This book is all the information and recipes I have to give a beginner in the kitchen. There is a detailed list of kitchen supplies as well as food to have on hand. The recipes are easy and simple, yet tastier and healthier then the food non-cookers eat. All the recipes are made with cheap and easy to find ingredients to suit even those below the poverty line.
Also featured in this book is a detailed methods section with step by step instructions, such as cooking rice to perfection, making homemade noodles, cooking meat, and making a bechamel to name a few.
If you're not a beginner in the kitchen you may still enjoy the recipes. Most of these are the meals your mother or grandmother would have cooked. If you're looking for a cookbook with all the newest trends, diets, and techniques then this isn't the cookbook for you.