Excellent for true kitchen newbies
Rating:
5 / 5
Don't know how to bake a potato or how to hard-boil an egg? This is the book for you. Nothing is too simple; it assume nothing. I especially liked the information on fruits and vegetables; the book tells you how to buy them, how to store them, and for how long. My copy is splattered with food stains, what greater praise can I give?
No nutritional information!!
Rating:
4 / 5
I really like this book, especially the sections on organizing and shopping. However no nutritional information is listed for the recipes. It may not matter to you but I like to watch my calorie and fat intake and I have family members that watch their sodium. This book is great for comfort food though and who really cares about the calorie count when you are missing your mother's cooking!
Good book for new commers to U.S. too.
Rating:
5 / 5
This book helped me a lot during my first business trip to U.S. I rent an apartment, then I found the kitchen appliances and equipments did not resemble at all to the ones I used to in my home country.... Why was "F" written on the oven instead of "C"?No Asian food is sold in that small town, and I had no idea about anything the grocery store sold, which looked like some kind of food from outer planet. I threw away the first dish I cooked without eating, although I was not a bad cook in Japan. Then I found this book and studied it in detail. I learned how to use what the Americans call "stove", and how to shop in a grocery store. I had seen many business people from Asia get thin and nervous because they couldn't eat. I was able to stay healthy in the new environment by this book and of course I suceeded the assignment!
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