How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food

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Here's the breakthrough one-stop cooking reference for today's generation of cooks! Nationally known cooking authority Mark Bittman shows you how to prepare great food for all occasions using simple techniques, fresh ingredients, and basic kitchen equipment. Just as important, How to Cook Everything takes a relaxed, straightforward approach to cooking, so you can enjoy yourself in the kitchen and still achieve outstanding results.

Praise for How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman:

"In his introduction to How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman says, 'Anyone can cook, and most everyone should.' Now, hopefully everyone will -- this work is a rare achievement. Mark is in that pantheon of a few gifted cook/writers who make very, very good food simple and accessible. I read his recipes and my mouth waters. I read his directions and head for the kitchen. Bravo, Mark, for taking us away from take-out and back to the fun of food."
-- Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of the international public radio show "The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper"

"Mark Bittman is the best home cook I know, and How to Cook Everything is the best basic cookbook I've seen."
-- Jean-Georges Vongerichten, award-winning chef/owner of Jean-Georges

"Useful to the novice cook or the professional chef, How to Cook Everything is a tour de force cookbook by Mark Bittman. Mark lends his considerable knowledge and clear, concise writing style to explanations of techniques and quick, classic recipes. This is a complete, reliable cookbook."
-- Jacques Pepin, chef, cookbook author, and host of his own PBS television series

"Sometimes all the things that a particular person does best come together in a burst of synergy, and the result is truly marvelous. This book is just such an instance. Mark Bittman is not only the best home cook we know, he is also a born teacher, a gifted writer, and a canny kitchen tactician who combines great taste with eminent practicality. Put it all together and you have How to Cook Everything, a cookbook that will inspire American home cooks not only today but for years to come."
-- John Willoughby and Chris Schlesinger, coauthors of License to Grill

What Customers Say About How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food:

This is the best all around cookbook I've ever used. I've had one for years, so I bought this copy for my daughter. I was disappointed to discover, upon arrival, that I had purchased a paperback; I could have sworn the site stated hardback.

We bought because of the overwhelmingly positive amazon reviews, and were not let down. It has simple, straightforward explanations, ideas, and recipes for pretty much any major food. Makes cooking almost.enjoyable.

It is my go to cookbook for everything. I love this cook book. I use it even more than Joy of Cooking. I always use it when I have a question about cooking anything. This is definitely a must have for any cook.

I use this book all the time. This book is great. It has recipes for virtually anything you might want to make, and many of them are very simple. I have dozens of cookbooks and this is one that I get a lot of use out of. I do love cookbooks with photos, which this one does not have, but it gets more mileage than any of my others.

246) that I made a couple days ago, I just HAD to sit down and leave a review to help some undecided cook that, YES, you should buy this one. I received this cookbook for Xmas last year and have been turning to it over and over again through the months since then. I just ordered his 'How to Cook Everything Vegetarian' (my husband is one) and am looking forward to more top notch recipes. The recipes are consistently simple and fun but, most important of all, TASTY. As I just ate the last bite of the "Cranberry Nut Bread" (p. Thank you Mr. Bittman.