The Basic Cookbook

The Basic Cookbook is back with a new retro look and full color photographs throughout. Kitchen know-how is easy to achieve once you know the basics. Practical and compact, The Basic Cookbook is the essential reference to simple home cooking and features all those timeless recipes you grew up with, as well as the modern classics entering our cuisine today. You'll learn everything you need to know to get started in the kitchen-from boiling rice and scrambling eggs - to making stock and baking the perfect roast with gravy-as well as how to cook those traditional dishes your mother and grandmother used to make. With over 300 delicious recipes, The Basic Cookbook covers every meal of the day, in an easy-to-follow format, from soups and sauces to shanks and spaghetti. It will be your kitchen bible before you know it!