Cooking Resources

How Baking Works

Second edition. By Paula Figoni. Grade 9 and up. This book takes the future pastry chef and baker through the entire baking process, emphasizing the “whys” at work behind basic t... More.

Betty Crocker® Why it Works: Insider Secrets to Great Food

Grade 9 and up. Science is the added ingredient that makes this cookbook irresistible to all types of cooks. Most cookbooks emphasize the what (ingredients) and how (instructions). This cook... More.

How to Break an Egg

Grade 8 and up. A one-of-a-kind resource of more than 1,400 kitchen-tested tips, shortcuts, and ingenious solutions to culinary emergencies, all organized in an easy-to-access format for qui... More.

Cooking School Secrets for Real World Cooks

By Linda Carucci. Grades 9 and up. Provides indispensable everyday secrets and shortcuts that professional chefs use constantly in their cooking. Each of the more than 100 sensational recipe... More.

How to Peel a Peach

By Perla Meyers. Grade 9 and up. Every home cook has questions, and in this user-friendly, indispensable volume, acclaimed cooking teacher and food writer Perla Meyers concisely and authorit... More.