Home Ec, that ubiquitous high school class where cooking and sewing reign supreme, has virtually left the building - the school building that is. Cooking has become somewhat of a lost art and I feel it is my duty to help people of all ages and stages of life, reclaim it.
I have had a lot of email over the years asking for help with these basic skills… One of my all-time, perplexing emails came from a Menu-Mailer subscriber who explained why it took her an hour to prepare a simple recipe: it took her a full five minutes to chop ONE lowly onion! That’s when I knew—these folks need some real help with the basics.
This book will explain that the kitchen is more than a room with large appliances in it. And that same kitchen is actually the heart of the home where you can make good smells emanate from it at the appropriate meal-appointed times, just like your mom did.
Cooking isn’t brain surgery or even as complicated as removing a tricky splinter. With the simple explanations in this step-by-step, get-you-through-it guide, Saving Dinner Basics will help you get beyond the intimidation factor and cook with full confidence.
The goal of Saving Dinner Basics is to be a quick go-to guide to what’s important in the kitchen and what you’ll need to know to be able to cook with my cookbooks at least. … What sets Saving Dinner Basics apart from your mother’s basic cookbook is that it’s fun, it’s hip and it’s simple without all the fuss.
