Cook: Visualize the Perfect Plate; A Photographic Guide to Cooking from Scratch

Cook is a fully illustrated cookbook that not only provides wonderful recipes to experience, it also uses full-color photographs to show you exactly how to make them. Think of it as a culinary version of show-and-tell, with delicious rewards at the end. More than 850 full-color photographs, 110 recipes and easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions will not only simplify the cooking process, but also help to remove the intimidation factor along the way. You CAN make Ravioli with Crabmeat & Ricotta, Pad Thai Noodles with Pork Strips & Shrimp, a Rustic Fish Stew, or even Fig Tarts or Panna Cotta--and so much more With recipes for meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables and dairy in addition to baking and desserts, this book demystifies the cooking process and the how-tos so that all you are left with is a beautiful, delicious meal to be proud of. No matter what your skill level is now, this book will make a chef out of you from the first recipe to the last.