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| Author/Contributor(s): | Cunningham, Marion |
| Publisher: | Knopf |
| Date: | 9/9/1996 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
Essential for home chefs, here is the great basic American cookbook—with more than 1,990 recipes, plain and fancy—that belongs in every household.
Originally published in 1896 as The BostonCooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer, it became the cookbook that taughtgenerations of Americans how to cook. Completely updating it for the first time since1979, with this edition, Marion Cunningham made Fannie Farmer once again a household word for a newgeneration of cooks.
What makes this basic cookbook so distinctive is that MarionCunningham is alwaysat your side with forthright tips and comments, encouraging the beginning cookand inspiring the more adventurous.
In givingthe book new life, Mrs. Cunningham has been careful always to preserve the best ofthe old. She has retained all the particularly good, tried-and-true recipes frompreceding editions, retesting and rewriting when necessary. She has rediscoveredlost treasures, including delicious recipes that were eliminated when practicallyno one baked bread at home. This is now the place to find the finest possible recipesfor Pumpkin Soup, Boston Baked Beans, Carpetbag Steak, Roast Stuffed Turkey, AnadamaBread, Indian Pudding, Apple Pie, and all of the other traditional favorites.
Thenew recipes reflect the ethnic influences—Mediterranean, Moroccan, Asian—of contemporary American cooking. Tucked in among all yourfavorites like Old-Fashioned Beef Stew, New England Clam Chowder, you’ll find cool Cucumber Sushi, Enchiladas with Chicken andGreen Sauce, and Polenta and Fish.
Throughout, cooking terms and proceduresare explained, essential ingredients are spelled out, basic equipment is . Cunningham even tells you how to make a good cup of coffee and how to brew teaproperly.
The emphasis here is on good flavor, fresh ingredients,and lots of variety in one’s daily fare, which Marion Cunningham believes is thesecret to a healthy diet. Dedicated to the home cooks of America, young and old,this thirteenth edition of the book that won the hearts of Americans more than acentury ago invites us all—as did the original Fannie Farmer—to cherish the delightsof the family table.
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