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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Betty Crocker's Cooking Basics: Learning to Cook with Confidence Review

Betty Crocker's Cooking Basics: Learning to Cook with Confidence
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this should be your first cookbook, or if you already have others, well, don't let the title fool you. It has great recipes, with pictures for each of them and detailed instructions. I have over 50 cookbooks and if I had to choose just one, well it would be this one.
Simple recipes, "the basics" including a a chapter where it teaches you how to make a traditional thanksgiving dinner. Let me tell you that I did it this november 28th and guess what? It turned out to be great! My family couldn't belive I've done everything by myself. And it wasn't such a big effort 'cause it teaches you how to organize every single thing.
I love this book!!

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Today, many people find they don t know kitchen basics, much less know how to cook a meal. Betty Crocker comes to the rescue in Cooking Basics, covering all the information anyone needs to cook, whether they are just leaving home, or discovering a need to cook at any age. Using the 100 appealing recipes here, anyone can learn to cook a complete meal. Nothing is intimidating, and every technique, term and ingredient is clearly explained. Each recipe has its own two-page spread, complete with a photo of the finished food and how-to photos of techniques used in the recipe. It s never been simpler to create a great dish!Betty Crocker interviewed inexperienced cooks, to get just the the right recipes for this book, the ones novice cooks really want: hamburgers three way broiled, grilled or fried; Quick Lasagna; Teriyaki Chicken Stir-fry; Quick Chicken Soup; Shrimp Scampi; Quesadillas; Mashed Potatoes; Strawberry Shortcakes, and other tempting treats. Anyone can cook a dinner -- even entertain -- with these sure-fire recipes.Did you think only gourmets tackled Thanksgiving dinner? Not with Betty Crocker. Included is a complete Thanksgiving feast, with a timetable so everything comes out just right. Whether you want to host the show, or bring a dish to help out your host, this Thanksgiving meal is perfect for everyone.Also covered is how to set up a kitchen, how to read a recipe, a glossary of ingredients and a complete explanation of food preparation terms. Learn about fresh herbs--what they look like and how to use them -- plus complete easy-to-read listings of pasta shapes and salad greens. Sections on grilling, entertaining, table setting, and refrigerator and freezer storage guides complete the book, and make new cooks feel confident on all fronts. No longer does anyone have to be afraid of the kitchen. With Betty Crocker know-how and experience, you can cook up a great dinner!

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Monday, August 8, 2011

The New Doubleday Cookbook Review

The New Doubleday Cookbook
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I consider myself a fairly accomplished cook, so that when someone gave my wife and I a copy of this "basic" cookbook for our wedding, I was initially disappointed, thinking that I didn't need this book.
How WRONG I was! :-)
I have found this book to be completely invaluable in my kitchen.
What I found was that I often know how to make more complex recipes, but when I needed to make a more "standard" recipe - I was often at a loss.....how DO you cook a pot roast? Make a mint julep? What temperature DO you cook a yam at, anyway? All this and much more is in this book. This book has easy to find sections on meats, fish, poultry, drinks, desserts and much more, and many many recipes. It also has a provides a fairly exhaustive definition of almost anything cooking related from types of crabs to buy all the way to the various types of sugars available on the market.
When I'm at a loss for what to serve for dinner, I just flip through this book for ideas. The same goes for when I am experimenting and creating some new japanese-creole dish to subject my family to! :-)
This is a LARGE book, with no flashy pictures or anything like that (there are some basic drawings - for example, what part of the cow gets cut up for what kind of meat. Things like that), so you are getting a lot for your money.
I would highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys spending any time in the kitchen. I enjoy it so much that I'm buying another copy as a gift for my little sister's wedding shower! :-)

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The complete guide to the modern kitchen that swept the R.T. French Tastemaster Awards, now updated and revised to reflect America's new nutritional awareness and the trend toward healthier cooking.B & W illustrations throughout

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