Cook This Book : Techniques That Teach and Recipes to Repeat (2021)

Molly Baz opens with her Golden Rules, read the recipe first and season as you go among them, and closes with a rundown of core techniques such as searing, sautéing, roasting and poaching. In between, QR codes open short videos of jobs like chopping an onion, a real help when a written description of a knife cut means nothing to you yet. Its 95 recipes are big on flavor without asking too much of the cook, and the checklists for judging your results teach you to taste and fix a dish rather than hope. The voice is loud and playful; anyone who wants a calmer, more formal teacher should look at Delia Smith or Mark Bittman instead.