The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Basics

by Ronnie Fein

Book Overview

Offers 150 recipes, lists definitions of cooking terms and substitutions, and discusses organizing a kitchen and shopping for food and cookware. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028619749
• ISBN13: 9780028619743
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good book and good service

The book was as advertised and in good condition and arrived in good time. I do wish they took the 50 cent sticker off of it that they paid for it because I paid quite a bit more. This cookbook has so much information. I bought it for my son who doesn't know much about cooking.There is something for everyone in this book including how to set a table.

Excellent Reference Book

I have had this book (2nd Edition I think) for several years, it was a gift from my Grandmother, who made notes in it for me, before she passed. It really is a great book, with tons of useful information. It also has recipies in the back, that are actually quite good. My book is quite worn, and I would recommend this as an excellent guide to have in any kitchen. Thanks Grandma!

How did I live without this book?

This book is for everyone. If you really don't know anything about cooking OR your kitchen, it explains really basic things, including what staples to buy at the store. If you already know how to cook -- sort of -- but really eat a steady diet of take-out or cereal & milk, this book gives easy practical things you will actually make. If you know how to cook and actually do cook, this book is still useful because it's like calling your mom to ask "does corn have to be stored in the fridge?" or "how many days before this chicken goes bad?" or "how do I make homemade lemonade/chicken soup/ hot cocoa?"An excellent all around reference book.

love this book.

This is a great reference for people who are novices, as well as already good cooks. I use this book religiously. The meals I can create now taste and appear complex, but the way the recipes are laid out, it's really easy. Ronnie Fein makes cooking a simple, tasty delight.