What to Cook & How to Cook It" is the ultimate cookbook for beginners showing how to cook easy delicious meals for every day of the week. With a winning combination of clear step-by step-photographs & authoritative foolproof recipes it takes 100 favourite everyday dishes & guides the reader through every step of the cooking process with recipes that absolutely anyone can follow. Each ingredient & stage of the cooking process is illustrated with a clear colour photograph & the striking simple design will encourage anyone who lacks confidence at cooking to have a go at producing nutritious home-cooked food for their family & friends. Every stage is clearly explained with no prior knowledge taken for granted. Even common terms such as 'finely chopped' are explained in an illustrated glossary. The recipes are written by a highly experienced food writer with many years of expertise in creating simple foolproof recipes & each one has been tested several times to ensure that it is easy to follow. Additional hints & tips are provided on how to choose ingredients how to rescue a recipe if things go wrong & how to adapt the dish with different ingredients. Unlike most beginners' cookbooks this one does not attempt to teach techniques such as pastry & breadmaking: it focuses purely on creating straightforward enjoyable meals that are easy to cook. The recipes are extremely practical using ingredients available in any market or supermarket do not require specialist equipment & are economical & nutritious. To make it simple to decide what to cook the recipes are divided into chapters on breakfasts & brunches light weekday meals & lunches dishes for sharing quick & easy suppers weekend main meals that take longer to cook & desserts & baking. What to Cook will equip any novice cook with a repertoire of simple crowd-friendly dishes that they can cook to perfection with complete confidence."