Where Cooking Begins : Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook (2019)

Carla Lalli Music starts before the stove, with how to shop: fresh ingredients picked up a few times a week and a pantry of staples behind them. Then comes her guide to six essential cooking methods, and more than 70 recipes written to bend, each with suggested swaps and substitutions. Those swaps matter more to a beginner than they first seem, because a missing ingredient is exactly what stalls a new cook halfway through a recipe. This is the book for someone who wants to cook from what is already in the fridge rather than follow a shopping list line by line.