A guide to cooking for the absolute beginner includes updates on the latest culinary trends; instructions for preparing low-fat, vegetarian, and ethnic dishes; and forty new recipes.

Product Description: The majority of people don’t know where to start when it comes to cooking a successful meal.  Packed with easy-to-follow guidelines and recipes, this full-colour, hardback, spiral-bound edition of Cooking Basics For Dummies helps novice chefs navigate the kitchen and learn staple cooking techniques...read more

Explains how to select equipment and utensils, flavor smoke with mesquite and wood chips, and season poultry, beef, lamb, pork, seafood, and vegetables cooked on the grill

Introduces cooking techniques and tools, offer advice on such topics as stocking a pantry, and includes recipes ranging from hard-cooked eggs to turkey burgers with quick caper sauce