One of my readers ("insomniac") has suggested that I post ideas on setting up a kitchen. I am starting a new series that I'll call "Kitchen Essentials."
Today's topic is Cookbooks.
In my opinion, a beginner-medium-level home cook only needs two cookbooks:
Joy of Cooking
and
How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman.
(Vegetarians may prefer How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.)
With these two books, you'll have all the basic knowledge: how to bake, how to cook vegetables, meats, poultry-- everything the home cook needs.
I also keep a binder of recipes that I've printed from www.allrecipes.com and other blogs. I'll shuffle through them if I am looking for inspiration. I also like allrecipes for its ingredient search-- you can either search for a recipe incorporating items you have on-hand, or you can search for a recipe that omits an item that's not tasty to you.
So-- there you go!
Next time: Kitchen Essentials: Knives
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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4 comments:
Heh heh - I'm famous! Love the product rave - I'm totally going to get those soup bases!
That's great!! I have very useful cookbooks!! Love Cooking...
I'd like to give shout out to the Fannie Farmer series cookbooks. They have everything a at-home foodie may need. Love your blog. Great pics (which, IMO is essential in a food blog).
HI,
That is a great idea for cooking. especially for me....
Thanks ....
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