James Beard's Simple Foods

by James Beard

Book Overview

In the early 1970's, James Beard was approached by American Way, American Airlines' in-flight magazine, to write a monthly column in the form of a series of cooking lessons. He agreed, and ended up writing 70 columns for the magazine, collected in book form for the first time in James Beard's Simple Foods.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0025080709
• ISBN13: 9780025080706
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Essays for anyone who cooks or wants to

The thing I love about this collection of essays about foods and cooking is that it doesn't just report recipes. It talks about techniques, ingredients, cooking tools in a very friendly and informative way. It is a pleasure to read and it encourages experimentation. In explaining both the essentials and variations on the topics & dishes covered, James Beard gives you the confidence to make dishes your own. It is more than a cook book.

The is a wonderful book, one of my favorites

This is a wonderful cookbook, one of my all-time favorites. It's written in easy to read, easy to do, prose in which Beard walks you through the fundamentals of fabulous crepes, roast chicken and other basics. It's talky and much more detailed [...]