Joy of Cooking

[Clarkmeister]

My Mom always said, "if you can read, you can cook".

[DBowling]

but macaroni and cheese is so easy to make.

[Boris]

Take this to the QLC forum.

[Jeff W]

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Take this to the QLC forum.

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I don't get it. Must be over my head.

I'm sorry to hear that you ignored me. You are a good poster on the Mid-Hi forum.

Thanks to all the other posters for your advice. I guess cooking isn't rocket science after all.

[theghost]

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Egullet is a good start. Check out the eGCI forum. I'm not associated with this site etc.

Pro chef is more useful for a profesional kitchen. Joy of cooking is pretty much a must have though. I'm unsure of what book I would choose to "learn to cook" if I had to pick one.

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eGullet is awesome for discussing both food and drink.

[nokona13]

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How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman is a better general cookbook than JoC IMO. Both useful though.

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I've gotta second this. My mom bought this for me when I went to college, and I'm still using it. It's great cause he boils everything down to the essentials, and there are sections overviewing the basics of preparing pretty much every different kind of food. Plus if you like something but think it's not quite exciting enough, you know what's going on if you find a more complex recipe.

[Lawrence Ng]

If you wanna learn to create some simple dishes, watch Rachel Raye's 30 minute meals.

Lawrence

[vulturesrow]

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If you wanna learn to create some simple dishes, watch Rachel Raye's 30 minute meals.

Lawrence

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I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Rachel Ray.

[Sen. VernonTrent]

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I believe JoC is more a cook book then anything else, but according to my mom, it pwns.

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And you can take that to the bank.

[OtisTheMarsupial]

There is a Food channel these days. I suggest you watch it.

IMO, you cannot learn how to cook simply by reading a book. But books are great places to start.