Cooking Basics

Cooking is an art and knowing how to master the many skills and techniques that normally only come from years of experience in the kitchen can be tough. However, with the right expert guidance, those skills can come easy, and cooking can be fun. Idiot's Guides: Cooking Basics will help even the most inexperienced novice in the kitchen gain the skills necessary to cook nearly anything the right way. Packed full of step-by-step color photography and step-by-step lessons for over 80 classic recipes, Idiot's Guides: Cooking Basics teaches you all the basic skills required to be successful in the kitchen and learn skills that will last a lifetime. Thomas N. England is professional chef, food writer, educator, and mentor. In addition to many years of experience as a professional chef, he is the former general manager of Chateau Thomas Winery. He is an ACF Certified Executive Chef (CEC) a Certified Foodservice Educator (CFSE) and cofounder of Dig-IN, a nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of Indiana food and agriculture. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York, Chef Thom is the author of Idiot's Guides: Grilling, and currently teaches culinary arts courses at Ivy Tech in Indianapolis. Author home: Indianapolis, Indiana.