Cook book for beginner cooks????????!
Answers: My 27 year old single son is moving to his own apartment in February (always had roommates) and has just become really interested in cooking. I am giving him an enameled covered dutch oven for Christmas, but would also like to give him a fairly comprehensive cookbook with it. I was given the "Joy of Cooking" when I got married and it was a staple in my kitchen. However I have also been told that the Betty Crocker and/or Fannie Farmer cookbooks are best for beginners. Which cookbook would you choose if you could only choose one.
Fannie Farmer - it's the bible as far as I'm concerned. Had my copy since the 80's - just pulled it out last night.
I'd also recommend a subscription to Cooks Illustrated. CI is a wealth of information about cooking tools, techniques, ingredients. For example, in an article on London Broil, not only will they provide a recipe but they will educate on the cut of meat to use and why, the history of the dish, and different methods you could use to cook it. My mother-in-law got me a subscription years ago, never let it lapse and keep all the issues.
Then there is always the Food Network.
Betty Crockers 40th anniversary edition cookbook alot of how tos explains different methods alternatives, substitutions , easy to follow instructions.
dont take this the worong way but a great cookbook is Cooking for dummies and the idiots guide to cooking...... they are very informative and have great recipes and are very easy to understand!!! Also, they are a great conversation piece!!!
Fanny Farmers paper back and also on the web page
Rachel Ray also would be great for you
just tell him to go to receipezaar they have receipe from all over the world and it is free
Anything with baking cookies, it can't be that hard!
i really like The New Best Recipe by America's Test Kitchen. it has a wide variety of recipes and they are all tested to make sure they're foolproof. hope this helps!