Many novice cooks think that nothing is easier than cooking according to a recipe—all you need to do is find a good one and follow it exactly. But not a single recipe, even the best one, will tell you how to correctly do such basic things as cook rice or choose meat that is suitable for this dish, and will not explain why you should put a crystal stopper in a saucepan to get the most delicious broth. Recipe books do not teach the basics of culinary science and technology, but it is precisely this knowledge, which Eva Punch generously shares, that will help the thoughtful reader not only successfully cope with recipes of any complexity, but also create their own - confidently, easily and naturally.