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Hi.
I have a adult family member that is due to unfortunate circumstances now lives alone by my understanding with little cooking skills. Im offering to have a weekly get together so I can teach him some basic cooking skills/meals.
I am pretty busy myself so I would like to find a cook book with mix of different recipes ( not just Italian, medeterenian or chinese e.t.c) but one that combines mix of healthier versions with pictures .That way he can pick out things and I can guide him without having to come up with a meal idea explain it and hope that thats what he wants to try.
So some variety of recipies on healthier side
Thanks
Yes, some of the recipes are a little fancy, but it's loaded with good, basic recipes, lots of photos, and a good explanation of temps, techniques, and cues to look/listen/smell for while things are cooking. It's a big book and can be expensive, so check with your library and see if they have it available.
Cook's Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen also has several cookbooks that are long on technique description and the recipes are pretty much bullet-proof, but short on pictures.
While I'd agree with weezycom on the Cooks Illustrated books, you might find it most effective to teach someone out of your favorite cookbooks, whatever those happen to be.
Thanks for suggestions, Julia Child's might be even fun for me because as Jay5835 suggested I don't own cook books ( pretty good cook or so people tell me) learned to cook by trial and error and now just wing it when trying to recreate a dish. Probably will learn plenty myself....
Thanks for the links CSD610.
Thanks for suggestions, Julia Child's might be even fun for me because as Jay5835 suggested I don't own cook books ( pretty good cook or so people tell me) learned to cook by trial and error and now just wing it when trying to recreate a dish. Probably will learn plenty myself....
Thanks for the links CSD610.
Good luck, enjoy and keep the pizza delivery number handy just in case like we do.....LOL
I would probably just browse through a bookstore to see one that appeals to you.
As for myself, when I first got married, 40+ years ago, I had the paperback version of The Fanny Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook, late 1960s version. It was the one I always counted on to make the basic foods. There are probably modern revisions now which contain more ethnic recipes. As long as I had the Fanny Farmer, I could make any basic food, from a pot roast to egg salad sandwiches. It has everything in it.
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I would probably just browse through a bookstore to see one that appeals to you.
As for myself, when I first got married, 40+ years ago, I had the paperback version of The Fanny Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook, late 1960s version. It was the one I always counted on to make the basic foods. There are probably modern revisions now which contain more ethnic recipes. As long as I had the Fanny Farmer, I could make any basic food, from a pot roast to egg salad sandwiches. It has everything in it.
And if there's one conveniently located, a Public Library which may not have only books but possibly instructional videos as well.
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