Keepsake Recipes and Fascinating Food Facts
by Irene Graybill Buckman
Category: Cooking

Besides containing delicious (and award-winning) recipes, Keepsake Recipes and Fascinating Food Facts brims with valuable kitchen tips that every cook should know. These hints, born out of the wood-stove era that the author was born into, still serve the microwave kitchens of today. Do you know, for example: -- How many cups of stuffing to plan on for a 12-pound turkey? (page 45) -- How to tell the difference between a male eggplant, which has fewer seeds, and a female eggplant? (page 102) -- How to keep your potatoes from sprouting? (page 114) -- Why you don't add tomatoes or salt to dried beans until after they're cooked? (page 84) Each section begins with such a wealth of information about the topic that you will find yourself saying things like, So that's why, or I didn't know that, or no wonder mine never came out right. It's a delightful, delicious read and the answer to questions you didn't even know to ask. Irene Buckman is a treasure and so is her book.