Like "this is how you make the Mother Sauces"? and "this is how you deglaze a pan?"
You could look into Anne Willan for that sort of thing (the techniques to all the basic French sauces and such, and all the basic cooking techniques).
If you were only allowed one recipe book, which one would you choose?
09/01/2012 01:46:34 PM
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doesn't really answer your question, but I like just using the internet for recipes
09/01/2012 02:25:08 PM
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Mark Bittman's "How To Cook Everything"
09/01/2012 02:36:31 PM
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does he have a lot of really good "basics"?
09/01/2012 03:38:19 PM
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Re: does he have a lot of really good "basics"?
09/01/2012 03:49:55 PM
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i picked this up at a used book sale but have never really gone through it.
10/01/2012 12:34:21 AM
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Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking
09/01/2012 03:18:34 PM
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... I may have to add that to my (Dream On) Wishlist. It's beautiful. *NM*
12/01/2012 08:30:38 PM
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Yes. However, I am not sure the price will stop at the €333, or whatever...
12/01/2012 08:56:38 PM
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Re: Yes. However, I am not sure the price will stop at the €333, or whatever...
12/01/2012 09:36:46 PM
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The Anarchist's Cookbook.
09/01/2012 04:17:27 PM
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There's a soup place near my work called the New England Soup Factory...
09/01/2012 09:03:48 PM
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Though tempted to cite "How to Cook Forty Humans" I say Betty Crocker as well.
11/01/2012 03:16:32 PM
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Thanks, everyone.
12/01/2012 08:26:19 PM
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just use a conversion guide
12/01/2012 09:40:14 PM
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The measurements aren't so much of a problem, it turns out. We use cups &c in NZ.
12/01/2012 10:07:49 PM
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