Part IV

Now You’re Cooking! Real Menus for Real Life

In this part . . .

Just because you can cook and like to cook doesn’t always mean you have the time, space, or energy to cook elaborate meals and gourmet cuisine. We all have to contend with limited time, ringing phones, leaking washing machines, traumatized tots, and begging dogs. What’s an aspiring home cook to do?

In this part, we address the critical element of time. Recipes in this part are designed for real-life situations: cooking dinner with the fewest number of dishes, making more food for less money, cooking for multiple meals in one session, even entertaining company with ease and less stress. Finally, we talk you through how to throw a fun summer party, and even (are you ready for this?) how to tackle holiday cooking duties! Yes, you even learn how to roast a turkey. We kid you not! You can do this because now you’ve got the mad skills.