How to Cook Everything
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food
Mark Bittman
I'm finding the culinary wisdom amassed here interesting and practical. The author has become a celebrity chef and influencer with newspaper columns and social media posts. His initial publication has grown to an entire library of topics. He does have certain biases which reflect his income and access to fresh ingredients.
As the title suggests his approach is to explain how food is prepared, not to give the reader specific detailed recipes. As a chef he probably doesn't follow recipes in the first place. The average person engaged in food preparation is not likely to mix their own curry or chili powder, make their own mustard or ketchup, infuse oils, create fancy sauces or pastes but it is informative to read what goes in them.
This is not the type of book anyone is likely to read cover to cover though I did make it half way. It's another matter investing $56.00 in the book.
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