How to Cook Everything: Quick Cooking (How to Cook Everything Series)

Make a quick home-cooked meal tonight!Ziti with Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce. Shrimp Marinara. Broiled or Grilled Chicken with Pesto. Stir-Fried Spicy Beef with Basil. With How to Cook Everything(TM): Quick Cooking, great-tasting, satisfying dishes like these can be made in 30 minutes or less!Mark Bittman, the award-winning author of the bestselling kitchen classic How to Cook Everything(TM), shares his favorite simple-and infinitely flexible-quick recipes. You'll be able to prepare family-pleasing everyday meals, spur-of-the-moment dinners for friends, even special-occasion feasts. To inspire you and help you plan your meals, you'll find Bittman's straight talk on cooking and special features, including:* Creative recipe variations and ideas* Tips for shopping, preparing, and cooking the recipes* Illustrations to demystify trickier techniques* Menu suggestions for a Weeknight Family Dinner Classic, an Elegant Dinner Party, and more* At-a-glance icons highlighting recipes done in 20 minutes or less