The Joy of Cooking Standard Edition: The All-Purpose Cookbook
The Joy of Cooking grows with the times-it has a full roster of American and foreign dishes such as strudel, zabaglione, rijsttafel, and couscous, among many others. All the classic terms found on menus, such as Provençale, bonne femme, meuniére, and Florentine are not merely defined but fully...
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The Joy of Cooking grows with the times-it has a full roster of American and foreign dishes such as strudel, zabaglione, rijsttafel, and couscous, among many others. All the classic terms found on menus, such as Provençale, bonne femme, meuniére, and Florentine are not merely defined but fully explained so that readers can easily concoct the dish in their own home. In this classic edition readers learn: € Exactly what simmering, blanching, roasting,and braising do € In what amounts herbs, spices, and seasonings should be added to recipes € How to present food correctly € How to prepare ingredients with classic tools and techniques € How to safely preserve the results of your canning and freezing With more than 4,500 recipes and 1,000 easy-to-follow illustrations, The Joy of Cooking is a must for every American kitchen.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780452263338 (0452263336)
Publish date: November 1st 1973
Publisher: Plume
Pages no: 864
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Reference,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Adult,
Cookbooks,
Cooking,
How To,
Foodie,
Culinary
If you look on GoodReads under "Popular Cookbooks Books" (sic) the Joy of Cooking is right at the top. It's reputably the go to cookbook, a "teaching" cookbook for those who don't just burn toast, they're capable of burning water. I'm not that bad, but neither am I a gourmet---I could use some teach...
I use this one all the time, on everything from salads to pancakes to chicken dishes. Grilled or roasted, the Joy of Cooking is always there for me.
All good kitchen require this book. The older verions are better, but you can't find those to buy mostly, they are passed down in familys beacuse they are just so useful. But this version is still good. Although it reduses the fat in everything and has fewer good recipes for bread that don't requ...
This is a must-have if one has even the slightest inclination to cook. Period. No ifs, ands, or buts.
I'm a lousy cook, mostly because I have no taste. Nonetheless, on those occasions when I try, this is the book I turn to.
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