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How to spot good recipes: A checklist
Who can you trust when it comes to cooking from a blog or investing in a cookbook? You should know, because a bad recipe -- one that is poorly written, or worse yet, untested -- can make you feel like a failure.
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<i>Here's the rest of the list:</i>
Does the recipe tell you what you can prepare ahead?
Does it tell you how to store the food and for how long?
Are the ingredients specific -- not "1 pound beef," but "1 pound well-marbled beef chuck"?
<i>Do the instructions tell you</i>
What kind of pot and utensils to use?
The level of heat and/or the timing needed for each step?
What the food should look like, sound like, and/or smell like?
How to know if it's done?
How to serve?
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