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The Boston Globe says:

"There's a new addition to the category of doorstop cookbooks -- which includes the venerable "Joy of Cooking" and the timeless "The Gourmet Cookbook." Bon Appetit bills itself as "America's favorite food and entertaining magazine " and is celebrating its 50th birthday with the 800-page "The Bon Appetit Cookbook" containing some 1,200 recipes. It tips the scales at 4 1/2 pounds. That's about the same weight as a roasting chicken (for which there are half a dozen recipes).

If I had to sum up the "Bon Appetit" approach, it's this: simplify, multiply, and serve. Most of the recipes feed a gluttonous family of four well; many will serve twice that number. For a week while testing this cookbook, our refrigerator brimmed with leftovers, only a fraction of which could be dispatched the next day at lunchtime."

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Read the whole Boston Globe review: Bon Appetit's classic recipes will feed a crowd.

Download sample recipes from the book: Grilled Asian-Style Scallop and Asparagus Salad; Pomegranate, Beet, and Blood Orange Salad; Herb- and Garlic-Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Red and Yellow Bell Pepper Relish; Cranberry-Orange Cheesecake with Chocolate Crust

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