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Adecvax.155 net.cooks utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!kas Thu Feb 4 17:04:08 1982 cooking techniques

One cookbook that is particularly good for learning technique is "James Beard's Theory and Practice of Good Cooking". It has a chapter for each major method of cooking (i.e. baking, boiling, braising), a concordance which covers nearly every type of food, and an index arranged by cooking terms and methods, rather than by recipe. There are recipes in the book, but they are there to give examples of the techniques being discussed. Also, the book is well illustrated. I believe it is available in hardback, but I got my copy (paperbound) through Consumer Reports for $10.00.

Karen Shannon decvax!kas

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