The Minimalist Cooks Dinner: More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining
About this ebook
Distilling recipes down to their simplest, most flavorful ingredients has become the trademark of Mark Bittman. No one does it better—and now, you can do it from home every night of the week. You don't have to rely on having perfect ingredients or expert skills to feed your family and friends. Along with serving tips, wine suggestions, and quick and easy side dishes, these recipes will elevate your meals, not your anxiety.
Whip up the hearty Whole-Meal Chicken Noodle Soup, Chinese Style, and you won't even need a side. Pizza with Arugula, Corn, and Bacon can be baked or grilled, using homemade or store-bought dough, and transformed by a variety of toppings to suit your taste. Getting the most out of Crabby Crabcakes means using fewer "filler" ingredients and showcasing the crabmeat. And pair the Forty-Minute Cassoulet with 60-Minute Bread for a traditional dinner with an uncomplicated twist.
No dish is off the table for Bittman and his minimalist methods. He "has definitely mastered the art of simplicity while keeping food flavorful and appetizing" (Daniel Boulud).
"Cementing his reputation for quick, uncomplicated and rewardingly tasty fare within reach of any cook, Bittman overflows with inspiration in the basic recipes and in the suggestions that can be undertaken 'With Minimal Effort' accompanying each one . . . Cooks with discerning tastes but little time will be very glad to add this to their library." — Publishers Weekly
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Mark Bittman is the author of thirty acclaimed books, including the How to Cook Everything series, the award-winning Food Matters, and the New York Times #1 bestseller VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . For Good. For more than two decades his popular and compelling stories appeared in the New York Times, where he was the lead food writer for the New York Times magazine and became the United States's first food-focused op-ed columnist for a major news publication. Bittman has starred in four television series, including Showtime's Emmy Award–winning Years of Living Dangerously. He has written for nearly every major newspaper and magazine in the US and has spoken at dozens of universities and conferences. His 2007 TED Talk has more than four million views, and in 2015, he was honored as a Distinguished Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently teaching at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, editing the online food magazine Heated, and writing a book about understanding food. He can be found at markbittman.com, heated.medium.com, @bittman on Twitter, and @markbittman on Instagram.
