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How to Boil Water | 
| Author: Food Network Kitchens
Creator: Jennifer Darling
Publisher: Food Network Kitchens
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 15802
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0696226863
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9780696226861
ASIN: 0696226863
Publication Date: September 26, 2006
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Condition: BookCloseouts scratch & dent version. New book that may have some cosmetic damage (i.e. shelf-wear, torn or missing dust jacket, dented corner...). Otherwise excellent specimen - guaranteed!
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Product Description
- Perfect for beginning cooks, How to Boil Water takes life beyond takeout bv serving up simple, great-tasting recipes with a flair of fun, hip, and lively style.
- As the food authority of Food Network, which reaches more than 88 million households, Food Network Kitchens is a trusted source for cooking information.
- With exquisite photography and Food Network recipes, new cooks gain the inspiration and confidence needed to make every dish a success.
- From classic comfort food such as grilled cheese and apple pie to bold-tasting and edgier ethnic tastes such as Southeast Asian Beef Salad and Miso Soup, beginning cooks can enjoy fantastic food made simple.
- And, more than just food, How To Boil Water provides hundreds of must-know hints, tips and short-cuts for those new to the kitchen.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Good Beginner's Cookbook August 7, 2008
perennialgarden (york, pa, usa)
This was exactly what I was looking for in a beginning cookbook for a post-college culinary novice. The recipient found it to be full of useful, practical information for planning and executing daily menus.
Visually appealing; makes me want to cook something immediately. July 3, 2008
YoMama (USA)
There are definitely more pros than cons about this book.
Pros
Visually appealing; the photos could cause salivation in just about anyone.
Illustrations for basic kitchen know-how from holding a knife, folding an omelette, or setting the table.
Recipes keep up with current trends in cooking, from sundried tomatoes to tofu.
Detailed charts for steaming and and roasting veggies.
Detailed, illustrated instructions for making coffee, smoothies, and putting a well-balanced meal together.
Useful "Wisdom" pages for various foods and techniques.
The photos, the photos, the photos.
Cons
Difficult to read white writing on a color background.
White or yellow type on a white page is tough to read even for those under 50.
Recipes call for fairly exotic ingredients, unfamiliar or extravagant for new cooks, like fresh herbs, chutneys, and fresh mozzarella.
This Food Network Kitchen book is very well thought out, visually stunning, and has abundant information for the semi-beginning chef. While some basic instruction - hardly ever seen in cookbooks - is here and much appreciated, the recipes' ingredients and information is slightly upscale for the very beginner, and in that respect the title is misleading.
That said, there are enough beginner cooks with an appreciation of food who would certainly get a lot out of this book. And beginning cooks of all sublevels would find the illustrated instructions and basic information helpful. It's a great graduation gift for those moving out on their own. You will be helping them ease into independence a little better equipped to take care of themselves. 50 Ways to Leave Your Mother
 Best Cookbook in the Entire World June 23, 2008
Jolie (NY)
This honestly is the best cookbook in the world. It is great! It's simple and easy, and every recipe I've tried is delicious. You can get the ingredients at any grocery store, if you don't already have it at home! It's not like some recipe books that ask you for ingredients you've never heard of, like in a different language! It's seriously a great book, and the photos, and notes help a LOT! Everyone loves my cooking when I cook from out of here! Please get it, it's truely awesome!
 Not such a great basic manual June 19, 2008
impulse94 (Minneapolis, MN United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm a decent cook, but I always like to review the basics once in a while. This book just increasingly irritated me the more I read it. As a basic manual (so implied by the title!) it is haphazard and rarely informative, if you can find the information, that is.
Several things about the format of this book I didn't like. White font on a light yellow or green background? Are you serious?? There were a couple pages I couldn't even read. There are also several font-style changes. The hand-written font is often very small and difficult to read.
The pictures are frequently unlabeled, although very pretty. Many times I had no idea what I was looking at because there was no caption, or no sense of scale, or the pictures were very small. I couldn't tell if I was looking at a grain of rice or a loaf of bread.
Some of the recipes are simple enough, but there are some that require ingredients that I would never normally have in the cupboard, nor make a special trip for.
I think the writers from the Food Network may have been too advanced to realize that a book with this title would need to be a lot simpler. I think this is an intermediate book at best, and not very well put-together.
This book saved my life! (and possibly my boyfriend's too!) April 24, 2008
Melissa Brinkerhoff (Boston, MA USA)
This book is too good to be true!!! I always used to eat takeout and very unhealthy because I didn't know HOW to cook - I couldn't even fry an egg!! If you are a beginner who loves food and wants to know how to cook in very simple (think 3rd grade level!), visualized steps this is the book for you. My boyfriend used to tell me that his college roommate had asked him how to boil water and I would laughed. After reading this book I realized I wasn't too far off from knowing how to boil water. It not only gives you the recipes but HOW to cook them and how to handle, store and buy all the foods needed in the recipes. This book changed my life and how I look at food!
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