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Thanks all! I look forward to learning from all of those selections.

I am a home cook who really wants to improve my cooking skills. What are the best cookbooks that offer a methodological approach to learning the key basics to cooking well? I've tried following recipes to improve my skills, but this approach is unfocused. Thx!

Try Stoney's pizza when it returns to Logan Circle. Not true Philly Italian style, but the waft of the smoky dive at the original Stoney's added a je ne sais quoi to a pretty good pie. I am a Philly transplant living in MD. The best I've found is Vito's in Owings Mills. When taking that trip back home to Philly, take 695 W off of 95 N. It's off Exit 19 and 20, depending on which way you want to get there. Continue on 695 and avoid the tunnel.