The <em>Basic Cookbook</em> is back with a new retro look and full color photographs throughout.<br><br><br> Kitchen know-how is easy to achieve once you know the basics. Practical and compact, <em>The Basic Cookbook</em> is the essential reference to simple home cooking and features all those timeless recipes you grew up with, as well as the modern classics entering our cuisine today.<br><br><br> You'll learn everything you need to know to get started in the kitchen-from boiling rice and scrambling eggs - to making stock and baking the perfect roast with gravy-as well as how to cook those traditional dishes your mother and grandmother used to make.<br><br><br> With over 300 delicious recipes, <em>The Basic Cookbook</em> covers every meal of the day, in an easy-to-follow format, from soups and sauces to shanks and spaghetti.<br><br><br> It will be your kitchen bible before you know it!