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Basic Cookbooks: Current & Impending Classics
By an Amazon.com customer
How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great FoodHow To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $11.03
The New Best Recipe: All-New EditionThe New Best Recipe: All-New Edition by Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $17.50
Betty Crocker Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today, New Tenth EditionBetty Crocker Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today, New Tenth Edition by Betty Crocker Editors
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $6.50
Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition - 2006 by Irma S. Rombauer
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $16.20
The Advanced Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight, Feel Better, Live LongerThe Advanced Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight, Feel Better, Live Longer by Steve Parker MD
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $16.16
This is the weight-loss book I referenced above. While not a cookbook, it contains 42 easy and tasty recipes for you to practice on.