The Essential Cook: A Practical Guide to Foods and Cooking

THE ESSENTIAL COOK is a winner!! It won an International Association of Cooking Professionals - Seagram Award! It was a finalist for "Best of the Year" of the IACP-Seagram Awards! It's in the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame! It's the new standard textbook for beginning cooks! It's the new standard reference for good cooks, even professionals! "It is the dictionary, thesaurus, & encyclopedia for the kitchen. A must for cooks of all levels."--THE CONCORD TRIBUNE. "Full of practical information, this field guide for cooks incorporates Everything you really need to know."--COUNTRY LIVING MAGAZINE. "Even home economics teachers will wonder how they have survived without it."--THE BOOK REPORT. "Throw away your Joy of Cooking, your Betty Crocker bible, & the Julia Child you can't live without. Now there's THE ESSENTIAL COOK."--MYRTLE BEACH SUN NEWS. "It's a great gift for a new bride, bridegroom, your 21-year-old who is finally moving into own place, or the newly divorced non-cook."--COAST & COUNTRY MAGAZINE. "It's a book you'll never have to dust. It will be in constant use."--NORTHWEST HERALD.Delmar, Charles O. is the author of 'The Essential Cook: A Practical Guide to Foods and Cooking' with ISBN 9780929694016 and ISBN 0929694015.