Kitchen Capable: Everything a New Cook Needs to Make Great Food

Your #1 Resource in the Kitchen

This one-of-a-kind cookbook teaches you how to cook any dish with confidence, whether you’re following a recipe or improvising a late-night meal. With guidance from Stefan Ng, creator of the cooking channel Shaunson Explains, you’ll master core techniques like how to properly hold a knife, tenderly steam vegetables or perfect the reverse sear, through lessons and practice recipes. You’ll also build your intuition with ingredients thanks to in-depth guides noting the distinctions between produce varieties, pantry staples, cuts of meat and seafood―like which onion is best for sautéing vs. featuring raw, or when kosher salt works better than sea salt.

With your newly polished skills, you can bring essential dishes to life like:

- Panzanella Salad
- Garlic Shrimp Tacos with Cilantro Lime Slaw
- Night Market Popcorn Chicken
- Uncle Tony’s Sausage and Pepper Sandwich
- Marina’s Crème Brûlée French Toast
- Home-Style Ranch
- Easy Burger Sauce
- Rustic Croutons

Brimming with colorful diagrams and delicious, modern recipes, this is the only cookbook you’ll need to level up from a beginner cook to a confident, capable chef.