The New Cooking School Cookbook

Book excerpt: Learn how to cook just about anything with this easy-to-follow cookbook for beginners—featuring 80 themed courses, 400 recipes, and 200+ kitchen hacks and skills for cooking at home! Go to cooking school in your own kitchen! In this cookbook for beginners and experienced cooks, America’s Test Kitchen teaches you cooking basics, from poaching the perfect egg to making Italian pasta from scratch. Learn how to cook with: • 80+ focused courses, from Pizza and Fried Rice to Fish on the Grill • Insights on cooking techniques, key takeaways, and the food science of each course • Demonstrations of a wide range of skills, progressing from basic to more advanced • Easy-to-digest sections, so you can stop reading and start cooking! • Infographic pages that dive deeper into each recipe and their ingredients Why should you salt food at multiple stages during the cooking process? How is olive oil really produced, and why do mushrooms benefit from water when sauteing? Come learn all this and more with The New Cooking School—your ultimate guide to cooking basics and kitchen hacks for cooking at home.