Nothing beats chocolate chip cookies still warm from the oven, freshly baked shortcake, or a perfect apple pie cooling on the windowsill. 250 Treasured Country Desserts is packed with tried-and-true recipes for the homey treats you've loved all your life, with practical tips on how to make gingery ginger snaps, clean-cut brownies, dreamily frosted layer cakes, and much more. You'll turn to this reliable guide again and again for sweet, satisfying dessert classics.

A collection of truly great American desserts--chocolate layer cake and blueberry pie, gingerbread men and more--the classics, the originals, the best. More than 90 recipes are accompanies by historical anecdotes on the origins of names of unusual foods.

Home-cooked comfort food without hours of cleanup! With" Mom s Best One-Dish Suppers, " you can create dozens of delicious family meals that are simple to prepare and don't leave you with a kitchen full of dirty dishes. From soups and stews to skillet meals, oven-baked meals, and hearty salads, you'll find options to please the whole family. Discover old-fashioned classics, such as Chicken and Dumplings, Italian Wedding Soup, Louisiana Red Beans & Rice, Chicken Divan, and Irish Stew, as well as comfort food that goes beyond the traditional, such as Caldo Verde, Seafood Gumbo, Curried Chicken and Broccoli Pilaf, Skillet Lasagne, Cajun Macque Choux, Pad Thai, Moussaka, German-Style Potato Salad with Sausage, and Shrimp Salad with Soy-Chili Vinaigrette. "