A review by diannamorganti
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman

5.0

Truly simple recipes. Julia turned me on to this guy, and this book is full of the kind of recipes you can read once and remember without having to keep referring back. I have a shelf full of cookbooks (really the only type of book I still buy), but in two weeks I've cooked more things out of this one book than all the rest combined.

I cooked brussel sprouts for the first time in my life: loved them! Bittman suggests that brussel sprouts were made for bacon... I have to agree. He gives a chart (a chart! be still my beating heart!) to show how simple and good the right 2-3 ingredient gratin can be with each type of veggie. My favorite cheese (gruyere) was paired with green beans and breadcrumbs... the result: mmmm.....

I may have to buy this giant behemoth of a book.