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Book Review of How to Cook Without a Book : Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart

How to Cook Without a Book : Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart
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Clear simple easy-to-remember directions for a limited number of basic meals. Lots of tips: useful implements, shortcuts, substitutions.

I learned to cook from my mom 60+ years ago, did Julia 50 years ago, had an extensive cookbook collection (about 250) that I culled down to about 20 when I started collecting Social Security. How to Cook without a Book earns a place on that single bookshelf; it's the first addition since the culling. I read them and pass them on. Not this one.

I wish I had found it 40 years ago.