Canal House: Cook Something: Recipes to Rely On

The Joy of Cooking for the Instagram generation, with more than 200 recipes that teach you everything from how to boil an egg to how to make the perfect roast chicken.

Cook.
Cook something.
Cook something for yourself. Cook something for others.
It will satisfy you more than you know. We promise.

From the James Beard award-winning duo behind Canal House, a culinary, design, and photography studio that has produced many celebrated cookbooks, CANAL HOUSE KITCHEN BASICS is a book of essential recipes, the building blocks of all good cooking, to rely on for the rest of your life.

Each chapter focuses on an ingredient or a technique and takes it from the simplest (a boiled egg) to the most ambitious (a towering souffle). Step-by-step photographs accompany techniques and instructions to clarify each cooking lesson, all of which are imbued with Canal House's kitchen common sense and warm personal style.

A sophisticated yet accessible cookbook, this will be the essential book of culinary instruction for beginners, and ideas for already confident cooks.