The New Basics Cookbook

The New Basics Cookbook is a modern reference from the authors of The Silver Palate Cookbook, a James Beard Hall of Fame Cookbook. It serves both beginning cooks learning fundamentals and experienced cooks seeking new ingredients and approaches. This 875-recipe volume covers over thirty chapters including Fresh Beginnings, Pasta, Pizza, and Risotto, Soups, Salads, Vegetables, Seafood, Chicken and Eggs, Grilling, Grains, Beef, Lamb, Pork, Game, Cheese, and Desserts. The recipes reflect contemporary American cooking that incorporates new ingredients and cuisines from around the world, emphasizing light, fresh, vibrantly flavored dishes. Beyond recipes, the book includes tips, lore, menu ideas, charts, trade secrets, The Wine Dictionary, a Glossary of Cooking Terms, and a section called The Panic-Proof Kitchen. It was a Main Selection of the Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service and the Book-of-the-Month Club's HomeStyle Books.