Cooking know-how: be a better cook with hundreds of easy techniques, step-by-step photos, and ideas for over 500 great meals

Anyone can follow a recipe, but it is the ability to improvise that sets a great home cook apart. Cooking Know-How is the ultimate guide to cooking basics,because unlike most other cookbooks, this useful guide is much more than justa list of recipes. It is a step-by-step manual, packed with photos, that willguide readers towards a true understanding of basic kitchen techniques. The book's unique format mimics a cooking class experience, with 65 ‘master recipes,’ each accompanied by examples and suggestions for improvisation. So based ona simple master recipe for Bean Soup, for example, the reader can go on to create Southern Black-Eyed Pea Soup, Minestrone, and countless other related dishes (over 500 included). The master recipes are explained in great detail, andeach is accompanied by full-color, step-by-step photos -- 325 in all -- that illustrate key culinary techniques. From absolute beginners to accomplished home cooks and aspiring professionals, everyone can gain something from this thoughtful, step-by-step approach. And with the expertise of two highly experienced food professionals shining through in every recipe, Cooking Know-How is theideal resource to teach readers of any level how to cook with confidence.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-18080-8
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 416
• Fecha Publicación: 27/03/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés