Cooking Basics For Dummies

Welcome to Cooking Basics For Dummies, 5th Edition. Taking into consideration recent cooking rends, this updated edition includes new information on Asian and Mediterranean cuisine, cooking techniques like pan-roasting and steaming in foil pouches, and how to get the best
from farmers markets. Weve also added shorter recipes, including some that call for eight or fewer ingredients and are complete meals. Unlike most cookbooks, this one is more than a compilation of tasty recipes. We also focus on traditional cooking techniques, like broiling, steaming, braising, and roasting. This edition carries expanded information on grains and
pastas and offers recipes for trendy new ingredients, like kale and bacon. You discover the best way to mince garlic, peel a tomato, and truss a chicken.
After you master these techniques, youre no longer a slave to recipes. You can cook with imagination and creativity and thats the sign of a skilled cook.
Furthermore, this book is structured around the way you live. For example, it includes information about cooking economically, making a delicious meal when you dont even have time to get to the market, and throwing a party or celebrating a holiday when you have the time to make it special.
Most of all, you actually have fun as you explore the endless pleasures of cooking. And that, after all, is what this book is all about.
About This eBook
We start at the very beginning: your kitchen and your equipment. What basic tools do you need? How do you use these things? We help you stock your pantry, refrigerator, and freezer with basic staples so you know what to have on hand. Then we move on to cooking techniques to get you up and running as soon as possible. Doing simple things well offers great personal
satisfaction.
Depending on your needs and cooking skills, you can start at the beginning of the book and work your way through, go straight to the chapters that interest you most (the table of contents and index point you in the right direction), or read the book backward if thats your thing.