The Cook Book

By Caroline Conran and Terence Conran

Book Overview

The complete guide to selecting, preparing, cooking and presenting good food. An encyclopedia of food - it covers all matters that concern the cook, from the selection of food in the marketplace to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517540185
• ISBN13: 9780517540183
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

the best encyclopedia for food you can get!!!

I have been searching for a copy of this book forever, since mine disappeared. This is the best book to learn about all the different food of the world and how to prepare them. it cross references itself with other things in the book back and forth. no need to worry about what something is. very informative

Dont Cook at Home Without It

This is the one indispensable cookbook in our home. It is not just the recipes, although many of them are excellent, but the many pages which explain all about food, its sources, different varieties and how to use them, how to handle and basically prepare for cooking are worth it even if there were no recipes. Even when making recipes from other sources, I will generally see what Terence and Caroline say about the matter first, get a second opinion and see if there are some basics I should know. My wife brought this book into our marriage almost 25 years ago when I could barely boil water. No matter how basic or obcure my question as I tried to master cooking, it could generally be relied on to answer it. The internet is full of advice, but it is not all good. This book is a masterpiece if you are looking for advice on the selection, purchase, preparation and presentation of all kinds of food. Very well and clearly illustrated, it has been read more than any other book in our house except the Bible.