No more takeout: a visual do-it-yourself guide to cooking

This visual guide to cooking brings together 150 simple-but-delicious recipesand variations, including take-out-style favorites like Buffalo-Stylish Chicken Wings and Vegetable Stir-Fry, as well as classic comfort foods like Macaroni and Cheese and Rustic Meatloaf, and fancier fare for entertaining family andfriends, like Mussels in White Wine Sauce and Roast Turkey with Stuffing. Full-color photos throughout help guide the beginner cook every step of the way. The book is divided into three Levels to help cooks explore and understand thefoundation of basic cooking skills, learn recipes and techniques that they can use frequently and vary easily, and build their confidence in the kitchen. Level 1 introduces the Basic Basics, the who/what/where/when/why/how to start cooking simple meals, including Quick Bites like Potato Skins with Bacon and Cheese, Main Dish favorites like Hamburger Deluxe, and easy-but-tasty Desserts like Chocolate Chip Cookies. Level 2 steps things up with more challenging dishes and techniques, including simple Starters like Crab Cakes, hearty Main Meals like Veal Milanese, and delectable Desserts like Decadent Chocolate Truffle Cake. Level 3 guides readers to prepare more sophisticated dishes for company and special occasions, with elegant Hors d'Oeuvres like Blue Cheese Puffs, impressive Main courses like Prime Rib, and satisfying Desserts like Lemon Tart. More than 500 color photos throughout the book: More than 400 how-to photos, with at least one per recipe, to reinforce the fundamentals of visual learning by illustrating complex steps and providing visual cues to basic cooking techniques. Beautiful and inspirational full-color photos of finished dishes. Photos of must-have tools and equipment to guide readers in setting up their kitchen. The beginning of the book presents clear, easy-to-follow guidelines for novice cooks to begin setting up their kitchens, including photographs of must-have tools and equipment to get cooking, instructions on how to organize their workspace for maximum ease and efficiency, and helpful hints on how to shop at the supermarket, buy and store fresh foods, and set up the pantry. Special sections detail important building blocks and skill sets, including prep techniques such as how to properly hold a knife and basic cuts such as slicing, dicing, and grating; and basic cooking skills, with detailed instructions on understanding the fundamentals of everyday techniques like boiling, blanching, simmering, and sautéing. Gear Lists and Ingredient Lists accompany every recipe so the reader can plan their dishes, from start to finish, with ease. Filled with an abundance of tips, charts, sidebars, and helpful hints, including troubleshooting solutions, suggestions on storing leftovers, hints on achieving the right consistency for sauce, and instructions on working with challenging ingredients like pastry dough, all with a friendly and enthusiastic approach, and a you-can-do-it attitude. Menu Sections pull together the techniques learned in each Level and provide suggested meals for almost any entertaining scenario, whether it's a casual Game Day get-together or an elegant Holiday feast. A Plan of Work follows each menu section to help readers understand how to organize their time, start prepping ahead, and learn to multi-task in the kitchen, including what recipes can cook at the same time to maximize efficiency. Each Plan of Work gives step-by-step guidelines, timelines, and special hints to make any entertaining situation easier and less intimidating to novice cooks.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-16998-8
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 23/04/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés