How to Learn to New Cooking Skills

12 Hot Cookbooks to Perfect Your Technique

Did your Mom teach you to cook? Very few of us received formal training in the culinary arts. In fact, it's likely you picked up a great deal by osmosis. No doubt, while watching your mother, aunt, or grandmother—and by reading their cookbooks—you laid the foundation that launched your cooking career.

As a pre-teen, I remember leafing through Betty Crocker's Cookbook for Boys & Girls. Learning as I read, I could hardly wait to begin my own recipe file. It later contained caramel popcorn balls, chocolate fudge, and pigs-in-a-blanket. (Not exactly healthy fare!)

For cooks of all shapes and sizes, one of life's greatest pleasures is an afternoon's immersion in a brand new cookbook. And the more glossy photos the better! Reminiscent of the Twelve Days of Christmas, here are a dozen books to tempt your palate and your test your talents. Enjoy!

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