How to Cook: Building Blocks and 100 Simple Recipes for a Lifetime of Meals: A Cookbook

By: Hugh Acheson

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Synopsis: An empowering collection of 100 delicious, practical recipes that will teach young adults and kitchen novices all the skills they need to cook for themselves—from a James Beard Award-winning chef and author.Acclaimed chef, TV star, and dedicated father Hugh Acheson taught his teenage daughters that cooking is an essential life skill. But he also knew that people don&’t need to cook like a chef to feed themselves and their friends. Really, they only need to learn a handful of skills to enjoy a lifetime of cooking.So, in How to Cook, Hugh distills the cooking lessons that everyone should master into twenty-five basic building blocks: easy-to-grasp recipes that can turn anyone, young or old, into a confident home cook. Each of these recipes teaches a fundamental skill, such as roasting or whisking together a classic vinaigrette, and each stands alone as a stellar back-pocket basic. After laying the groundwork, Hugh then offers recipes that expand on these foundations, whether it&’s remixing the flavors of one of the basic recipes, or combining a couple of them, to show you how you can produce a lifetime&’s worth of dishes. This is the book Hugh is going to give his kids when they leave home, knowing that with these 100 recipes, they&’ll be prepared to feed themselves for the rest of their lives.