Cook something

"Cook Something contains over 150 recipes - for everything from French Toast to BLT Tartlets, from Brisket to Aunt Josephine's Chocolate Cake - all spelled out for you with easy-to-follow instructions. Mitchell Davis primes you on every basic technique. He covers everything from nuking to zesting, from selecting ingredients to cutting in butter. Of course there are photographs - close-up shots of techniques demystified, as well as atmospheric images of cool people enjoying good food."--Jacket.