Good Housekeeping (editor) - Good Housekeeping 123 Cook!: My First Cookbook

A pinch of something with my fingers was totally different from my fathers pinch or my grandmothers and is now completely different when my children and their friends are my helpers. That is the beauty of food and cooking with othersit varies depending on who participates. There was one thing that existed in every kitchen, though, and that was the joy that comes from working together to cook food with and for people you love. Whether it is baked or sauted, boiled or broiled, every dish celebrates that joy, and that is exactly what this book is all about: sharing with young chefs the pure pleasure of cooking. Cooking is an adventure (make sure to taste everything along the way!). Every kitchen experience, no matter the outcome, is filled with invention, learning and sometimes even intrigue (How did that cake rise so high?).

Your results will turn into your own kitchen memories and perhaps form the stories that you will share through generations. Trust the recipes here to be an excellent guide and just remember that your pinch decides the final and special outcome. Enjoy!
Kate

Meet the Team!

The first issue of Good Housekeeping was published in 1885. That means Good Housekeeping editors have been testing products (including toys!) for more than 135 years. The editors and cooks in the Test Kitchen create tasty recipes, making them over and over again until they are just right.

What was your favorite food when you were a kid?

Pickles! I would even drink the pickle juice if my mom would let me.

What was your favorite food when you were a kid?

Pickles! I would even drink the pickle juice if my mom would let me.

But she didnt. Catherine Lo,
Senior Food Editor

If you like pickles, try the Crunchy Chicken Sandwich on . Its pickle-tastic!

Nothing made me happier than my great aunts orange Jell-O salad with canned mandarin oranges. All of us kids would fight over it until the bowl was empty. Laurie Jennings
General Manager,
Good Housekeeping Institute

What was the first thing you learned to cook?

Scrambled eggs! I was a picky eater, so my dad taught me his recipe so that I could feed myself something nutritious that I loved.Becca Miller,
Associate Food Editor

Do you love scrambled eggs, too? Then try Egg-stremely Cheesy Sammies on .

Lasagna! I used to help my mom make it for dinner, and while she wasnt looking I would eat the cooked noodles and wed have to make more!Stefani Sassos
Deputy Director, Nutrition Lab

Who taught you how to cook?

My family: parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.

Everyone was in the kitchen and everyone had a job.Kate Merker,