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Friday, October 5, 2007
How did you learn to cook?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’m putting together an article on some new cookbooks that start with the basics — and by basics, I mean, in one book, presenting information as simple as where to find fresh carrots in the grocery store and how to toast sandwich buns before moving on to the recipes, which are ranked by skill levels.
That book, “Anyone Can Cook,” is from Better Homes and Gardens and is intended as a starting point for novice cooks before tackling “The Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook,” which — at least, until now — has been a starter cookbook, one you give to college graduates and brides.
As I flipped through page after page of detailed photos showing how to roll out a pie crust, cut celery and shred cheese, I thought about the women who taught me to cut up a whole chicken and fry it, roast a turkey and bake a pound cake. My first cookbook, “Joy of Cooking,” provided recipes but not the kind of step-by-step guidance I got from cooks willing to share what they knew with a curious 11-year-old.
How did you learn to cook? What do you think of such simple cookbooks?
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Where’s Your Memorable Meal?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Now that you’ve had a chance to mull over the Dine Guide, what’s your most memorable meal at one of these restaurants?
Where you charmed by the chaat at Banaras? Did he pop the big question at Pura Vida? Have you had the life-altering experience of the bone-in ribeye at Bones?
Tell us your favorite memory of meal — why did it have such an impact?
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