Mark Bittman provides a game plan for becoming a better, more intuitive cook. His new cookbook How to Cook Everything Fast: A Better Way to Cook Great Food  includes 2,000 recipes. Bittman explains how time management is an essential principle of fast cooking and he’s overhauled hundreds of classics, encouraging what he calls “naturally fast cooking,” with tips, advice, and illustrations. 

How to Cook Everything Fast by Mark Bittman

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