Williams-Sonoma Cooking Essentials
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Williams-Sonoma Cooking Essentials

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  • Posted December 27, 2010

    Wonderful "Go-To" reference

    This book is full of basic and classic recipes, which are sure to be a hit. It has many beautiful photos and is a pleasure to peruse. It is very simple to follow with a great variety of dishes. A kitchen essential!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 27, 2010

    Good basics, but not much use for anyone who already knows how to cook

    This is a good basic starter cookbook for someone who wants some simple, classic recipes and doesn't know much about cooking. The recipes are solid and relatively simple, and mostly cover classic standards - roast chicken, turkey, and beef, roasted potatoes, basic sautees and stir-fries, classic apple pie or chocolate chip cookies, etc.

    Personally though, it's not of much use to me. As someone with a decent grasp of basic cooking, I like cookbooks for inspiration and new ideas, and there isn't much of that here. I received it as a gift and will be returning it for this reason - I read through it, the recipes are nice, the book is well laid out and has nice color pictures, but there's just not much here that's useful for me as a somewhat more experienced cook.

    Bottom line: check it out if you're a new cook or looking for a lesson in the basics, but I'd look elsewhere if you're a more experienced cook looking for inspiration or new ideas.

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