The cook's handbook

by Prue Leith

Provides illustrated instructions for basic and advanced culinary skills, offers advice on planning a kitchen and choosing and caring for utensils, and explains how to prepare, cook, serve, and preserve all kinds of food

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Carima Mcdwyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

By far the most essential book for every cook. It needs to be updated for the 21st century but it explains the why and how of most traditional techniques and has good diagrams. I own several copies, and the womenin my family love to use it as a reference book. In some editions there are errors e.g half a paragraph is omitted which is a pity because every paragraph is concise and essential. Nevertheless, it is as essential to a cook as a dictionary is to a reader.

[Lbaker · Rating 5 out of 5]

My grandmother gave me this book quite a few years ago, and I still constantly refer to it, it is by far my most used cooking reference book.

When I saw this book in a used store, I immediately bought it for my daughter, I hope she finds it as useful as I have.