NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The founder of Momofuku cooks at home .
. . and that means mostly ignoring recipes, using tools like the
microwave, and taking inspiration from his mom to get a great dinner
done fast.
****JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE - ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR:
*New York Post, Taste of Home
David Chang came up as a chef in kitchens where you had to do everything
the hard way. But his mother, one of the best cooks he knows, never
cooked like that. Nor did food writer Priya Krishna's mom. So Dave and
Priya set out to think through the smartest, fastest, least meticulous,
most delicious, absolutely imperfect ways to cook.
From figuring out the best ways to use frozen vegetables to learning
when to ditch recipes and just taste and adjust your way to a terrific
meal no matter what, this is Dave's guide to substituting, adapting,
shortcutting, and sandbagging--like parcooking chicken in a microwave
before blasting it with flavor in a four-minute stir-fry or a ten-minute
stew.
It's all about how to think like a chef . . . who's learned to stop
thinking like a chef.