"How to Cook Everything" is the basic cookbook everyone should have in the kitchen. Award-winning author Mark Bittman is one of the nation's most respected cooking authorities, with one million copies of his books sold. Now he shows you how to make great food for all occasions using fresh ingredients, simple techniques, and standard kitchen tools. With crystal-clear instructions, detailed illustrations, and a refreshingly relaxed attitude, he makes cooking delicious, easy, and fun--so that you can, too!

What's inside: More than 1,500 inspired recipes and variations More than 250 step-by-step illustrations A list of recipes that take only 30 or 60 minutes to make An exhaustive menu-suggestion section Practical cooking how-to's and kitchen equipment basics A vast glossary of terms and techniques And much, much more

"[Bittman's] goal is the simplest path to deliciousness. . . . That makes him my kitchen god."
--Lawrence Downes, "The New York Times"

"The best basic cookbook I've seen."
--Jean-Georges Vongerichten

"A tour de force cookbook."
--Jacques Pepin

"Every kitchen needs three things . . . a good cast iron skillet, a fire extinguisher, and "Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything," If you use number three, odds are you won't need number two."
--Al Roker, host, NBC's Today show and author, "Al Roker's Big Bad Book of Barbecue"

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