Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book

I have an entire shelf of cookbooks, and there are several that I use regularly. But this is the book I send my kids to for all those basic recipes I remember and use but don't remember the measurements for. Muffins, biscuits, cakes and pies; breads, roasts, cookies, soups, stews, gravies - if it's a standby, it's almost certainly in here.
Really the most basic and comprehensive of cookbooks. Not essential, but only in the way that a written addition table is not essential - because anyone who cooks regularly will soon know much of this by heart. So, really, fundamental.
Very, very good.