Reddit mentions of How to Boil an Egg

The first thing I thought about was a book that would explain how to boil an egg :-) . . . Sure enough there is a cookbook that is aimed for those that are just starting out called How to boil an egg: 184 Simple Recipes for One. The only thing I don't see is any nutritional information or pictures to show what the food should look like after its made. The recipes in the cookbook are for one, (but of course you can double, triple, etc. the amounts when making for more people). BTW, it doesn't just have egg recipes: It covers a range of standard ingredients (meat, chicken, vegetables, etc.). The reviews seem to be positive.

I also found this: Cookbook for Beginners. It has illustrations and has information about cooking (what utensils you should use and basic techniques). It doesn't seem to have nutritional information. Again, the reviews for this book are positive.

Delia also makes a basic cookbook for beginners called Delia's How to Cook - Book One. It has great reviews on Amazon. It has pictures of the food although no nutritional information.

My favorite cookbook which I always recommend is: Assyrian Cookbook. The recipes are not difficult and instructions are pretty easy to follow with full colour pictures of each recipe. The food is tasty and every recipe has cooking times and calorie information per serving (although not nutritional information in terms of fats, carbohydrates, etc.).

My recommendation for this person would be get one of the first two (I'd lean towards the second as it has pictures).

I couldn't find a basic cookbook that has full nutritional information. The ones that have this information seem to be categorised as Healthy Eating - dieting books, Muscle building cookbooks or those aimed at pregnant women.

I'd start with something like this:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/25-skills-every-cook-should-know

Or this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Boil-Egg-Jan-Arkless/dp/0716022206

I started with the latter and it's great. Cooking is mainly just following instructions for a while, then you get confident enough to experiment. Lots of cookbooks assume you have basic cooking skills though, which where ones like the one listed above help as they assume nothing.

One thing to bear in mind: you'll get it wrong initially. You'll cook things that aren't great and you'll burn things. That's OK, it's part of the learning process. Just keep trying. Nobody is born being able to create their own chilli con carne from scratch.