The Cook's Problem Solver - Paperback

by Helen Kowtaluk (Author)

Innovative tips and tricks for all your cooking problems!

No more dry biscuits, thin custards, soggy cakes, wilted lettuce, curdled cream soups or sticky rice! Breads, cakes, and puddings will come out right every time whether they're made in a conventional or microwave oven. Run out of an ingredient? No problem as common substitutions are listed! No apps are required for this tried and true compendium of essential kitchen guidelines. Organized to help everyone find solutions to cooking problems quickly and easily, The Cook's Problem Solver is culled from more than twenty years of cooking and teaching experience. Designed to help novice cooks as well as gourmet chefs, this little book will be the most used tool in the kitchen!

Author Biography

Helen Kowtaluk is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University. There she received her bachelorís in home economics. Since then she has had over twenty years of experience in consumer service and has worked as a consumer-science representative for a utility company. Ms. Kowtaluk has also been a magazine writer and editor, a textbook editor, has worked in the field of public relations for nutrition, and written and produced Put Nutrition to Work, a series of educational filmstrips. She is the author of three food and nutrition textbooks: Food for Today, Discovering Food, and Discovering Nutrition . The textbooks are very successful and are used in many curriculums around the United States. The Cookís Problem Solver (pb [F]), is the culmination of her many years of experience with food and editorial work. This basic cookbook solves many common cooking problems, and is an easy reference for basic cooking techniques.