Cooking is an international phenomenon. Not only do the flavours and ingredients change, the multitude of ways we can cook changes, too. All of this leads to greater enjoyment of cooking as well as eating.

But cooking also has its exasperating side. Measurement!

Do we measure in pounds or kilos? Cups or millilitres? Ounces or grams? Converting to double a recipe is hard enough, but converting to different measurement standards can be time-consuming and frustrating.

How many times have we wished we knew what the exact substitute for an ingredient was? Have you ever found yourself without self-rising flour, but knew you had plenty of regular flour and baking powder, but what was the amount of each you needed to use? Frustrating, eh?

This brief chapter will hopefully help all of us easily convert measurements and use substitutions for many of the recipes we cook. Hopefully, that will make cooking an even more “soulful” outlet!