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This is a nice cookbook for a new cook, young or old. There are many great tips such as cracking the freshly hardboiled eggs and letting them sit in cold water to make them easier to peel ( I also add baking soda to the water while boiling). The recipes looked pretty solid and there are a lot of them. They include verything from breakfast smoothies to baked, grilled, slow cooked meals. I could see a young person who is honing their skills in the kitchen really liking this. The style is mature enough that any age beginner would like it.

      This is my personal experience and opinion. Please pardon my conversational tone and know that this is not all I have to say on the subject. It is about one percent of what could be said in defense of libraries and in defense of equitable access to information.         With that said... I don't bite. Pardon the fishing metaphor but when someone says something that is wrong or ignorant on the internet, in the comments, in passing, 99% of the time I don't bite. I mentally remind myself just to let it go. But in person, especially with people I am close to, I sometimes bite. I have had to explain to people more often lately why libraries are important. In the most recent instance a relative casually said libraries will be  "obsolete" and are "replaced by the internet".       So I said something like this: I teach 21 classes, 375 students every 6 day cycle. Our library checks out 18,000 PRINT BOOKS A YEAR. That is one school...