Help finding a specific thread/cookbook

[AmmiK]

Ok... I have searched and searched and now I need help! I remember reading a wonderful thread with a wonderful mama who gave oodles of cooking tips but I don't even remember what the topic of the thread was.

She talked of a cookbook that was great for beginners and learning how to cook. Said the book had several explanations about why you do things the way you do and why certain things do and don't work together. Kind of the science behind the cooking.

Can anyone help me find the cookbook and the thread?

[AmmiK]

Can anyone help me? Any idea what the cookbook might be?

[JTA Mom]

Do you mean something like How to Cook Everything?

Or Anyone can cook? I have this one and it does have step by step pictures of how to do everything from mincing to roasting, with recipes.


Ami

[CookiePie]

Was it "The New Best Recipe" by Cook's Illustrated?

[Thalia the Muse]

Could be Shirley Corriher's Cookwise. That's about the science of cooking.