Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
If you do not yet own one, pick up a Fannie Farmer's cookbook - it covers all the basics, and has a page for each vegetable, and other ingredients with basic cooking techniques as well as recipes!
Thanks, I'll check it out. I have some older cookbooks, one being an encyclopedia of cookery. A bit dated in it's language about a woman's duties, but it give excellent instructions for cooking from scratch