Kitchen Wisdom Author:Frieda Arkin This book is an expanded and revised version of the author’s A Cooks Companion. In it is a vast store of wonderful kitchen hints, arranged alphabetically under subject, yielding such facts as: — * candles burn more slowly if they’ve been frozen — * toothpaste can be used to clean copper — * ½ pound of mushrooms makes 2 c... more »ups, chopped; 3 medium apples make 1 pound
* berries last longer in the refrigerator if unwashed
* prick, rather than slice, a lemon to get a little juice
* nuts slice more easily if they’ve been heated
Frieda Arkin also tells you how to make an excellent mayonnaise, how to make celery
salt, superfine sugar, tomato juice… For novice and accomplished cook alike, Kitchen Wisdom conveys invaluable information, “the very stuff that good cooking depends on.”« less