How to Cook Everything, in all its installments, has one guiding principle: Everyone can, and should, cook—and feel comfortable doing it. The world is a better place when we’re in the kitchen—when we choose the ingredients ourselves, lessen our dependence on industrial agriculture and processed foods, participate firsthand in the preparation, and share the experience with others. This book is structured to make baking as approachable and enjoyable for you as it is for me—which is to say very.