Cookbook Review Thread

[JaredL]

All,

I'm a total noob at cooking. My idea of cooking is getting something from Trader Joes and putting it in the oven, maybe with some rice on the side. Anybody have any suggestions on books or websites that would be good for me?

My wife doesn't really cook either and the way our schedules work it would work out a lot better if I did the cooking. We both really like Asian food, primarily Chinese, Japanese and Thai and to a lesser extent Korean and Indian food. In a book I would like general info and especially recipes for foods that don't take forever to prepare (long cooking time is ok) and I would love to learn a few staple meals. I live in Pittsburgh so getting some ingredients may be a problem though there are asian grocery stores around.

Anything come to mind?

Jared