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(More customer reviews)A few years ago I bought W-S's Food Made Fast: Weeknight (Williams-Sonoma) cookbook and since then it's gotten heavy use. I've had my eye on the rest of the Food Made Fast series, but just never got around to collecting. When I saw this book at a W-S store, it was shrink-wrapped and there were no display copies I could look at. So I gambled and took it home with me.
Good thing I didn't collect the Food Made Fast series. Paging through, I realized that several of the FMF: Weeknight recipes were in this book and that led me to wonder if this isn't more of a "greatest hits" compendium of recipes from the series. Good for me since that saves me some room on my cookbook shelf. However, if you've collected the FMF series, you might want to pass on this book since there's likely to be a degree of duplication. Not having the series, myself, I can't tell if there are any unique recipes in this book.
All that said, this is a great book for someone who's getting started with cooking or who is looking for simple, easy (even economical) recipes that don't take all day to make. There's a section for "basic recipes" like stocks, sauces, and doughs which I found particularly exciting -- because, you know, we always get most hung-up on the basics. References abound: There's a section for shopping smarter (minimizing waste, cooking seasonally, making a meal plan, etc.), stocking a pantry, and food/wine pairings, among other good info. At the end of every section are guides and tips on preparation, cooking methods, doneness temperatures, and storage. There are also menu suggestions for "weeknight" and "fit for company" which helps this book do double-duty for entertaining. The inside covers also sport measurements and equivalents, and ingredient substitutions.
Is there anything missing from this book? Yes: Breakfast. Even though the title is "The Weeknight Cook" I know plenty of people who have "breakfast for dinner" nights at home (I'm one of them). Even so, this book also has tips on "making more to store" which might take care of breakfast and lunch the next day.
Overall, a fine addition to one's cooking library and the best volume to buy if you can only buy 1 cookbook.
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