Sara Moulton's Home Cooking 101: How to Make Everything Taste Better [Hardcover]

Like her mentor Julia Child, Sara Moulton believes that with the right guidance anyone can become a good cook. After all, great home cooking is in the details. Having the proper tools, understanding temperature and cooking time, and knowing how to balance flavors are simple skills that elevate everyday meals. InSara Moulton's Home Cooking 101, Sara teaches readers how to a make good dish taste even better.

This invaluable guide is packed with essential techniques, expert tips, and practical advice to sharpen your sense of taste and cultivate confidence in the kitchen. With wit and wisdom, Sara guide readers through the fundamentals, then offers 150 hit recipes to illustrate, step-by-step, the time-tested methods that make each so delicious. You'll learn to navigate your stove, season like a pro, and add umami to a dish while discovering new ideas for weeknight dinners. A stellar cast of guest chefs - including Rick Bayless, Amanda Cohen, Hiroko Shimbo, Jacques Torres, Joanne Chang, and Marc Vetri - also contribute favorite recipes and in-depth lessons on everything from successful stir-frying to choosing the right steaks.

Approachable for beginners and inspiring for home cooks of all levels, this is a cookbook you'll want to keep handy on your kitchen shelf.

Sara Moultonkicked off her fifth season as host of public television's Sara's Weeknight Meals in October of 2015. It was the latest milestone in a storied career that stretches back more than 30 years. A prot??g??e of Julia Child, Sara was the founder of the New York Women's Culinary Alliance, executive chef ofGourmetmagazine, Food Editor of ABC-TV's Good Morning America, and the host of several well-loved shows on the Food Network during the channel's first decade.