Cooking is an art and knowing how to master the many skills and techniques that normally only come from years of experience in the kitchen can be tough.

However, with the right expert guidance, those skills can come easy, and cooking can be fun. Idiot's Guides: Cooking Basics will help even the most inexperienced novice in the kitchen gain the skills necessary to cook nearly anything the right way.

From learning how to use a knife the right way, to preparing the perfect roast, to all the secrets of good baking, readers will learn everything they need to know. Packed full of step-by-step color photography and step-by-step lessons for over 80 classic recipes, Idiot's Guides: Cooking Basics teaches readers all the basic skills required to be successful in the kitchen.

Readers will learn how to stock their kitchen with the right tools, how to cook in almost every way, and how to cook delicious recipes in a way that they learn skills that will last a lifetime.