The Basic Cookbook

Women's Weekly

by AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY (Editor)

In this book, we have gone right back-to-basics, taking you step-by-step through recipes and methods that quickly build a wide range of cooking skills. There is also a comprehensive picture guide at the back of the book with many helpful tips and techniques. We have not used salt and pepper in our cooking, allowing you to season food to suit your own requirements. Many recipes are designed to serve two people, but ingredients can be doubled to serve four or six. We want you to enjoy cooking as much as we do and, with this book, to have delicious results from your first attempt.

Genres: Cookbooks

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Sarah (is clearing her shelves) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book very useful when I first started cooking in my early teens. I still use some of the techniques at the back of the book, especially the tip about how to check if your steak is cooked to your liking. The recipes are very 80s classic style, but sometimes the oldies are the goodies, if not the best. My favourite recipe is definitely Macaroni Cheese, I make this every few weeks through winter and of all the versions I have tried this, the first one I ever made, is the best. I used to think it was horribly old-fashioned to see tripe or lamb's brains in a recipe book, but the innards are all starting to come back again, so I guess everything comes around again.