Basic cooking tips�and techniques, with step-by-step photos��erfect for college students
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The Starter Cook�is the perfect quick culinary reference, a learner's manual to that sometimes intimidating room in one's home: the kitchen. With its plethora of helpful tips and a step-by-step guide to every major technique, it helps the beginner home cook connect the dots as he learns his way around the kitchen.
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Linda Johnson Larsen covers all the basics��rom understanding food storage and preparation to perfecting knife skills to learning to poach chicken��nd then some, like covering all special preparations needed for select ethnic dishes. Peppered throughout are quick tips to make life in the kitchen a little bit easier. With�The Starter Cook,�the good home cook��r even a beginner, whether a recent college grad or a newlywed��an become a great one.
