SHIRLEY Bond's smart book Home Measures: The Essential Reference Guide To Sizes And Measurements For Home Office And Kitchen is a brilliant piece of work.
It is brilliant because the author does all those bits for you that you are too lazy to do yourself. What is the equivalent metric weight of an American cup measure of almonds, let's say? Well, it's 150g for whole almonds and 90g for ground.
Brilliant! The agony which one encounters when using American cookery books solved at a stroke!
But there is much more to her book. It also tells you the size of an American football field, gives the lowdown on international paper sizes, tells you exactly what an E numher is, and has the nitty gritty on everything including the kitchen sink. Every kitchen needs a copy of this book.