The editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine have meals covered for any time of the day in two of their latest releases: All-Time Best Brunch and All-Time Best Dinners for Two.

All-Time Best Brunch delivers a well-tested recipe collection that features inventive takes on brunch classics (Huevos Rancheros delivers a whole meal from one sheet pan), helpful make-ahead options (you can freeze the Quick coffee cake unbaked for up to a month), and easy approaches to finicky favorites (Eggs Benedict offers a hollandaise that holds without breaking and a streamlined egg poaching technique). A smart chapter organization makes it easy to assemble a menu to create your perfect brunch, whether casual or fancy, large or small. 

I utilized two of the recipes in the book to make a scrumptious French toast - the basic French toast recipe was married with the pecan rum but adapted into a peach pecan French toast made with my own homemade peach jam. 

For a look inside All-Time Best Brunch see our  which features the following recipes: 

 

 

All-Time Best Dinners for Two will help you cook dinner when there's just two to feed. For decades, the rule of thumb for recipes has been "serves 4 to 6," or even more. But small households, newlyweds, empty nesters, college students, and other two-person families still want to cook great dinners without days of leftovers. The 75 appealing recipes in this book aren't just scaled down - they're re-engineered from the ground up using creative techniques. These recipes take out all the guesswork so you're guaranteed perfect results every time. From Cheesy lasagna, which is cook in a loaf pan, to Juicy pub-style burgers, where you grind the perfect amount of meat yourselves for optimal flavor, this collection truly represents the best dinners for two.

For a look inside All-Time Best Dinners for Two see our   which features the following recipes: 

  

Special thanks to the publisher, America's Test Kitchen, for providing the materials for our previews above as well as offering three sets of the books in our contest below.  

The publisher is offering three sets of these books to EYB Members in the US. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post.

Which recipe in Brunch would you try first?

Which recipe in Dinners for Two would you try first?

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