The something went wrong what do I do now cookery book
Subtitle: what to do about salty soup, burned stew, fallen cakes, overcooked cauliflower, runny eggs, and hundreds of other kitchen catastrophes
By: John and Marina Bear, drawings by Roy Doty
Contributors: Bear, Marina, 1941-; Doty, Roy, 1922-
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Macdonald and Co.
Published: 1973
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780356045733
Subjects: Cooking
First sentence: There are thousands of cookery books in the world, and they are all, at heart, the same.
Description: A quirky but invaluable book, especially for a beginner or unconfident cook. Set out firsy in alphabetical order by ingredient, it provides practical advice on what to do if your food is bland, burnt, turned to mush etc. in a charmingly conversational and humourous style. "There are some of us who feel that the best way to improve an aubergine is to encase it in cement and drop it in a river..."
Notes: Previous edition: New York : Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1970.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Note in Passing; title: How this book is organised; title: How to improvise, bluff, or otherwise muddle through; title: Total failure; title: Alphabetical listing; title: Appendices; title: A: burned foods; title: B: thawed frozen foods; title: C: too much food: how to store it; title: D: seasonability of fruits and vegetables; title: E: how to measure and pour foods; title: F: a last resort dinner; title: G: stains; title: H: problems with utensils; title: Index; title: Recipes