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Title: Substituting Ingredients: An A to Z Kitchen Reference by Becky Sue Epstein, Hilary Dole Klein, Hilary Doyle Klein ISBN: 0-87106-164-3 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: February, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Easy to use, covers all the major bases
Comment: This book is laid out in alphabetical order, the easiest and fastest way possible to have a list of anything. It skips a lot of background information you probably don't need, and just gives you a simple "equals" format that for most things is sufficient. When more information is necessary, the authors give it to you in the form of short recipes to make equivalents.

The one thing this book won't do is perform a miracle for you. If you don't have anything that resembles an onion in flavor, you will not be able to substitute an onion. If you have nothing that can do the leavening job of cream of tartar in your pantry, then you can't switch it out, either. The key is to have a well-stocked pantry. Then, if you run out of "that one thing" you need, you can indeed substitute it from the items you do have on hand.

Other great aspects of this book:

"Too Much" section: Tells you how to "unruin" items that have too much of some strong-tasting ingredients.

Measurement equivalents section: Has dry and liquid equivalents (like 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon) in the English system. It also great for those on the metric system/English system trying to do a recipe from the "other side," because there are ounces/grams and pounds/kilograms charts.

Temperature equivalents: Fahrneheit to Celsius for all common cooking temperatures.

Baking pan sizes: metric/English numbers compared; number of cups held by many cake pans also.

Household formula section: A nice intro to homemade cleaning products using common ingredients.

Rating: 5
Summary: great for living overseas
Comment: I live overseas and this book has been very helpful to me when I don't have access to an ingredient (such as tomato sauce--i use tomato paste and add the appropriate amount of H20 acc. to the book).

Rating: 4
Summary: A must have!
Comment: Thought this book was great. Used it often at home when cooking and ran out of ingredients. It was a life saver while living in South America. I became the living encyclopedia for substitutions to all my friends in Argentina. Have had this book for a number of years and continue to find it very helpful. It would make a great gift for expert and novice chef alike.