Jean Johnson has written a cookbook that flies in the face of received culinary wisdom. Gone are measurements, gone is the tight-laced tone and prescriptive lists of ingredients. Here is a book from which one can actually learn how to cook. Illustrated with lush photos and witty advice, the recipes are a pleasure to read. We can only hope Cooking Beyond Measure starts a new trend in food writing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jean Johnson is a food writer and holds a doctorate in cultural history. She lives in Portland, Oregon, and cooks with what’s on hand, letting the seasons be her guide. She also cooks with an eye to speed and affordability.    

 

She hopes you consider freeing yourself from doing the equivalent of a small chemistry experiment when all you want is dinner. She hopes you’ll take back your kitchen.

 

Jean thinks that if you do, you’ll rediscover the joy that cooking once was for our grandmothers and great grandmothers, and still is for many around the world who approach consider their time at the stove a creative, joyous art.

                           

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