Your Shirt is Not an Oven Mitt!

From the bestselling author of Elegantly Easy Creme Brulee--a handy, easy-to-follow cookbook and kitchen compendium for every culinary klutz and kitchen virgin. When Debbie Puente, cookbook author, creme brulee maven, and mother, sent her oldest son into the world, she (and he) realized that he'd not a clue as to how to properly cook for himself or his guests. Your Shirt is Not an Oven Mitt! contains all the information and great-tasting recipes the newly graduated, newly married, newly single cook needs to know when venturing into the kitchen for the first time: Equipment, cooking terms, measurements Shopping and cleaning tips Safety rules Microwave marvels Canned food cooking Soups, salads, crowd pleasers Vegetarian recipes Crunchy, chewy, gooey, crumbly desserts Milkshakes and smoothies And much, much more! From furnishing a kitchen--and keeping it clean and safe--to cooking nutritiously alone, and entertaining others, all at a modest cost, Your Shirt is Not an Oven Mitt! is an essential teaching tool and reference guide.