Review: Good portable reference
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2013
A very practical book to have in your Kindle when you cook and bake a lot. This for both novice---- AND experienced cook despite the title.(I am sure even the most experienced cook has had those 'senior moments' when they've blanked out completely and could not remember what conversion to make from cups to liters or from tsps. to ml.. Especially when converting fom English (British) and European measures to American. This is a handy guide and answer for such times.)Having this is a lot more practical than having to pull out the 'big guns' from the library like, How to Cook Everything, The Joy of Cooking, and all the heavy tomes we keep in reserve. Plus, it has great ideas for substituting ingredients that you would normally have to spend a lot of time looking up when you don't have that buttermilk or baking powder or marzipan or ghee that you need for a paticular recipe..This book has great Content divisions that quickly allow you to find a particular piece of information for measures, yields, substitutions and preparations. It also has a section for cooking and baking in High Altitude areas; How to Prep; and basic mixing techniques. Then it has a section of tips when it comes to the finished product and offers suggestions for storing and how to get a particular characteristic (Want it crisper? How do you blind bake pie crusts? How do you store the finished goods?, etc. etc.).All in all, a keeper in my Kindle Fire library.