Easy Basics for Good Cooking Author:Sunset Editors The chapters are: Getting Started, Soups, Salads & Dressings, Eggs & Cheese, Meats, Poultry, Fish & Shellfish, Pasta, Beans & Grains, Vegetables, Breads, Desserts. Some of the charts are: Emergency Substitutions, A Cheese Sampler, Meat Roasting Time & Temperature Chart, Poultry Roasting Time & Temperature Chart, Preparing & Cooking Vegetables. B... more »esides this, there are also special cooking tips on: Garnishes for soups, Egg whites & yolks (how to store and measure), How to broil meat, Keeping cooked foods warm, Curry sauces transform leftovers, Using a steel, Donness test for poultry, Making chicken broth, A guide to perfect braised chicken, Do's and don'ts of pan-frying, The secret of tender shellfish, How to cook raw shrimp, Doneness test for grains, Why and how to blanch vegetables, How to make flavored butters, A profile of potatoes, Baking bread in high country, Quick bread, For dry popovers, Home-made maple-flavored syrup, Freezing & re-heating breads, Cooling & storing cookies, Filling tart shells, Fruit sauces and more. )« less