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Garde Manger: The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen (Culinary Institute of America)

6 reviews
The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)

Wiley, 2008

Learning Garde Manger
This is a great book with many good recipes and directions. I am a culinary student that found this to be one of my favorite "go to" books for reference.

How to Boil Water

25 reviews
Food Network Kitchens

Food Network Kitchens, 2006

Fantastic cookbook for beginners!
Three of my children recently graduated from college and are lucky to find the kitchen! I purchased several cookbooks, but this is the one wanted by all three. Very helpful information about food, storage, etc. Recipes are quick and easy to prepare. Excellent cookbook for beginners!

Cooking Basics for Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking))

20 reviews
Bryan Miller, Marie Rama, ...

For Dummies, 2004

Great basic reference book
This book is exactly what it claims to be, a basic reference book for an inexperienced cook. It begins with the basics of what all those mysterious things in the kitchen are and then proceeds to explain how to use them safely. Various food items are then discussed, with an emphasis on selection and storage. Cooking techniques are introduced moving from the very basic to more advanced. As each ...

Sam the Cooking Guy: Just a Bunch of Recipes

42 reviews
Sam Zien

Wiley, 2008

JUST? This a great fun book of stories, recipes and fun!
This book is a blast! Great for pulling out when cooking with the kids, or need something quick to whip together for friends and football. The funny stories, jokes and other sidebars make it a fun read as well!

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

49 reviews
Betty Crocker Editors

Betty Crocker, 1998

great book for beginners!
I bought this book for my pampered 18 yr. old brother whose moving away to college and we've used it every week since it got here to cook a different recipe, it's easy for him to follow the directions, has lots of how-to pictures and everything we make is delicious! He's actually taken a liking to cooking!

The New Basics Cookbook

93 reviews
Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins

Workman Publishing Company, 1989

Great
This is a wonderful cookbook. It has great recipes, quotes and snippets throughout the book. It also provides many tips (though not about cooking couscous) and ideas for multiple dishes.

Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients

20 reviews
Ina Garten

Clarkson Potter, 2008

Diva does it again!
Outstanding recipes....tried the tuscan chicken...instead of grilling, I baked and served with rosemary, lemon zest and parm polenta. Great dinner!

Betty Crocker Cooking Basics: Recipes and Tips to Cook with Confidence (Betty Crocker Books)
Betty Crocker Editors

Betty Crocker, 2008

Betty Crocker Cooking Basics, Second Edition is the only cookbook you need to help you begin cooking with confidence, even if you barely know how to boil water. Fully updated to include 112 simple and tasty favorites like guacamole, meatloaf, and strawberry shortcake, the second edition of this comprehensive cooking guide even includes how-to photos for every recipe, advice on kitchen equipment, a reference to cooking terms, food storage tips, ...

How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition): 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food

3 reviews
Mark Bittman

Wiley, 2008

A Classic Got Even Better
I got my copy of the new edition of How to Cook Everything the other day and am beyond thrilled. I own the old yellow edition and have cooked from it far more than any other book, so I knew the new book had a lot to live up to. Well, it by far exceeded my expectations. While the book still feels familiar, it also feels new and improved. The essential recipe sections beginning each chapter are ...

Betty Crocker's Cooky Book

107 reviews
Betty Crocker Editors, Eric Mulvany

Betty Crocker, 2002

The best cooky book ever!
This is the third copy of this book that I have owned, beginning with the original one back in 1963. I wear them out. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good all around cooky book. One thing I did notice about the new printing of it, is that it is bound better than the previous printings of it.

Silver Palate Cookbook 25th Anniversary Edition

65 reviews
Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins

Workman Publishing Company, 2007

This cookbook will endure for the ages
When I first began to learn how to cook I was overwhelmed with the array of cookbooks on the market. I purchased several compilations and found many of the recipes to have uneven results. You could spend an hour on a recipe only to have it turn out to be the blandest meal ever produced. In came The Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins. This cookbook was notable for breaking ...

Saving Dinner Basics: How to Cook Even If You Don't Know How

11 reviews
Leanne Ely

Ballantine Books, 2006

A Good Place to Start
This is a great basic starting place for those who don't know how to cook. It is also quite useful for those of us who know how to cook but may not have learned all the basics of preparing a meal. I love to cook and I am pretty good at creating my own meals out of ingredients I have on hand but there were many things I never learned how to do correctly. This book helped me to fill in the gaps ...

Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication

20 reviews
Jean Georges Vongerichten, Mark Bittman

Broadway, 2000

Excellent Master Class on Everyday Dishes. Buy it!
`Simple to Spectacular' is the second of two collaborations by the dynamic duo of chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten and New York Times columnist and cookbook writer, Mark Bittman. The first, `Cooking at Home with chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten' is very good. This book is even better. To my seven (7) categories of modern cookbooks, I would add an eighth category for this and a select few other books ...

Basics: The Foundations of Modern Cooking

9 reviews
Filip Verheyden

Melville House, 2007

The Basics- more than basic.
I have given this lovely book as a gift to a young friend who is curious about cooking and has a strong aesthetic sense. Not only is the book a beautiful object with the gold edged pages, gold embossed lettering, red page marker and compact, black exterior it is illustrated with great photos and the pages are made of a substantial weight. The recipes are fun to read and consider as well as ...

Candy Making Basics

8 reviews
Evelyn Howe Fryatt

Sterling, 1999

An Okay Book
I didn't get the type of information I was looking for in this book, but I will not say that others won't. You will learn something if you are a novice to candy making.

The Basic Baby Food Cookbook: Complete beginner guide to making baby food at home.

7 reviews
Julianne, E. Hood

AuthorHouse, 2006

The very best, healthiest, freshest, flavorful, yet inexpensive nutrition
"The Basic Baby Food Cookbook" by Julianne Hood offers concerned parents wanting the very best, healthiest, freshest, flavorful, yet inexpensive nutrition for their infant or toddler a series of do-it-yourself, step-by-step instructions for making baby food in their own home kitchen. After explaining just how to get started with making baby food, "The Basic Baby Food Cookbook" offers an ...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wine Basics, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

4 reviews
Tara Q. Thomas

Alpha, 2008

have a winetasting party
this is a great book for anyone wanting to grasp the basics of wine, not knowing where to start! I feel like the author doesn't talk down to readers who might not know alot about wine already. She explains things thoroughly, so you get involved in chapters, but it's not overwhelming, esp. because of the helpful summary of key info at the end of each chapter. The setups for the winetastings were ...

Culinary Math

4 reviews
Linda Blocker, Julia Hill, ...

Wiley, 2007

Must buy culinary students
I'm a culinary student and found this book very helpful for converting units into metric units. It helped me with my baking class because it showed how to convert measurements properly and with great accuracy. I also used the following to study for the National Servsafe Test which is also on amazon.com: Study Guide for the National Servsafe Exam: Key Review Questions and Answers with ...

How to Cook Everything: The Basics

17 reviews
Mark Bittman

Wiley, 2003

Amazingly Easy
I was never good at cooking in any way, shape, or form. I set out to find a book to learn how to cook, and I found this one. This book makes cooking amazingly easy. From the very beginning, it presents the most important aspects of cooking and delineates what cooking utensils are essential and what the different forms of cooking are (broiling, steaming, grilling, etc.). The recipes provided ...

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book

156 reviews

Better Homes and Gardens, 2003

Great Cookbook!
This cookbook "dumbifies" everything so that absolutely anybody can cook a good meal. I use mine almost every day and have discovered some great recipes. It's organized well and has good pictures and glossaries. Makes a great bridal shower gift!

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