The Beginner's Easy-to-use How to Cook Book: The Cook's Guide to Frying, Baking, Poaching, Casseroling, Steaming and Roasting a Fabulous Range of 140 . Meals for Everyday and Easy Entertaining

Bridget Jones

ISBN 10: 0754819078 / ISBN 13: 9780754819073

Editore: Anness Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2009

Understand the basics of stocking the store cupboard, choosing equipment, menu planning, budgeting, hygiene and food preparation, as well as simple presentation skills. A comprehensive ingredients section at the start of each chapter provides all you need to know about buying, storing and preparing different food types. This title includes familiar and filling recipes for everyday and easy entertaining such as seafood chowder, chicken fajitas, and lemon surprise pudding. The recipe section is organised by food group with chapters on eggs, vegetables, pasta, rice, grains and beans, fish and shellfish, poultry, meat, and pastry plus a final chapter on desserts and baking. An at a glance nutritional guide tells you how much fat, sugar, protein, carbohydrate, cholesterol and calories are in each portion. Every chapter in this helpful new book discusses the nutritional value of each food type and includes key information about choosing, buying and the different ways of preparing them. The 150 recipes have been selected to teach a wide range of key skills and include everyday tasty favourites that will help build the cook's basic skill repertoire such as fish pie, Irish stew and basic risotto. Each recipe contains minimal ingredients, and all the techniques are thoroughly explained and illustrated with step-by-step photographs. There are hundreds of cook's tips scattered throughout along with plenty of suggestions for varying the ingredient to suit individual tastes. There is even information on what to do when things go wrong. Serving suggestions help the reader make sensible choices about which foods to serve together. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR004313596

Riassunto:

Learn how to master the art of home cooking, with this teaching course of 140 well-known classics made simple, carefully selected to show a range of basic techniques.

Informazioni sull?autore: Bridget Jones graduated in home economics then worked as a food stylist for a major publishing house before training as an editor. She entered into a freelance career to marry the satisfaction of editing and creating books with an enthusiasm for writing and a passion for food and cooking. Bridget has written more than 50 books on a wide range of food subjects, and acted as a consultant on a number of major titles. She contributes to many magazines and has appeared extensively on local radio.

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Titolo: The Beginner's Easy-to-use How to Cook Book:...
Casa editrice: Anness Publishing, United Kingdom, London
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good