A comprehensive guide in the guise of a cookbook- it’s not ‘just’ recipes！ So pleased to see the detailed explanations of things that have always tripped me up when trying to cook or bake。 Things like a decoder of common recipe terms （how much on earth is a pinch of salt meant to be， really）， the myriad different sizes of spoons， explanation of American cups （this has tripped me up before）。 Conversion charts， tips， ideas of adaptations and ingredient alternatives。 It is just so full of useful in A comprehensive guide in the guise of a cookbook- it’s not ‘just’ recipes！ So pleased to see the detailed explanations of things that have always tripped me up when trying to cook or bake。 Things like a decoder of common recipe terms （how much on earth is a pinch of salt meant to be， really）， the myriad different sizes of spoons， explanation of American cups （this has tripped me up before）。 Conversion charts， tips， ideas of adaptations and ingredient alternatives。 It is just so full of useful information。 I would like to go back to 16 year old me just leaving home and give her a copy of this。 。。。more