"There are many ways to cook, many ingredients to blend, many ways to present them, and many different opinions about each. But what will you do with all the cookbooks that are lying around? Cookery Bloggess." Cooking For Dummies provides simple, easy-to-follow guidelines for preparing and cooking a variety of familiar dishes. The book includes an Introduction to Cooking, What Are Cooking, A Beginner's Guide to Cooking, The Joy of Cooking, and The Smart Cook. Each chapter begins with a question and answer section that highlights the most important points about the topic. There is also a list of frequently asked questions at the end of each chapter. Additional resources include a glossary of cookbook terms, a directory of recipes, and a listing of selected cookbooks by subject.
A Beginner's Guide to Cooking
The book is organized by topic so the reader can jump to the section that is appropriate for her or his needs. The cooking sections include The Joy of Cooking, A Beginner's Guide to Cooking, The Ingredients: Culinary Ingredients and the Kitchen, Sodium Phosphate Cycle, The Nuts and Spices Collection, Baking Basics, and The Pressure Cooker. The spices and seasonings chapter provides a list of the ingredients and their functions, recipes, and techniques for cooking with these ingredients. The baking chapters focus on baking bread, cooking vegetables, preparing desserts, and using a grinder, a cookie-cutter, and other cooking equipment. The next section, The Nuts, and Spices Collection provide recipes for making peanut butter cookies, banana split cookies, oatmeal cookies, cinnamon rolls, brownies, and biscotti.While the contents of each cooking for dummies cookbook may vary, they generally follow the same theme of easy preparation, quick-cooking, and tasty food. The recipes and food organization are easy to follow. Unlike many cookbooks, there are no special steps in cooking the food. The book makes cooking for dummies as easy as possible for the novice cook. The book contains a large variety of recipes. They cover several cuisines and dishes, from French to Vegetarian to Fruit-based. They also cover quick and easy appetizers, side dishes, entrees, desserts, and snacks. You will have no problem finding a recipe that will satisfy your taste buds. Some of the recipes are very basic and require very little cooking time, while others are complex affairs requiring at least an hour or two of cooking time.
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