The Anti-Cookbook: Easy, Thrifty Recipes for Food-Smart Living - Softcover

Onderdonk, Shelley; Bloom, Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997585439 ISBN 13: 9780997585438

Publisher: Shelley Onderdonk, 2018

Synopsis

The Anti-Cookbook inverts the idea that cooking is simply about following a recipe. A “cookbook” method of completing a task implies a mundane, thoughtless process. This book seeks to do the opposite — to inspire readers to think creatively about making meals and independently about the deeper issues surrounding food and nourishment. We want readers to see the sweetness of committing to themselves, to locally sourced ingredients and wholesome recipes, to sitting down to a homemade meal instead of dialing one up or paying someone else to cut the broccoli. If you have found yourself too often eating out of a bag or ordering up take-out, indulge yourself with our food-positive philosophy. Cook better, eat right, be well.

About this title

About the Author:

A veterinarian and a lawyer-turned-writer walk into a kitchen...Shelley and Rebecca aren't chefs and that's exactly the point. We are two working moms who care about nutrition, animal welfare, and preserving your time and money. Shelley is the mother of three sons, a veterinarian with a practice that focuses on equine acupuncture and sports medicine, and a part-time writer, rider, and yoga instructor. Rebecca is a writer, editor and writing coach, former attorney, activist, tutor, mentor and mother of two daughters. Call it a mid-life crisis if you will, but at 50 we wish to share our accumulated kitchen wisdom about food-smart living.

Review:

The Anti-Cookbook is a great treatise on cooking even from my point of view as a chef. Shelley and Rebecca provide common sense advice for managing the day-to-day challenges of providing good, wholesome, healthy and ethical food for today's busy families. Their no-nonsense approach to cooking makes their book the perfect guide for our children as they leave the nest. --Frank Stitt, Highlands Bar & Grill, Bottega, and Chez Fonfon, author of Frank Stitt's Southern Table: Recipes and Gracious Traditions from Highlands Bar & Grill and Bottega Favorita: A Southern Chef's Love Affair with Italian Food

In my first year fending for myself in the real world, learning how to procure quality meals while not breaking the bank has been a process. We're surrounded by endless options and an abundance of nutrition plans and food philosophies and it often seems more convenient to just eat out or order food for delivery. With entertaining personal commentary, The Anti-Cookbook boils it down to simple, timeless recipes that make learning how to prepare real home-cooked food feasible for any busy young professional trying to eat well for a reasonable price. --Olivia Nicholls, Technology Marketing Associate

Shelley and Rebecca share their wisdom for living fully and that includes fantastic food ideas! The Anti-Cookbook not only offers any young person starting out a foundation for living well in today's hurried world, but also strips away the often confining and intimidating process of eating well.the authors share their heart-filled stories and provide the readers with valuable and important information about how to care for the world by respectfully choosing how and what we eat. --Yvonne Tally, author of Breaking Up with Busy, Real-Life Solutions for Overscheduled Women and co-founder of Poised, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shelley Onderdonk
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0997585439
• ISBN 13: 9780997585438
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112