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A Cook's Book of Quick Fixes & Kitchen Tips: How to Turn Adversity Into Opportunity

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When I ordered this book, I was hoping for something a bit more systematic than what arrived in the mail. It's small and cute, but I really wish it were better organized.

You could, for example, read it cover-to-cover, then extrapolate all the information for specific recipes into a general body of wisdom.

But, if you're looking for something to save your sorry behind when the chicken looks like charcoal (and it's supposed resemble cordon bleu), you're not going to have time to find the correct fix in this book--let alone implement it.

It's a pretty book with nice illustrations, I've got to admit. And it would probably make a nice little gift. But how useful is it? Not at all. The author makes generic suggestions that don't seem particularly original or interesting--for example, to fix overcooked vegetables, puree them. The book also is not organized very well--it's split into general sections (poultry, meat, fruits, deserts, etc) and to find something that would be useful (in case of an actual food-fix-needing emergency) you'd have to read through the entire section. Though there are some helpful tips, they're scattered and hard to find.