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by America’s Test Kitchen

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: America’s Test Kitchen (Firm)

Title: The new essentials cookbook : a modern guide to better cooking / America’s Test Kitchen.

Description: Boston, MA : America’s Test Kitchen, [2018] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018017355 | ISBN 9781945256042 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Cooking. | LCGFT: Cookbooks.

Classification: LCC TX714 .N492 2018 | DDC 641.5--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2018017355

Ebook ISBN 9781945256059

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Pictured on front cover Shrimp Pad Thai

Pictured on title page Spaghetti with Spring Vegetables

Pictured on introduction page Olive Oil–Yogurt Bundt Cake

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