A true cook book, one without recipes?

Ive been looking around for a cook book to learn the basics and more of cooking. I know experience and actually cooking would be a great start but do any of you know of a true cook book? Rather than just a recipe follower.





Thanks.A true cook book, one without recipes?
You are looking for a how tto cook book, and you need the recipe to try your skills out on or else there is not point in the practice.A true cook book, one without recipes?
I have one called the Ultimate Cooking Companion. Now it has over 2000 recipes. But it has alot of info in it.
Check in your bookstores for obsolete school books for home economics. they will start you off with information on basics, how to manage your kitchen what basic items you need for cooking,baking etc. Good will and other thrift stores are also good places to look. If you continue to have trouble locating a book. Let me know and I will be happy to try and help you.





Most people try to make cooking hard and its not as difficult once you get your basics down. Or if you want to email me, I'll be happy to respond. I enjoy cooking and sharing with others. I know in school they only teach how to sew on a button and maybe hand sew a small square pillow and teach how to turn your stove on and off for frozen foods. If your lucky to get that much.





Don't hesitate to contact me, it would give me great pleasure to help
Good Housekeeping step by step tell everything from the different cuts of meat and how to chop dice shred. What temps to cook what. measurement equivalents.
I use The best kitchen quick tips. It full of information on everything from A-Z. The book has illustrated images. The images show how to tie up a turkey, how to the foods. Here's a link to find it on amazon.com, http://www.amazon.com/Best-Kitchen-Quick鈥?/a>
Joy of Cooking.





There are recipes for just about everything, but as it goes how ingredients work, different cooking methods, and theories of cooking are explained.





http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Cooking-75th-A鈥?/a>





Alton Brown's cookbooks. He's great at explaining the different methodologies and whys, the scientific reasoning and concepts behind cooking. They're good.





http://www.amazon.com/Im-Just-Here-Food-鈥?/a>
joy of cooking
Yeah.. get a culinary textbook, like ';The Professional Chef'; - culinary institute of america, or ';On Cooking'; - Labensky and Hause. Or, ';The New Making of a Cook'; - Madeline Kammon - one of my favorites!





Each chapter explains the basics of cooking. Unfortunately, there are recipes at the end of the chapters. Cover your eyes when you get to the recipe section and you should be alright.





Amazon has all three of these books.
Julia Child is quoted as saying If there is only one cook book every kitchen library should have it's ';The Joy of Cooking.'; All the basics are there for the budding cook or chef. All terminologies, temps. pans, methods and great recipes (the 75 th ed. is unbelievable). And let's not forget Ms. Child's ';The Art of French Cooking.'; You'll fine these, and other gems, at a reputable book store. Oh yeah, check yard sales. You'l be amazed at the selections, also flea markets.