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Cooking Basics and Entertaining Basics – all in one accessible guide

Do you yearn to cook something tasty for dinner, but dont know where to start?

Want to host an easy and elegant cocktail party for friends, but arent quite sure how to do it?

Now you can – with a little help from Betty Crocker! With this 2–in–1 book, youll learn to cook and entertain with confidence in no time. First, Cooking Basics gives you the guidance you need on kitchen tools and equipment, ingredients, cooking methods and more, complete with how–to photographs that guide you every step of the way. It includes the 100 recipes you most want to prepare – and shows you how to cook them, from Juicy Hamburgers to Csar Salad to Frozen Chocolate Mousse. Then, Entertaining Basics gets you into party mode with a simple Entertaining Equation that helps you combine people, food, setting and planning into one great time. With the help of crowd–pleasing recipes and fun decorating ideas to get you started, youll be completely confident throwing a party.

Betty Crocker Basics gives you:

• 200 delicious recipes for virtually every type of occasion
• More than 150 illustrated cooking how–tos, from chopping a tomato to carving a turkey
• Special menus for casual get–togethers as well as Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter holidays
• Simple do–ahead tips, serving suggestions and presentation ideas
• Hundreds of color photos of techniques and finished dishes

• Thanksgiving Dinner.
• Do–Ahead Vegetable Lasagna Dinner.
• Vegetable Preparations.
• Common Preparations Techniques.
• Twelve Terrific Herbs and Top Five Spices.
• About Pasta.
• About Salad Greens.
• Yields and Equivalents.
• Substitutions.

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Author:

Betty Crocker

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ISBN:

9780764596452

Publish Date:

4/2005

Pages:

574

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons

Format:

Hardback

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Approximately 10 - 14 days.
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