Williams-Sonoma Mastering: Vegetables: made easy with step-by-step photographs [Hardcover]

Deborah Madison (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Free Press (2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743284399
• ISBN-13: 978-0743284394
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 9.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Deborah Madison is the author of nine cookbooks and countless articles on food, cooking, and farming. Currently she blogs for Gourmet and Culinate.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Becoming a chef, January 14, 2008

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Joseph Morin "jm92670" (LA, CA) - See all my reviews
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These William Sonoma "Mastering" cookbooks are fantastic. I have even given them as Christmas gifts. Easy to learn recipes. I am a newbie to cooking and these recipes are difficult to screw up. I recommend these cookbooks to anyone.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for beginners, November 19, 2010

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I'm not someone who has ever done much cooking. My idea of nutrition was throwing some meat (sometimes marinaded) on the grill or boiling up some pasta and putting some pre-made sauce on top. I've been trying, though, to expand the repetoir and in particular eat more fruits and veggies especially. My first pass was to just grill up some veggies alongside the meat on the grill, but that's still pretty limited.

I found that this book has really made it easy for me to try new stuff that I otherwise probably would never have even considered because I wouldn't have had any idea of even what to do with it.

With this book, I've been emboldened to just go to the local saturday farmer's market, and I just buy stuff that looks good or interesting, and when I get it home, I just look it up in the book and get an idea of what to do with it. I'm really still just getting going, but my experience so far has been really encouraging.

So, if you are already doing a lot of cooking on your own, this may be too basic for you, but, if you are like me, then I would highly recommend it.