The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen

"More than a cookbook, this is an empathetic guide to how to make cooking work for you – and even become a joy (or a joy again). Sure, Bee Wilson says, cooking is easy if you have all afternoon, no kids pulling on you and someone prepping your ingredients. But what if you have picky eaters, a full-time job and a kitchen with only half the ingredients the recipe calls for? This book has the answers, explaining everything from how to figure out what flavors go together, to how to build a repertoire of favorites, to how to cut yourself some slack when everything goes wrong. The book’s simple, delicious recipes are treated more like blueprints – if something in a recipe doesn’t work for you, Wilson is happy for you to try putting in something that will."