how to cook everthing

[catface1]

looking for the first book, the basic. can anyone help?

[Bacardi1]

You mean Mark Bittman's book "How To Cook Everything"? You can find both the original & the new revised 10th anniversary edition pretty much every & any place that sells books. Here's the original version on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/How-To-Cook-Everything-Recipes/dp/0471789186

And here's the new version:

http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Comp...

Just do a websearch for it & you'll find plenty of vendors.