The ultimate kitchen companion  completely updated and better than ever  now for the first time
featuring color photos    For twenty years  Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything has been the
definitive guide to simple home cooking. This new edition has been completely revised for
today's cooks while retaining Bittman's trademark minimalist style-easy-to-follow recipes and
variations  and tons of ideas and inspiration.    Inside  you'll find hundreds of brand-new
features  recipes  and variations  like Slow-Simmered Beef Chili  My New Favorite Fried Chicken
and Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce  plus old favorites from the previous editions  in many cases
reimagined with new methods or flavors. Recipes and features are designed to give you
unparalleled freedom and flexibility: for example  infinitely variable basic techniques
(Grilling Vegetables  Roasting Seafood)  innovative uses for homemade condiments  easy-to-make
one-pot pastas  and visual guides to improvising soups  stir-fries  and more. Bittman has also
updated all the information on ingredients  including whole grains and produce  alternative
baking staples  and sustainable seafood. And  new for this edition  recipes are showcased
throughout with color photos.    By increasing the focus on usability  modernizing the recipes
to become new favorites  and adding gorgeous photography  Mark Bittman has updated this classic
cookbook to be more indispensable than ever.