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Measurements
for Cooking
An
American cook's search for clarity
We rely so heavily on
Measurements for Cooking, I honestly don't think we could
cope here without it.
--Julia
Charles, Editorial Director, Ryland
Peters & Small
I recommend it for anyone
who is enthusiastic about cooking and ...
Delora Jones has compiled a very thorough book with everything you need
to know as an editor or keen cook who wants to convert American cup
measurements to UK weights and volumes, or vice versa. I recommend it
for anyone who is enthusiastic about cooking and who has been exploring
US recipes. Cup measurements can be a bit of a minefield for British
users, especially since UK cups are actually a different measurement
from US cups. The book is spiral-bound, which makes it very handy to use
without it shutting while you are using it for reference. All in all, an
excellent book and great value.
--Jan Cutler, writer, copy editor and proofreader, specialising in books
on cookery, diet and self-help, Belerion
Communications [this
review originally appeared on Amazon]
Anyone
who has had anything to do with converting to and from American cups -
whether simply for everyday cooking or professionally - will know that
there is a vast range of supposedly authoritative equivalents out there.
In fact, it's one of very few things I've become reluctant to Google,
since I can be pretty sure I'll get a different answer everywhere I look.
So having a single volume with a consistent strategy, which gathers
together all this information couldn't be more useful. The level of
detail and precision in the book is nothing short of astonishing, and I
think the likelihood of finding something that isn't in there is pretty
slim. So if you are an American in the UK, a Brit abroad, or working in
any way on converting weight to volume for culinary purposes, you should
have this book on your shelf.
--Wendy
Hobson, cookery
writer and editor
I just wanted to say that
Dee's "Measurements for Cooking" is my absolute bible when
translating American movie stars' favourite recipes from cups to metric.
I am currently triple checking 52 recipes destined for the Silver Screen
Suppers cookbook . . . with the book by my elbow. I call it "doing
a Delora".
--Jenny Hammerton, Eating and drinking like the stars of yesteryear...
Silver
Screen Suppers and The
Vincentennial Cookblog
Thank you so much for sending the wonderful vade mecum book which will
be invaluable! The huge amount of work and care that must have gone
into the book impresses me no end.
--Sara Harris, Brighton
Finally I can find out what
a gill is or a stick of butter. I fully understand the weight of a cup
and I can convert all of those into metric or imperial. This book has
been a saviour. No more wasting time wondering how to measure a cup of
butter and do I pack the measure for sugar? Just about every kitchen
food commodity you can think of is weighed and converted, US to UK or UK
to US weights and volumes. There are a few recipes in this book but
that's not really what it's about, it is technical and invaluable for
that. It's so easy to follow and makes using American recipes
effortless. I use it all the time.
--'Glamorous Glutton' [this
review originally appeared on Amazon]
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