The Cook's Handbook: The Cookbook that Makes all your Other Cookbooks Work

by Prue Leith

Book by LEITH, Prue

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Carima Mcdwyer]

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]

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.