Starting Out: The Essential Guide to Cooking on Your Own
Author: Julie Van Rosendaal
The survival guide for first-time cooks, with 250 super-simple recipes.
Designed to help new cooks find independence, Starting Out is filled with crucial tips, basic cooking techniques, and guidelines for stocking cupboards and refrigerator with staples. A first cookbook, instruction guide, and food resource, the book includes easy-to-prepare dishes that any beginner can follow easily. There are even "first aid" tips for fixing food disasters!
Some of the features in this cookbook are:
- Glossary of common cooking terms
- Measurements chart
- Simple menus
- Party ideas
- Ingredient resource guide
- Shopping tips (and even tips for doing laundry).
Starting Out has more than enough delicious and nutritious dishes for the university student or budding executive. Included are simple, quick and effortless recipes for cooking for one, such as Turkey Burgers, Pad Thai, and Basic Curry. There are also more impressive yet still easy-to-follow recipes for entertaining, like Chicken à la King, Chicken Parmigiana, and Curried Peanut Shrimp.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Buying tools, gadgets, and appliances for your kitchen
Stocking your pantry
Reading Labels
Produce 101
Applying heat 101
Tips from Mom
Breakfast [10 Recipes]
Soup [11 Recipes]
Salads [8 Recipes]
Stew [5 Recipes]
Meals in a bowl [4 Recipes]
Beef [6 Recipes]
Pork and lamb [7 Recipes]
Chicken [7 Recipes]
Fish and shellfish [8 Recipes]
Pasta and noodles [7 Recipes]
Rice and grains [8 Recipes]
Beans (legumes) [6 Recipes]
Vegetables [18 Recipes]
Potatoes [7 Recipes]
Baking basics
Quick breads [15 Recipes]
Cookies and bars [9 Recipes]
Cakes [10 Recipes]
Pies [9 Recipes]
Puddings and fruit desserts [9 Recipes]
Damage Control
How to do your laundry
Glossary of cooking terms
Planning your menus
Menu ideas
Index
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Wine Report 2008
Author: Tom Stevenson
The essential insider's guide to every major wine-growing region in the world, this book offers dozens of helpful Top 10 lists covering a broad range of topics, including Best-Value Producers, Greatest-Quality Wines, and Most Exciting or Unusual Finds.
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