The Cook's Encyclopedia of Four Ingredient Cooking

Fabulous cookbook bought 3 times

I already own this cookbook. This purchase was for my nephew, who is teaching himself to cook. Cook's is reliably well-written, creative - and how can one not appreciate FOUR INGREDIENT recipes? This book is out of print, so finding it on Amazon was great.

I have made about 1/3 of the recipes in this book, and they have all been fantastic. Many of them are surprisingly simple to prepare. I give it four stars instead of five because some recepies are missing essential bits of explanation and several require kitchen implements that only the most well stocked kitchen would have.

I discovered this gem of a book at the library and am now looking for a copy to add to my own collection of cookbooks. I don't like recipes that involve a ton of ingredients and steps that end up taking forever so this was perfect! Dozens of four ingredient recipes, pictures on every page so you can see what you're making at a glance, and tasty. It's a refreshing change from some books that call for a can of this and a can of that. This allows you to make homemade meals with fresh ingredients and little fuss. The only con was that no substitutions were given for some uncommon ingredients in a couple of recipes. This would make a great gift!