The majority of people don't know where to start when it comes to cooking a successful meal. Packed with easy-to-follow guidelines and recipes, this full-colour, hardback, spiral-bound edition of Cooking Basics For Dummies helps novice chefs navigate the kitchen and learn staple cooking techniques.

The lay-flat binding is the ideal format for the kitchen environment and the full-colour photos throughout show readers what they can expect to achieve from their efforts.

Cooking Basics For Dummies includes:

- Choosing the right tools and stocking your pantry
- The essential cooking techniques - boiling, poaching, steaming, sauteing, braising, stewing, roasting and grilling
- Expanding your repertoire with delicious recipes
- A glossary of over 100 common cooking terms