So You Think You Can Cook?

A Culinary Crash Course

Most recipes assume you already know how to cook. This one doesn't. Vol 1 is a crash course in the fundamentals behind every dish: keeping food safe, using a knife, what heat does to food, the five mother sauces, and building flavor on purpose. Then it puts them to work: stocking a pantry, stocks and soups, grains and beans, vegetables, meat, fish, braises, breakfast, baking, rescuing a dinner gone wrong, and cooking for a crowd, with 24 recipes and recipe cards for your own.