Food Network Kitchens Cookbook

There's a busy kitchen behind the scenes at Food Network that's been cooking up great food for television for the past 10 years alongside some of the best cooks in the business. The Food Network Kitchens staff comes from different directions and perspectives, but we all have one thing in common: We are passionate about food. Every person on our staff comes to our kitchen with years of experience and an extraordinary knowledge of food. We've combined our best tips, techniques, and shortcuts in our premiere book, "Food Network Kitchens Cookbook." It brings to your kitchen the fun and satisfaction of what we get to do in ours every day: make delicious, easy home-cooking something spectacular.

Inside you'll find:

• More than 160 recipes developed in our kitchens for everything from splendid soups to Asian-style glazed tenderloin to a show-stopping coconut layer cake
• Bold, robust foods that run the flavor gamut from American BBQ to Thai curry
• Easy-to-follow instructions and how-to photos for basic cooking techniques to carry you through the recipes in this book-and beyond
• More than 300 gorgeous food photographs and behind-the-scenes shots of the kitchen in action
• 140 tips for shopping smart and cooking well
• A promise in every recipe: Our belief that great food is one of life's greatest pleasures