The New Basics Cookbook

About this book

Its the 1.8-million-copy bestselling cookbook thats become a modern-day classic. Beginning cooks will learn how to boil an egg. Experienced cooks will discover new ingredients and inspired approaches to familiar ones. Encyclopedic in scope rich with recipes and techniques and just plain fascinating to read The New Basics Cookbook is the indispensable kitchen reference for all home cooks. This is a basic cookbook that reflects todays kitchen todays pantry todays taste expectations. A whimsically illustrated 875-recipe labor of love The New Basics features a light fresh vibrantly flavored style of American cooking that incorporates the best of new ingredients and cuisines from around the world. Over 30 chapters include Fresh Beginnings; Pasta Pizza and Risotto; Soups; Salads; every kind of Vegetable; Seafood; The Chicken and the Egg; Grilling from Ribs to Surprise Paella; Grains; Beef; Lamb Pork; Game; The Cheese Course and Not Your Mothers Meatloaf. Not to mention 150 Desserts! Plus tips lore menu ideas at-a-glance charts trade secrets The Wine Dictionary a Glossary of Cooking Terms The Panic-Proof Kitchen and much more. Main Selection of the Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service and the Book-of-the-Month Clubs HomeStyle Books.