How to Cook Without a Book Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart

Broadway Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0767902793 . 27 oz.; 290 pages; HC w/DJ VG+ light shelf wear DJ flap creased o/w very clean/tight/bright condition. Pam Anderson grew up watching her parents and grandparents make dinner every night by simply taking the ingredients on hand and cooking them with the techniques they knew.Times have changed. Today we have an overwhelming array of ingredients and a fraction of the cooking time, but Anderson believes the secret to getting dinner on the table lies in the past. After a long day, who has the energy to look up a recipe and search for the right ingredients before ever starting to cook? To make dinner night after night, Anderson believes the first two steps--looking for a recipe, then scrambling for the exact ingredients--must be eliminated. Understanding that most recipes are simply "variations on a theme," she innovatively teaches technique, ultimately eliminating the need for recipes. .