Done.: A Cook's Guide to Knowing When Food Is Perfectly Cooked

A unique cooking- times reference from a multiple James Beard Award winner that “will give confidence and reassurance to new and veteran home cooks alike” (The Kitchn).It’ s the age-old question that stumps all cooks: Is it ready yet? In this infinitely handy kitchen guide, the celebrated author of Essentials of Cooking, James Peterson, gives at-a-glance answers for more than eighty- five of the most vexing-to-cook foods, from sauces, vegetables, fish, and meats to sweets.

Detailed descriptions of smell, sound, look, and texture provide a quick reference to getting the timing just right, while more than five hundred color photographs clearly capture each key stage of doneness.