Betty Crocker Cooking Basics: Recipes and Tips to Cook with Confidence (Betty Crocker Books) (Hardcover)

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Product Description
Betty Crocker Cooking Basics, Second Edition is the only cookbook you need to help you begin cooking with confidence, even if you barely know how to boil water. Fully updated to include 112 simple and tasty favorites like guacamole, meatloaf, and strawberry shortcake, the second edition of this comprehensive cooking guide even includes how-to photos for every recipe, advice on kitchen equipment, a reference to cooking terms, food storage tips, and cooking times and nutrition information. With game plans for special events like Thanksgiving Dinner, you will never go hungry!

From the Back Cover

The One Cookbook

You Need to Start Cooking with Confidence!

Do you want to fix your favorite foods, but aren't quite sure how? This new edition of Betty Crocker Cooking Basics is just what you need. Inside, you'll find easy recipes for all your favorites, including crowd-pleasers like Guacamole, Meat Loaf, Pad Thai and Strawberry Shortcake. For each recipe, illustrated techniques and goof-proof instructions guide you step by step to delicious results—even if you're a total kitchen beginner. You also get lots of helpful kitchen tips, tricks and information that take the mystery out of meal preparation. Here is everything you need to start cooking with confidence.

• 112 simple, tasty recipes for the foods everyone loves

• How-to photographs for each recipe illustrating key steps

• Complete game plans for entertaining, including Thanksgiving Dinner

• An illustrated guide to all the equipment you need to set up a kitchen

• Photographs that demonstrate basic cooking techniques

• Cooking times and nutrition information for every recipe

• The lowdown on ingredients, cooking terms, food storage and more

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Betty Crocker; 2 edition (October 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470111356
• ISBN-13: 978-0470111352
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 9.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,762 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, December 19, 2008

By	Veggie Girl (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

I bought this book on-line (obviously) without ever actually getting to look through all the pages. I'm a pretty experience cook, but my brother--who got this book as a gift--isn't. He recently moved into his first apartment, and was calling me with questions like: 'How do I cook corn?' or 'How long can I keep food in my fridge before it goes bad?' I was more then happy to answer these questions, but thought that he'd really appreciate a book that had all these answers.

This book is wonderful! It has a chart in back that tells you how long you can keep food before it goes bad. It explains about what tools are useful to have around your kitchen. And it also has simple recipes (most have 5 ingredients or less). So, it's prefect for someone who just wants a foundation.

My brother will never aspire to be a great chef, or enjoy cooking and baking like I do, but he really appreciates being able to make simple meals. And to know the basics of things.

Great book!