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A review by ben_s_18
Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes by Harold McGee
3.0
Not a bad book and certainly contains info on pretty much everything. It'll help you better follow recipes but if you're interested in higher level cooking (and are too lazy to go to culinary school like me) then this doesn't help. Lacking on finer details but for what it is it's useful.