The Basic Gourmet

100 Foolproof Recipes and Essential Techniques for the Beginning Cook

Learning to cook can be like learning to ride a bicycle. Since kitchens don’t come with training wheels, lots of people skin their knees in the process of getting started. The Basic Gourmet comes to the rescue with a wealth of valuable tips and simple techniques that makes cooking both fun and productive. As authors and cooking school teachers we offer 100 foolproof recipes guaranteed to provide a trusted repertoire for the novice cook.

The Basic Gourment Cookbook

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From turkeys to roast, stews to braise, holiday recipes to explore, food gifts to give, pizzas to toss, steaks to sear, vegetables to grill, salmon to poach, dips and chips to dunk, and desserts to bake—find it here and, best of all, start cooking!

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