Learning From Recipe Books

I am thankful to two of my dear friends back at home for gifting me recipe books to take with me when I stepped onto a new threshold .I didn't have any formal training in cooking .I learnt the basics just by watching my mother cook for us.Later with the help of the recipe books which my friends gave,one was given to me as a wedding gift and the other was given to me as a farewell gift.And with a little bit of this and that ,I soon learnt the techniques of fine cooking.Some of the dishes from the recipe books have become my favourites too.