Name: The Short-Cut Cook

Jacques Pepin, America's favorite French chef, makes your cooking easier with 150 timesaving recipes. Make crackers by spritzing wonton wrappers with oil and bake until golden. Use frozen butternut squash for quick soup. Freeze salmon and cream cheese appetizer rollups for easy slicing. Prepare cheese straws appetizers with frozen puff pastry. Need an elegant entree in record time? Saute pork cutlets with prunes and steak sauce. Spoon a rich-tasting sauce of wine, ketchup, and mustard over grilled steak. Mix melted chocolate with whipped cream for quick chocolate mousse. Fill a store-bought, hollowed-out pound cake with quick food processor lemon buttercream.

From Julia Child's Kitchen by Julia Child

Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller

New York Times Natural Foods Cookbook by Jean Hewitt

The Dean and DeLuca Cookbook by David Rosengarten

Fast Food My Way by Jacques Pepin

Saving Dinner by Leanne Ely

Cover & Bake by Cook's Illustrated Magazine

A New Way to Cook by Sally Schneider

Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home by Julia Child

Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics by Ina Garten

New York Times Cookbook by Craig Claiborne

James Beard's Theory & Practice of Good Cooking by James Beard

The James Beard Cookbook by James Beard

The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso

In the Kitchen with Rosie by Rosie Daley

Binging with Babish by Andrew Rea

Thug Kitchen by Thug Kitchen

The Skinnytaste Cookbook by Gina Homolka

Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi

The How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen