How to Cook

<b>An empowering collection of 100 delicious practical recipes that will teach young adults and kitchen novices</b> <b>how</b> <b>to cook for themselves&#151;from a James Beard Award&#150;winning chef and author.<br><br>&#147;A master class on nourishing yourself.&#148;&#151;<i>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i></b><br><br><b>IACP AWARD WINNER &#149; NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION </i>AND <i>WIRED</i></b><br><br>Acclaimed chef TV star and dedicated father Hugh Acheson taught his teenage daughters that cooking is an essential life skill. But he also knew that people don&#146;t need to&#160;know how to&#160;cook like a chef to feed themselves and their friends. Really they only need to learn a handful of skills to enjoy a lifetime of cooking.<br><br>So in <i>How to Cook</i> Hugh distills the cooking lessons that everyone should master into twenty-five basic building blocks: easy-to-grasp recipes that can turn anyone young or old into a confident home cook. Each of these recipes teaches a fundamental skill such as roasting or whisking together a classic vinaigrette and each stands alone as a stellar back-pocket basic. After laying the groundwork <i>How to Cook</i> then offers recipes that expand on these foundations whether it&#146;s remixing the flavors of one of the basic recipes or combining a couple of them to show you how you can produce a lifetime&#146;s worth of dishes.<br><br><i>How to Cook</i> is the book Hugh is going to give his kids when they leave home knowing that with these 100 recipes they&#146;ll be prepared to feed themselves for the rest of their lives.