For the discount cookbook purchasing program, see Book of the Month Club

Book of the Month Club

The Book of the Month Club is a United States mail-order book sales club that offers a new book each month to customers.The Book of the Month Club is part of a larger company that runs many book clubs in the United States and Canada. It was formerly the flagship club of Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc...

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The Good Cook was a series of instructional cookbooks published by Time-Life Books and edited by cookbook author Richard Olney

Richard Olney (food writer)

Richard Olney was an American painter, cook, food writer, editor, and memoirist, best known for his books of French country cooking....

. Each volume was dedicated to a specific subject (such as meat or poultry) and was heavily illustrated with photos of cooking techniques.

The 28 volumes were as follows:

Beef and Veal

Beverages

Biscuits/Cookies and Crackers (US title)

Breads

Cakes and Pastries/Cakes (US)

Confectionary/Candy (US)

Desserts/Classic Desserts (US)

Eggs and Cheese

Fish and Shellfish (two separate volumes, US)

Fruits

Game

Grains, Pasta and Pulses/Dried Beans and Grains (US)

Hot Hors d'Oeuvres/Hors d'Oeuvres

Lamb

Offal/Variety Meats (US)

Outdoor Cooking

Pasta (US only?)

Patisserie/Pies and Pastries (US)

Pork

Poultry

Preserving

Salads and cold Hors-d'Oeuvre/Salads (US)

Sauces

Snacks and Canapes/Snacks and Sandwiches (US)

Soups

Terrines, Pates and Galantines

Vegetables

Wine