The modern day classic from the authors of The Silver Palate Cookbook. In one spectacular volume, Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, authors of the acclaimed Silver Palate Cookbook and Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, celebrate the tastes, ingredients, techniques, and dishes that comprise the best of our cuisine in all its abundant pleasure and variety. Over 30 chapters include Fresh Beginnings; Pasta, Pizza, and Risotto; Soups; Salads; every kind of Vegetable; Seafood; The Chicken and the Egg; Grilling from Ribs to Surprise Paella; Grains; Beef; Lamb, Pork; Game; The Cheese Course, and Not Your Mother's Meatloaf. Not to mention 150 Desserts! Plus, tips, lore, menu ideas, at-a-glance charts, trade secrets, The Wine Dictionary, a Glossary of Cooking Terms, The Panic-Proof Kitchen, and much more. * 875 Recipes * 33 Chapters * llustrations Throughout * Microwave Miracles * Entertaining Tips * The Panic-Proof Kitchen * The New Basics Pantry * Glossary of Cooking and Wine Terms * At-a-Glance Charts: Meats; Fish; Herbs and Spices * Wild and Tame Mushrooms * Grains * Rice * Beans * And the Basic Basics from the Right Cut of Meat to How to Choose a Turnip