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Dad's Own Cookbook: Everything Your Mother Never Taught You isn't a new cookbook, but that doesn't make it less useful for its target audience. It isn't about being trendy and following hot food fads. The book is, in fact, written for people who find the "Joy of Cooking" to be too intimidating.

Bob Sloan, the author, was self taught when he was starting out in the food business and went on to become a successful caterer. He starts by assuming that the people reading the book know nothing about cooking - something that would probably make him quite successful on the Food Network - and building from the ground up. He gives tips on how to shop, why it's important to measure ingredients (especially when you're starting out) and even on how to read a recipe - many points which are skipped entirely by other cookbooks. It's true that some of this stuff is common sense, but what comes naturally to some doesn't come as easy to others, so it's nice to see someone take that into account once in a while.

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