Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook

Great book , very well written. Logical, useable information. Well written, hard to put down. Causes you hate to to stop reading it.

This will be a wonderful book to add to your kitchen shelf of cookbooks, whether you own a couple or hundreds, because Martha, and Company, have put everything you need to keep yourself current and educated on kitchen abilities, into one great lavish book. Looking back at when Martha began her career in domestic-keeping instructions and education, she wanted quality in photography and instructions. Though some of the recipes... Read Full Review

A while back, I purchased "The Martha Stewart Cookbook." It had many recipes, some of which I tried. The one issue I had was that it was a higher end cookbook in that amateur chefs would not, to my mind, find a lot of the recipes something that they would want to take on. This volume is much more accessible to would be chefs at all levels of expertise. This book has a different focus. As Stewart says (Page vi): "This book... Read Full Review

Excellent cookbook. I just bought it (at Costco) and it's going to be a life saver. I'm one of those cooks that can burn water. This book not only has step by step instructions with photos but also explains why an ingredient is important or how it should be used or what it tastes like, etc... It's like a cooking lesson 'on demand'. Great Christmas gift idea.

Martha Stewart's Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook is an indispensable cooking guide for beginners through mid-level cooks. By mid-level, I am referring to anyone who cooks but is not adept at the various cooking techniques or one with a firm understanding of how and what tools to use in the kitchen. As a former caterer and chef, I see that many people lack basic cooking skills. This book does a fantastic... Read Full Review