Hi Keith, any suggestions on good cookbooks for beginners? I’m not looking for recipes so much as I’m looking for basic principles and techniques\u2013the how’s and why’s of cooking.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Here are a few suggestions:<\/p>\n
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- Joy of Cooking<\/a>
<\/em>, 1997 edition. This was my starter cookbook. It’s pretty comprehensive both in terms of included recipes and ingredient descriptions. The more recent edition took out a lot of useful content, unfortunately.<\/li>\n
- How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food<\/a>
<\/em>. Another comprehensive-primer book, one I’ve bought for many friends who told me they wanted to learn to cook. I actually don’t own this one; I tend to only buy genre cookbooks now, like The Cuisines of Spain<\/a>
<\/i>.<\/li>\n
- I’m Just Here for the Food: Version 2.0<\/a>
<\/em>. I learned to cook primarily via Joy<\/i> and from Alton Brown, mostly through his TV show, Good Eats<\/i>. Food Network shows Good Eats reruns daily, so if you watch those and get this, his first book, you’ll be in pretty good shape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Feel free to add your own suggestions for Rob below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food<\/a>