A Smart Girl's Guide: Cooking: How to Make Food for Your Friends, Your Family & Yourself (Smart Girl's Guides) - Softcover

A first-step guide to cooking introduces such basic skills as chopping, mixing and blending, and provides classic family recipes and tips for making an appetizing presentation. Original.

Patricia Daniels has written extensively on science and health. Among her publications are "Human Body, Childhood Medical Guide," "Medical Advisor, Caring for Your Parents: The Complete AARP Guide, "and the "National Geographic Encyclopedia of Space,"
Trisha Gura is a molecular biologist and former journalist for the "Chicago Tribune." She earned a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT and Harvard. Today, she is a resident scholar at Brandeis University, a freelance writer, and author of "Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders."
Susan Tyler Hitchcock has written 13 books, including National Geographic's "Geography of Religion." Her most recent book is "Frankenstein: A Cultural History." She currently works as an editorial project director for the National Geographic Society.
Lisa Stein is an online news editor with "Scientific American." She was formerly deputy national editor at "U.S. News and World Report. "In addition, Stein has written and edited for many media outlets, including TV Guide (as Washington bureau chief)" "and "National Journal."
John Thompson has a background in English and biology. He is author of nine National Geographic books. He was editor for "The Journals of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Biography" and is now working on a book about the western Dakotas.
Stefan Bechtel is the author or co-author of seven books, which have sold two million copies and been translated into ten languages. His latest, "Roar of the Heavens," is about Hurricane Camille.
Richard Restak, M.D., is a neurologist and bestselling author of 18 books, including "The New Brain." He is clinical professor of neurology at the George WashingtonUniversity Medical Center School of Medicine and Health Services, has served on many national advisory councils for brain research, and has been a consultant for NBC's "Today" show.

Elisa Chavarri is an illustrator and artist working from Alpena Michigan where she lives with her brave husband Matt, sweet daughter Lucia, crazy cat Tibbs, and silly dog Pancho. Elisa attended Savannah College of Art and Design where she earned a degree in Animation. She is a native of Lima, Peru. You can visit her at ElisaChavarri.com.