Good Housekeeping: Step-by-step Cookbook

I've always loved baking, I can remember as a kid being in the kitchen with a Ladybird children's recipe book and seeing what little cakes I could make and then leaving the washing up for my Mum or Dad. What I never really learned though was how to cook meals, unless it involves minced beef my Mum used to joke that when I left home I would live on spag bol or cottage pie. Well she was nearly hit the nail on the head. So when I spotted the Good Housekeeping Step - by - Step cookbook had been left in the canteen at work for by The Book People I had a quick browse, it seemed good and for the bargain price of £8 it was worth getting even if I didn't ...  Read the complete review

A wiseman once said: 'You're are not an adult until you can nourish yourself' or something along those lines... Upon fleeing the nest to take on the 'Big Bad World' I realised that I seriously needed to improve my culinary skills. I came across this Step-By-Step Cookbook at a book fair and decided that it was a worthwhile purchase. It most certainly was. I can now 'knock-up' almost anything in the kitchen fridge using the rudimentary cookery skills i learnt from this book. I have made FlapJacks, Hot Chocolate, Omlette, Poached Eggs, Hot Pot and Lasagna to name a few. The book is straight-forward and reliable with ...  Read the complete review