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From: wombat@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Recommendable cookbooks - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 23:32:21 EST
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uicsl!wombat    Feb  1 14:15:00 1984

I've never looked at Joy of Cooking, but the best basic cookbook
I've seen is the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook. It has
recipes for all the basics, like lasagne, meatloaf, various cuts
of meat, soups, cookies and cakes, and on and on. No, it won't tell
you the best way to use your food processor with your wok, but
it will explain cuts of meat, using herbs and spices, whether
to put the eggs in before the water boils and the best way to peel
the eggs afterwards, basic canning and freezing procedures/charts,
and other helpful things. (There's even an appendix that tells
you how to throw a dinner party.)  It has almost never failed to
answer my basic cooking questions. Add to it a good pasta cookbook,
a good Chinese cookbook, and any other advanced book you like for
a decent kitchen library.
						Wombat
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