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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (7 Jun 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 140532077X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405320771
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 17.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Do you want to cook fantastic food, but feel your kitchen skills aren’t up to scratch? Let Mary Berry take you back to culinary basics and give you the confidence to succeed. Pick up fundamental techniques to create a range of delicious starters, mains, desserts and breads, taking you from start to finish, and explaining exactly what to do. Follow 12 key recipes, ideal for beginners: master these, and then use your new skills to whip up 100 mouth-watering recipes from Moroccan spiced lamb to pineapple upside-down cake. Whether it’s boiling the perfect egg or making fantastic flaky pastry, serving up chicken cacciatore or lemon and apple tart, with tried and trusted guidance from one of Britain’s most popular cookery writers, this is the guide that will get you cooking. Simple.


About the Author

Mary Berry is one of UK’s best-known cookery writers. She is a regular contributor for Radio 4’s Woman's Hour and BBC2’s Saturday Kitchen. Mary lives in Buckinghamshire.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 100+ recipes in this `simple cookery course and recipe book all-in-one', 4 April 2008
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from Mary Berry.

n.b. Previously published as `The New Cook'.

From the back cover:-

`Need to learn how to cook for yourself?
Want to start producing home-made food for your family?
Long to create a delicious meal for your friends?
Follow Mary Berry's guidelines in `How to Cook' and begin a new life in the kitchen.
A simple cookery course and recipe book all in one.
Step-by-step photography with clear instructions.
Over 100 foolproof recipes.......


Small hardcover format with 256 high quality shiny pages split over 5 chapters:-

Master Recipes
Recipe Collection
Techniques
Ingredients
Equipment

sandwiched between an introduction, cook's notes and an index.

From the introduction:-

`I have so enjoyed writing this book and the process of going right back to the beginning and rethinking cooking techniques and how to simplify them. I have written this with a clear eye for today's new cooks who want fresher, lighter food.
I have a soft spot for people who are just beginning to cook, and I want them to have fun with cooking and enjoy the results. For the novice, even opening a recipe book can be incredibly daunting, so my aim with this book is to make cooking as easy and uncomplicated as possible.

The twelve Master Recipes are designed to get you off to a good start. These will be your master keys, opening up a collection of basic, but essential cooking skills........'

Each of the `Master Recipes' is well laid out with the list of ingredients on the left, the title, the number of servings, an opening note and a clear, numbered method, followed by a full-page colour photograph of the finished dish then the `step-by-step' procedure, including variations, if applicable, and pictures over at least a further two pages.
These recipes include how to make:-

Classic French Omelette
Tagliatelle Bolognese
Chilli con Carne
Roast Chicken
Double-Crust Apple Pie
Victoria Sponge

The recipe chapter opens with relevant notes, then the recipes which follow the same written format as the Master Recipes, described above.
This section is sub-divided into:-

Egg Dishes
Soups
Pasta
Grains & Pulses
Pan-fries
Stir-fries
Char-grills
Grills
Roasts
Accompaniments
Salads
Fruit Desserts
Cakes and Cookies
Bread

This section is only lightly interspersed with photography....which may be a little disappointing for those who like to see what they are aiming for on the plate!

A taste of the other recipes within:-

Quiche Lorraine
Crepes Suzette
Cheese Soufflés
Minestrone
Clam Chowder
Meat or Vegetarian Lasagne
Tabbouleh
Garlic Prawns
Cajun-Style Chicken
Hoisin Pork
Steak with Onion Marmalade
Real Beefburgers
Tandoori Chicken
Vegetable Curry
Beef Wellington
Yorkshire Pudding
Coleslaw
Caesar Salad
Meringues with Raspberry Coulis
Lemon & Lime Cheesecake
Chocolate Brownies
Lemon Slices
Anchovy Pizza

The main recipes all have a `nutritional information' table.

The `Techniques Section' includes preparation and cooking of various ingredients such as:-

Eggs
Rice
Fish, Poultry and Meat (inc `Cuts of')
Vegetables
Fruit
Pastry
Sauces
Crumbs & Croutons
Leaves and Herbs

as well as basic recipes e.g. Polenta, Mashed Potatoes, Custard, Mayonnaise and Bouquet Garni.
This section is very well laid out and has plenty of photographs, including `step by step', where applicable, e.g.:-

`Carving a Large Bird'.

It is littered with helpful tips, such as the making and keeping/freezing of chicken stock or beating and making meringues.

The last two chapters are recommended ingredients and equipment.

Good value for an all round reference for the beginner, but could also prove useful to those more experienced, needing a helping hand in greyer areas, e.g. `Skinning Fish Fillets' or `Making a Pastry Case'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cook Book for the Basics in life., 10 Aug 2009
By J. Mansfield "Jacaranda1976" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Mary Berry's How to Cook: Easy Recipes and Foolproof Techniques

This is a MUST for all of us who need to move on from the pre-packed high-priced supermarket rubbish turned out these days. You really can't fault this book.

Buy one for a friend and one for yourself while you're at the job!!
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