false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167758919m/25653.jpg 25653 2 Mark Bittman's <i>New York Times</i> column, "The Minimalist," is a much-consulted source for easy but polished recipes. <i>The Minimalist Cooks at Home</i> features these less-is-more recipes plus others never before published--formulas that require a minimum of technique and/or ingredients. Bittman's dishes draw on the world's cuisines and, taken together, represent what might be called a new kind of home cooking. Anyone seeking delicious everyday food that's quick to put on the table yet satisfies the demands of modern palates should embrace the book. In succinct chapters that cover the major dish categories, salads through desserts, Bittman offers fare like Roast Cod with Tangerine Sauce, Chicken Under a Brick, Real Paella, and 15-Minute Fruit Gratin. These approachable, flexible dishes should enter the repertoire of cooks at all skill levels, as well as please those they feed. Bittman also includes recipes that illustrate a particular cooking technique or sequence; his Creamy Broccoli Soup, for example, presents a formula--three parts liquid, two parts vegetable, one part dairy--that can be applied widely to create new dishes instinctively. Cooking lessons like these, plus shortcuts and multiple suggestions for flavorful variations, make the book particularly useful. With photos that illustrate a number of the techniques, and recipe notes that further explore dish anatomy, the book delivers on its promise to provide strategies for good eating with little fuss. <i>--Arthur Boehm</i> 26381 2000 The Minimalist Cooks at Home: Recipes That Give You More Flavor from Fewer Ingredients in Less Time total:71|5:21|4:20|3:23|2:5|1:2| 71 266 130 9 0 0 false false Wed Nov 26 06:31:16 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 06:32:47 -0800 2008 If you like to cook or want to learn to cook his simple recipes are a must.]]> 1 0 false false Wed Aug 29 14:25:41 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 14:26:58 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Dec 15 21:58:19 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 23:39:09 -0800 2007 1 0 false false Mon Jul 23 09:03:51 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 08:35:34 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Apr 29 07:12:27 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 29 07:14:22 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Nov 13 06:54:43 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 06:55:57 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Dec 22 07:54:54 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 07:59:38 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 09:41:41 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 09:42:58 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Jan 11 16:08:33 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 16:30:21 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Oct 20 10:47:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 10:47:08 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Sep 22 15:25:44 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 15:25:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 19:55:06 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 19:55:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 23:37:21 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 23:37:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 13 05:30:23 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 05:30:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 19:43:15 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 19:43:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 18:27:56 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:35:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 22:39:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 22:39:48 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 22 15:00:48 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 15:00:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 14:48:45 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:48:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 03 07:58:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 07:58:26 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=25653