I like the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. It has good information about subsititions and other cooking basics. It also has so many different types of recipes with lots of pictures. I have lost mine and Have to get a nother one. I think I will get it off of amazon

My local bulk store passes out cook books on special occasions with some really great recipes; most of the ones I posted are from those books.

I love my Joy of Cooking book, it has everything you could think to make in it. It is very detailed and has tons of general information about cooking; such as a diagram of the cuts of beef. The only down side is that the recipes sometimes start with growing the wheat to make whole wheat bread.

I have this wonderful barbecue cookbook titled The All-American Barbecue Cookbook by Davis & Stein. It's a few years old, but is filled with lots of main and side dish recipes for outdoor cooking. There is an absolutely to die for grilled beef recipe in the book made with a mop sauce of sesame oil and soy sauce.

Would highly recommend this as a grillers guide.

The classic Better Homes & Gardens is the ultimate cookbook.

I have a ton of them that I have collected from all over, but this is my fave.