This is the culinary manual for home cooks, written by 20-year culinary veteran Jennifer Clair. She is the founder of Home Cooking New York, a popular cooking school in New York City, and the host of the cooking podcast, "Kitchen Radio."

Winner of the 2019 IPPY Award for "Best Cookbook."

Six Basic Cooking Techniques: Culinary Essentials for the Home Cook focuses on the six essential skills needed to create a strong foundation so that any home cook can maximize their culinary potentials:

Knife Skills
Cooking Meats to Perfection
Making Delicious Pan Sauces
Roasting Vegetables
Blanching Green Vegetables
Cooking Leafy Greens

Author and sought-after culinary instructor Jennifer Clair knows exactly what questions burn in the minds of home cooks and answers them in the "Students Ask" pages peppered throughout the book. She covers:

What salt you should use for cooking: kosher, table, or sea salt?
How to remove the smell of garlic from your fingertips?
Why you should never mince basil or mint?
How to achieve restaurant-worthy crispy chicken skin?
How to check the internal temperature of meat?
Which vegetables should be roasted together and why?
Why blanching green vegetables is better than steaming them?

Six Basic Cooking Techniques is a valuable guide for building the confidence all home cooks are looking for in their kitchen.

About the Author

Jennifer Clair is a culinary instructor and founder Home Cooking New York, a recreational cooking school in New York City. She honed her culinary and editorial chops as a Food Editor at Martha Stewart Living and the Recipes Editor at The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of Gourmet Cooking on a Budget. She lives in the Hudson Valley, New York.

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