A COMPLETE COOKBOOK
The World's Cuisines. One Definitive Guide
Learn to cook it properly — even if there's no one there to show you.
Most cookbooks assume you already half-know what you're doing. This one doesn't. A Complete Cookbook was built for two kinds of reader: someone learning a dish for the first time with no one to teach them in person, and a professional kitchen that needs a dependable reference, not a food-blogger's guesswork.
Author Prince Nnanna starts where deep, rigorous documentation is rarest — Nigerian staples, soups, and swallow traditions — then widens outward across West Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, applying the same standard to every dish: exact quantities, unambiguous numbered steps, the technique reasoning behind each step, and the cultural context that explains why it's cooked this way.
Inside you'll find 112 recipes, plus the infrastructure most cookbooks skip:
• A kitchen equipment guide, so you know exactly what's genuinely required and what's a workable substitute
• An ingredient substitution and sourcing guide for hard-to-find items, chapter by chapter
• A bulk-scaling guide for hotels, caterers, and anyone cooking for a crowd — what scales in a straight line, and what doesn't
• A dietary adaptations chapter — vegan, gluten-free, and diabetic-friendly versions of real dishes
Whether you're teaching yourself pounded yam for the first time, training kitchen staff on a menu of dishes new to them, or just want a reference that explains the why as clearly as the how, this book is built to be used, not just read.