How to Cook Everything?: Simple Recipes for Great Food: 2009 Day-to-Day Calendar

Bittman, Mark

ISBN 10: 0740776460 ISBN 13: 9780740776465

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008

Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything cookbook is considered the bible for a new generation of home cooks. This one-of-a-kind calendar includes hundreds of simple yet healthy recipes from the now classic book, along with lots of tips, techniques, and terms that every cook--aspiring or seasoned--will devour.

* The calendar pages are removable 4" x 6" recipe cards

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Review:

Mark Bittman, award-winning author of such fundamental books as Fish and Leafy Greens and food columnist for the New York Times ("The Minimalist"), has turned in what has to be the weightiest tome of the year. There are more than 900 pages in this sucker--over 1,500 recipes! This isn't just the big top of cookbooks: it's the entire three-ring circus. This isn't just how to cook everything: it's how to cook everything you have ever wanted to have in your mouth. And then some.

Bittman starts with Roasted Buttered Nuts and Real Buttered Popcorn, and moves right along, section by section, from the likes of Black Bean Soup (eight different ways), to Beet and Fennel Salad, to Mussels (Portuguese-style over Pasta), to Cream Scones--and he hasn't even reached seafood, poultry, meat, or vegetables yet, let alone desserts. There are 23 sections in this cookbook (!) that reflect directly on the how-to of cooking, be that equipment, technique, or recipe.

Every inch of the way the reader finds Bittman's calm, helpful, encouraging voice. "Anyone can cook," he says at the beginning, "and most everyone should." More than a few college kids are going to head off to their first apartments with Bittman's book under arm. More than a few marriages will benefit with this book on the shelf. And anyone who loves cooking and the sound of a great food voice is going to enjoy letting this book fall open where it may. No matter what the page, it's bound to be a tasty and rewarding experience. --Schuyler Ingle

From the Publisher:

With more than 400,000 copies in print in less than two years and IACP Julia Child and James Beard Cookbook Awards, Mark Bittman's HOW TO COOK EVERYTHING is the star of the food world. Mark has made numerous media appearances, including the Martha Stewart Living show.

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