Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Basics [Paperback]

Ronnie Fein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1997

You're no idiot, of course. You dine at the finest restaurants, pack an occasional healthy lunch, and even bake scrumptious cookies for your kids' annual bake sale. But when it comes to mixing, measuring, sauteing, or producing a meal that doesn't come frozen in a box, you'd rather order out. Don't pick up that phone yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Basics, Second Edition helps you find your way around the kitchen to create tasty and nutritious meals on an ordinary budget. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028619749
• ISBN-13: 978-0028619743
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,986,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How did I live without this book?, June 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Basics, Third Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is for everyone.

If you really don't know anything about cooking OR your kitchen, it explains really basic things, including what staples to buy at the store.

If you already know how to cook -- sort of -- but really eat a steady diet of take-out or cereal & milk, this book gives easy practical things you will actually make.

If you know how to cook and actually do cook, this book is still useful because it's like calling your mom to ask "does corn have to be stored in the fridge?" or "how many days before this chicken goes bad?" or "how do I make homemade lemonade/chicken soup/ hot cocoa?"

An excellent all around reference book.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars love this book., December 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Basics (Paperback)

This is a great reference for people who are novices, as well as already good cooks. I use this book religiously. The meals I can create now taste and appear complex, but the way the recipes are laid out, it's really easy. Ronnie Fein makes cooking a simple, tasty delight.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference Book, August 19, 2008

By 

J. Nesbit (Colorado) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Basics, Third Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

I have had this book (2nd Edition I think) for several years, it was a gift from my Grandmother, who made notes in it for me, before she passed. It really is a great book, with tons of useful information. It also has recipies in the back, that are actually quite good. My book is quite worn, and I would recommend this as an excellent guide to have in any kitchen.

Thanks Grandma!