1.   As devout home cooks, both men find these pretenders amusing.

2.   But even as home cooks rush to embrace every implement of the professional kitchen, the mandoline remains one of the few to be overlooked.

3.   However, home cooks and restaurant chefs have taken liberties with the original recipe and improvised with other ingredients.

4.   It is a serious discipline, practiced by accomplished chefs and home cooks as well.

5.   It will make the home cook look like a pro.

6.   Soul food has been called a pseudonym for home cooking, Southern cooking, country cooking.

7.   Submerging the turkey in seasoned water produces moist, flavorful meat but is not something home cooks with a refrigerator full of holiday foods can easily do.

8.   The process is surprisingly simple, only three steps, and not unlike the same steps a home cook might use.

9.   They are the other onions, the little ones that Old World home cooks and sophisticated chefs use to add flavor to everything from stews to martinis.

10.   This is a book that teaches any would-be chefs or home cooks everything they need to be successful.