New To Cooking

Author: Lesley Waters

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  • : $4.99 NZD
  • : 9781849754606
  • : Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
  • : Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
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  • : September 2013
  • : 235mm X 190mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 9.99
  • : October 2013
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Barcode 9781849754606
9781849754606

Description

Do you love good food but can't cook it? Are you keen to get going in the kitchen but not sure where to start? New to Cooking is the book for you. Cookery teacher and TV chef Lesley Waters guides you through all the basic principles and skills of cooking, giving you the confidence to take real pleasure in preparing food for yourself, family and friends. It isn't about long hours in the kitchen, complicated recipes and fiddly ingredients - life is too short! Cooking should be simple, liberating and most of all, fun. Lesley starts by providing a list of must-have utensils and essential storecupboard ingredients. Then she introduces you to basic techniques like boiling, poaching, steam, microwaving, frying, braising, roasting and baking. Once you have mastered these skills, you can move on to recipes for weekday suppers for one, lavish dinners for friends and lots more. Ideas include Tomato Tapenade Salad, Rich Red Pepper and Bean Soup, Mediterranean Fish Stew, Coq au Vin, Mushroom, Leek and Thyme Puff Pies, Hot Whisky Pancakes with Raspberries and Coconut and Lime Ice Cream.

Author description

Lesley Waters is one of the best-known television chefs and teacher cooks in the UK. Well known for her regular television appearances on Ready Steady Cook, Great Food Live and This Morning, Lesley is also a former Head Tutor of Leith's School of Food & Wine, author of several cookery books and a qualified fitness instructor.