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It’s OK, But There Are Probably Better Cookbooks for New Cooks

Hack Your Cupboard: Make Great Food with What You've Got by Alyssa Wiegand and Carla Carreon

October 15, 2019 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

To start, I have to say that I hate the title. As a curmudgeon, I think that using trendy buzzwords in your title is off-putting and will age both badly and quickly. In addition, I think it’s misleading. A hack is creating a shortcut or workaround. That covers about half the book, but the book is really about developing and building on kitchen skills. The book takes the reader from still living in their family home through dorm room cooking, the first shared kitchen, to […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food Tagged With: Alyssa Wiegand, Carla Carreon, cooking skills, Hack Your Cupboard, NetGalley

Emmalita's CBR11 Review No:73 · Genres: Cooking/Food · Tags: Alyssa Wiegand, Carla Carreon, cooking skills, Hack Your Cupboard, NetGalley ·
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