Cooking Basics For Dummies

Get started cooking now with Cooking Basics For Dummies, 5th Edition!Are you looking to dig yourself out of microwave dinners and learn the ropes of home cooking? Cooking Basics For Dummies, 5th Edition takes the intimidation out of cooking and helps you start cultivating your culinary prowess in no time. From learning fundamental cooking techniques like dicing, chopping, and saut?ing to creating delicious, easytofollow recipes, youll discover how to cook up crowdpleasing meals the whole family will enjoyall without breaking a sweat!Even if youve never cracked an egg, this friendly, practical guide gives you all the ingredients to become a superior home cook. In plain English, it explains stepbystep how to master popular cooking techniques, such as dicing vegetables, hard boiling an egg, making quick and delicious sauces, planning menus, stocking your pantry, and so much more. Packed with more than 150 easytofollow recipes for every meal of the day, from mouthwatering mains to sumptuous sides to delectable desserts Helps you master grilling, slow cooking, baking, roasting, pressure cooking, and more Includes tips on adapting meals to meet the latest dietary trends, such as lowsugar, lowsodium, lowfat, plantbased, and vegetarian diets Covers shopping at farmers markets and buying organic foodsCooking Basics For Dummies, 5th edition is for every beginner cook or polished chef looking for a refresher on breathing new life into homecooked meals.P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, youre probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Cooking Basics For Dummies (9781118922316). The book you see here shouldnt be considered a new or updated product. But if youre in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. Were always writing about new topics!