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Originally Posted by bookfiend
Well, once you discover the magic of ratios, you'll be able to create a million recipes! 
It's actually come in very handy around our house, and is always out on the counter. It demystifies the basics of cooking (why butter and not oil for that pie crust?), and gives control and a lot of freedom from having to follow recipes to the letter for fear of messing up. |
And as one of the things I really liked about nigella's book was that she gave the ratio for shortcrust pastry and not just the quantities for each recipe (and as a result I make a really really good shortcrust pastry), it's looking ever more appealing