Mom, How Do You Cook...

As tiny tots, our children are eager to "help" in the kitchen. When they grow old enough to actually be of help, they may not be so interested...until they leave home and their tummy starts rumbling for some old fashioned home cooking! Then the phone calls start: "MOM! How do you cook..." This book has space to fill in 75 favorite recipes for the beginner cook (with prompts for the preparatory steps like gathering up the cookware & ingredients). But before unleashing your fledgling...
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As tiny tots, our children are eager to "help" in the kitchen. When they grow old enough to actually be of help, they may not be so interested...until they leave home and their tummy starts rumbling for some old fashioned home cooking! Then the phone calls start: "MOM! How do you cook..." This book has space to fill in 75 favorite recipes for the beginner cook (with prompts for the preparatory steps like gathering up the cookware & ingredients). But before unleashing your fledgling chef in their own kitchen, they're given a little instruction in the basics. All in every-day language best for the young person who can laugh at himself! A somewhat tongue-in-cheek intro to cooking lingo ("Cooking terms you might have heard before..."), a discussion on measuring correctly and a description of the appropriate cookware ("The right tool for the right job"), some handy substitutions for ingredients ("But I don't have any of that!"), and other tips for beginners ("Handy hints for the cooking rookie").From inside:"So, you're on your own now.Nobody looking over your shoulder, constantly telling you what to do...In the kitchen.Alone.Not all it's cracked up to be? Kind of missing that guiding voice, that helping hand?Well don't panic! Lucky for you somebody cared enough to send that guiding voice, if not the helping hand. Just when you were starting to miss the favorite dishes, the familiar food from home, help arrives!First a few pointers, in case you didn't always listen to the warnings: "I won't always be right there with you, so you'd better pay attention and learn how to do this!" Then delve into some of your favorite recipes from home.And maybe even find some new favorites..."