Sure- there's plenty of cookbooks out there with elaborate recipes and la-dee-dah ingredients; but what good do they do you if you've never learned the basic skills (think Bridget Jones attempting to make her fancy Birthday dinner)? What if you just want to know how to make a simple hollandaise sauce or how to properly cook and serve an artichoke? Enter "The Cook's Kitchen Bible"- this cookbook lists everything you need to know about very simple recipes for soups, meals, sauces, desserts, etc. If you know someone who enjoys cooking, this makes a great, inexpensive gift. I use mine over and over for everyday meals as well as when company comes over.

I'm a good cook, but tend to like fairly simple fare (sort of meat and potatoes +). I'm also fairly experienced, but might not know offhand, say, the proper way to peel a kiwi fruit or exactly the right way to make an omelette. If you come close to fitting that profile, buy this book! It combines authoritative and beautifully illustrated tips and tricks on cooking basics with several dozen wonderful recipes. The best meatloaf you've ever eaten. The best pancakes you've ever eaten. The best beef stew you've ever eaten. The best scallion soup you've ever eaten. And so on. The recipes themselves are attractively presented and not overly complicated (I manage them despite having a toddler in the house).

It is an excellent book for learning techiques with some practise on some recipes. I liked it because it explains step by step with pictures. You don`t need anyone or your mum to teach you how to cook. I tried some recipes and worked out. Me, my family and an our guest liked the result. Highly recommended.

In a city where eating is a main attraction, New Orleans cuisine is as distinctive as it is succulent. A Little New Orleans Cookbook charmingly showcases some of the Big Easy's most beloved recipes. With every turn of the page you can almost witness the teeming city coming to life: streetcars clacking along the streets, the garish coronets of a passing funeral procession marching sedately along the Rue, and the tantalizing scent of chicory laced coffee and beignets wafting from the cafes. A Little New Orleans Cookbook is richly steeped in the fabulous heritage and exotic grace of New Orleans taste.