A Beginner's Guide to Cooking "Cooking For Dummies"

"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.

Juicy Couture Cookbooks For Children

Surprisingly, several cooking books are written just for kids. For example, Juicy Couture cookbooks for children have chocolate-flavored cakes and cookies. There are even recipe books for "healthy" ice cream toppings, like no-sugar ice cream. Cooking for kids is fun because it allows them to explore new flavors they may not try otherwise. It is also a good way to instill healthy eating habits into them. These books are a perfect gift idea for a child who is about to become a teenager. There are other cookbooks for children that make cooking for dummies even easier. For example, A Nanny for Kids and Other Stories by Jeannie LaPorte has over seventy pages of delicious, healthy recipes. The recipes are easy to follow and have very little cooking time. This is a great collection to get if you are looking for something easy and healthy for your child to learn how to prepare meals. Finally, some cookbooks cater to those individuals with very limited mobility. One of these cookbooks, The Magic of Making by Gabriela Martin, uses pictures as a visual aid to explain cooking techniques. This book is great for someone who can't use their hands effectively to cook. Some of the recipes use ingredients that a physically challenged person might not be able to buy in the store. Regardless, of which cookbook you choose, cooking for dummies can be fun and rewarding if done right.