with recipes for heirloom, traditional and international cookies—with photos. (Booklist) What's tasty and tempting enough to follow Good Housekeeping's Test Kitchen Cookbook? Yummy cookies and brownies! This superlative collection straight from the magazine's famed Test Kitchen features 250 of the most luscious recipes ever created, all triple tested and tasted and guaranteed to work in any conventional oven with any brand of ingredients, no matter what. You’ll find chapters on cookie-jar favorites, easy-to-shape cookies, brownies, blondies and bars, health-conscious cookies, and holiday cookies, along with baking advice, tips, and essential techniques from the Test Kitchen pros, handy charts outlining baking substitutions and pan volumes, along with irresistible photos and links to 20 cookie-making videos.