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Highlights
- It's time to become the new hero of the kitchen.
- Author(s): Bob Sloan
- 304 Pages
- Cooking + Food + Wine, Methods
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About the Book
A cookbook just for Dad! Today it's as important for men to know how to cook as it is for women. Written by a self-taught professional chef who knows how to teach the basics in jargon-free language, Dad's Own Cookbook's lively tips, lessons, charts, and 200 recipes will instill confidence in every cook-to-be. Two-color illustrations and inviting spreads offer visual assistance throughout.Book Synopsis
It's time to become the new hero of the kitchen. Or at least put aside your fear of frying (not to mention sautéing, roasting, or tossing a salad). Dad's Own Cookbook shows how to do everything from handling a knife properly to juggling three dishes so that dinner comes together on schedule. Its lively charts, tips, and directions replace intimidation with pleasure and camaraderie, and its 150 great recipes will turn the most culinarily challenged dad into the family chef.From the Back Cover
FROM DADíS OWN MEATLOAF TO TIRAMISU, FROM CANAPES FOR 25 TO PIZZA NIGHT.Itís time to put aside your fears of the kitchen. Whether showing how to juggle three dishes so dinner comes out on time, which cuts of meat to roast and which to pan-fry, or how to bake bread with your kids during Sunday football, DADíS OWN is the cookbook that assumes nothing.
Its lively charts, tips, and directions replace intimidation with pleasure, and its spirit of camaraderie will instill confidence in every cook-to-be.
ýThe other day I came across an extraordinary cookbook. . . . Beginning cookbooks usually contain nothing you might want to eat. But Bob Sloan covers all the basics . . . in admirable recipes that are a pleasure to eat. . . . If I had had this book twenty years ago, I could have saved myself a river of frustration in the kitchen.OJim Harrison, Esquire
ýFor the culinary neophyte, Dadís Own Cookbook is one of the best primers published.O Florence Fabricant, The New York Times
ýDads who say they canít put a meal on the table have just run out of excuses.O Associated Press
Review Quotes
"An extraordinary cookbook. Sloan covers all the basics...in admirable recipes that are a pleasure to eat. If I had had this book 20 years ago, I could have saved myself a river of frustration in the kitchen."
--Jim Harrison, Esquire