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500+ Truly Useful Cooking Tips & Techniques: No Silly Hacks! Kindle Edition

by Suzy Bowler (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 out of 5 stars 208 ratings
A collection of useful ideas, methods, hints, tips and tricks I have learned or come to realise during my many years cooking, both professionally and at home, which may be of use to others. They are all ways of making cooking quicker and/or easier and/or more effective and/or more delicious, additionally they will probably help you save money and eat more healthily.

This is an extended version of my original 219 Cooking Tips & Techniques, as I have been continually bothered by tips or hacks that should be included, it now runs to a little over 500 tips

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~ Intro
~ General Tips
~ Meat and Poultry
~ Fish and Shellfish
~ Dairy
~ Eggs
~ Vegetables & Salads
~ Fruits, Nuts & Seeds
~ Herbs & Spices
~ Rice, Pasta & Grains
~ Frying
~ Baking & Similar
~ Chocolate
~ Drinks
~ Special Occasions
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  1. Print length
    107 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    5 Mar. 2014
  4. File size
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AZ6GRK6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Suzy Bowler; 6th edition (5 Mar. 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.5 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 107 pages
  • Customer reviews:
    3.8 out of 5 stars 208 ratings

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Suzy Bowler

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Having worked as a chef for the past 30 plus years, mostly in the UK and the Caribbean but lots of other places too, Suzy Bowler is now eager to pass on all the interesting, useful and downright quirky recipes, ideas and food related info she has accumulated during this time.

On her return to the UK Suzy was amazed at the blatant food waste that now seems to be rife in the country; amazed and irritated. So much so, in fact that she started a blog called "Sudden Lunch! ~ spontaneous cooking from leftovers and storecupboard" to show people that there are great alternatives to throwing food away.

This interest in leftovers naturally led to a book on the same subject; "Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers: An Inspiring A – Z of Ingredients and Delicious Ideas" this book lists more than 450 potential leftover foods with all the interesting recipes and creative ideas she can think of for getting the best out of them together with storage information, handy hints and cook’s treats!

Additionally Suzy has written a series of cookbooks, each giving one key recipe with numerous ways to use it. In each case she gives lots of useful extra information in the hope that readers will be inspired to go on to create their own delicious meals.

Sudden Lunch! ttps://www.suddenlunch.com/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/suzybowler/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuddenLunch

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Customers find the cookbook's tips and techniques helpful, with one mentioning it covers everything from cooking to food storage. Moreover, the book is easy to read, with one customer noting the author's light-hearted writing style.

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Customers find the book helpful and informative, with one customer noting it provides practical cooking tips and another mentioning it serves as a good reference.

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"This book tells me simple things which I knew already like warming a lemon in the microwave to help it yield more juice or chilling cheese to make..." Read more

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Customers appreciate the cookbook's tips and techniques, with one customer noting it covers cooking and food storage, while another mentions it's particularly helpful for novices.

"The booklet is a quick, easy read and the author writes in a light hearted, amusing and accessible style so 219 Cooking Tips and Techniques is a..." Read more

"...Many tips are very simple and would be known by any reasonably experienced cook but there are things which had passed me by and will be useful,..." Read more

"The tips in this book are good for the novice and/or aspiring cook, however I have to take stars away for the constant use of "till" instead of the..." Read more

"...This is an excellent book for all cooks, novice or expert. A heartfelt thanks for sharing such valuable experience." Read more

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Customers find the book readable and enjoyable to read, with one customer noting that the author writes in a light-hearted manner.

"The booklet is a quick, easy read and the author writes in a light hearted, amusing and accessible style so 219 Cooking Tips and Techniques is a..." Read more

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Top reviews from United Kingdom

  • Catherine
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of tips and techniques you're sure to find useful
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2015
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    The booklet is a quick, easy read and the author writes in a light hearted, amusing and accessible style so 219 Cooking Tips and Techniques is a pleasure to read. I'm not saying that all the unknown tips and techniques are ones that I will use but they're interesting to read. This book is well worth downloading and if it's still free, too good to miss.

    This is an up-date (April 2016) to my review as I've now downloaded the new version: 500 Tips.
    It's such a readable book and the author is very amusing and lighthearted. There are lots of helpful tips and some useful reminders. Definitely a useful addition to the cooking books collection and some beautiful photos in it too.
    500 Tips wasn't a freebie and it's worth every penny.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 July 2016
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    Some very good hints.
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  • Yardswoman
    5.0 out of 5 stars I do like an idiot's guide!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2015
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    This book tells me simple things which I knew already like warming a lemon in the microwave to help it yield more juice or chilling cheese to make it grate more easily but it tells me lots of things I didn't know like only cooking cranberries until they pop because after that they turn bitter. Many tips are very simple and would be known by any reasonably experienced cook but there are things which had passed me by and will be useful, keeping me to a rather straighter path. The book will undoubtedly be of help to the inexperienced cook but has a lot to help those who have spent more hours than they would care to remember in the kitchen.
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  • Mr Gee
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good but...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 February 2013
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    The tips in this book are good for the novice and/or aspiring cook, however I have to take stars away for the constant use of "till" instead of the correct word "until" throughout the book.
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  • Allen
    2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2015
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    Basic but some useful pointers
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  • Greavsie
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2015
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    good
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  • Dabbler.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2014
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    I have been told over the years that I cook well. I find that I do most things intuitively, i,e, lowering the heat, covering the pan, the point at which I season, the combinations I use. I found myself saying "I do that" all the while I read this book. What I found interesting were the explanations as why we do this or that. This is an excellent book for all cooks, novice or expert. A heartfelt thanks for sharing such valuable experience.
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  • Spug
    1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 July 2018
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    Stated as free for kindle. Apparently not! it was £2,99 beware!
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  • Saydur Rahman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in India on 27 June 2015
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  • Krystal
    5.0 out of 5 stars Chalked Full of Great Tips for the Beginner to the Experienced Cook.
    Reviewed in the United States on 17 January 2013
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    First off, I have no idea what the other two reviews are about but this book seemed really great to me. You can clearly tell that the author is from the U.K by the way she says some things but it is nothing you cannot understand. Also, it doesn't seem thrown together and the spelling is perfectly fine. There might be an error here or there but nothing that I really gave any notice too.

    Now to the book, I found to be full of some really useful tips that I think any cook can appreciate especially if they are new to the kitchen. There are simple common sense tips that every cook should know and then there are some that you learn over time such as using a dish towel under bowls as you are mixing so that the bowl does not slide around. There are also some tips that I had no idea about which deals with balancing a dish that you have over salted. I really liked this book and honestly it is going to be added to my cookbook tips shelf.
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  • Marcel Randall De Parra
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
    Reviewed in Canada on 11 May 2015
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    I like this ebook good tips, most of them I already knew, but it's great as a reminder and the other tips are very helpful for small or big kitchens, thanks
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  • AAF
    2.0 out of 5 stars Just a checklist.
    Reviewed in Brazil on 26 April 2015
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    Will not hurt to download a free book. However, this is nothing more than a basic checklist. If you have some practice as a cook, there is not much to learn here.
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  • Tom Holt
    4.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book for all cooks - better than any similar "bible"s I have seen in 50 years cooking.
    Reviewed in Australia on 10 October 2024
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    First, let be discuss my headline. All books of this type I have seen previously had issues ranging from being frequently downright wrong to having too much advice that is very wordy and obvious to anyone who can boil an egg. I have lost count of the number of such books I have given away or thrown in the bin for the sheer satisfaction of doing so. I have read the book through and found very little that I think is wrong, and in those few cases perhaps it is me that is wrong! To sum it up, this book can be considered a generally reliable source of information and advice for all cooks irrespective of experience. We all, at some time, need a convenient and readable aide memoire - like this book. My only criticism - hence the four *s rather than five - is that the supplied Table of Contents is inadequate to do justice to the book. I created an expanded inline ToC to improve this using Calibre. Finally, I love the English language and can't resist correcting the many fallacies found in things like Amazon reviews. One reviewer complains of the use of "till" in this book rather than the correct [sic] "until". It is wrong to assume that till is a shortened - and incorrect - form of until. What the reviewer is thinking of is the arguably pretentious 'til. "Till" and "until" are distinct words meaning the same thing and can be used interchangeably. In fact, 'till" is the earlier of the two, though both were in regular use in medieval times. For an excellent review of this see the updated version of Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Butterfield, OUP, 2015).
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