Reddit reviews Dad's Own Cookbook: Everything Your Mother Never Taught You

Drop everything right now. Buy this book.

http://www.amazon.com/Dads-Own-Cookbook-Everything-Mother/dp/0894807668

What are you still doing here? It's like $5 shipped. Buy it. Seriously. Get the "old blue one" not the new yellow one.

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Ok, now that you've bought it.

1. it tells you what tools you need in your kitchen (pan, forks, knives, potholders, etc)
   
   
2. it tells you WTF things are, not simply recipes.
   
   
3. Go here, check page #111 (Fish Primer) http://books.google.com/books?id=VyIMjdG4yR8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false
   
   
4. It has the same thing for potatoes, meat, vegetables, spices, wine, cheese, etc. (check page 124/125 if you can access it).
   
   It tells you how to cook things, not how to season them. ie: Cook XXX for 20 minutes steamed. Then it'll give you a basic recipe. I constantly refer to this book.
   
   Finally, it gives you some "whole package" sections, ie: How to Throw a Dinner Party for 12 People. And gives you simple recipes. And tells you what to make the night before. And what to make the morning of. And when to pull certain things out of the refrigerator. Or How to Make Breakfast in Bed for That Special Someone(tm).
   
   Seriously. Great book. Buy it. Read it. Do it. If you make it far enough, p.m. me some time and I'll see if I can't make some time to visit / check up on you and give you some pointers.
   
   --Robert

Buy this book

My sister and I got it for my Dad as a father's day joke one year and it changed him from a guy who barely cooked to a bread making, pizza creating, soup generating machine.