The Woman's Day Cookbook: Great Recipes, Bright Ideas, and Healthy Choices for Today's Cook

A woman's days are busy, so the 700-plus recipes gathered here by the editors of Woman's Day magazine include streamlined methods for mainstream family fare. In the recipe for Buffalo Chicken, bottled blue-cheese dressing sauces up store-cooked rotisserie chicken pulled from the bone; Topsy Turvy Beef Pie combines ground beef, leftover mashed potatoes and frozen vegetables in a layered, meat-crust dish. Included are dishes of wider range: Moroccan-style Mahi-Mahi with tomatoes, pine nuts and dried currants; Asian Meatball Soup, with ground pork, packaged Oriental noodles and bok choy flavored with ginger and sesame oil. The chapter ``Grains & Beans'' embraces the current interest in complex carbohydrates; ``Desserts'' includes Deep Chocolate Hazelnut Cake and assorted cookies. The chapters ``Entertaining'' and ``Celebrations'' list menus, recipes and party planning tips; ``Investment Cooking'' turns a concentrated session of cooking into freezer dinners for coming weeks. Nutritional analyses accompany all recipes. 250,000 first printing; Literary Guild and Better Homes and Gardens Book Club selections. (Oct.)