The First Real Kitchen Cookbook 100 Recipes and Tips for New Cooks

The perfect cookbook for 20-somethings in their first real apartments looking for basic instruction to become proficient cooks. Written by two 20-something sisters the book has 100 basic core recipes and covers all of the fundamentals a new cook needs to know, including key terms and techniques, how to prep meals head of time, how to buy produce and fish, which kitchen equipment is crucial, and other essentials for navigating the grocery store and kitchen.

Jill Carle is working as a teaching assistant at Arizona State University while she completes her Ph.D. in political science. Together with their mother Judi, Megan and Jill are co-authors of numerous cookbooks.

Megan Carle recently completed her M.A. in Linguistics and is currently teaching English in a small town in the Austrian Alps.

Sheri Giblin is a San Francisco-based food and lifestyle photographer. Her work for Chronicle Books includes The Winemaker Cooks and Princess Tea.