Perfect Vegetables: Part of "The Best Recipe" Series

by Cook's Illustrated

Presents more than 350 recipes for a variety of vegetable dishes along with advice on cooking techniques and how to purchase the best vegetables.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Reference

342 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2003

Reviews

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book taught me how vegetables prefer to be treated. Some like dry heat, some like moist. Some like it slow, some like it hot. I now work freely and confidently in the kitchen with the knowledge I gained from this book.

The stuffed bell pepper recipe with lamb is awesome. The brussel sprouts with bacon and apple cider vinegar.

[Inder · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know when you check off a cookbook as "read" but we've made two recipes from this book, and both have been excellent. It makes me happy reading about how the authors tried a dozen different versions of every recipe before settling on their favorite. We'll continue to work from this book and I'll post again.

[Holly · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mother-in-law owns this and every time we go over there, I read through it lovingly. The fact that they went through such extensive testing to make sure of the best way to cook all these vegetables makes me unreasonably happy.

[mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

great resource for cooking vegetable side dishes! organized by alphabetical vegetable, and covers various cooking techniques for each.

[Terri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book and wish Cook's Illustrated would come out with some sort of truly vegetarian cookbook.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cooks Illustrated has such wonderful explanations of what works and why.

[Susan Z. · Rating 5 out of 5]

My "go to" book for cooking vegetables.