Someone mentioned this book in a post about rice cookers, and I found it Dirt Cheap on thriftbook so I had to have it. My mutuals will immediately recognize the multiple soup chapters as part of the reason. And yes, that's the Rodger Ebert you think it is.
Unsurprisingly this book has quotable genius right out of the gate.
This is a little book for people who would like to be able to prepare meals simply and quickly in a very limited amount of space - not even necessarily in a kitchen. I am thinking of you, student in your dorm room. You, solitary writer, artist, musician, potter, plumber, builder, hermit. You, with a corner of your desk or table free. You, parents on tight schedules with kids. You, who are beginning to believe you should pay more attention to breakfast. You, night watchman. You, obsessed computer programmer or weary Web-worker. You, lovers who like to cook together but don't want to put anything in the oven. You, in the witness protection program. You, nutritional wing-nut. You, in a wheelchair. And you, serving in uniform. You, person on a small budget who wants healthy food. You, shut-in. You, recovering campaign worker. You, movie critic at Sundance. You, factory worker sick of frozen meals. You, people in Werner Herzog's documentary about life at the South Pole. You, early riser skipping breakfast. You, teenager home alone. You, rabbi, pastor, priest, monk, nun, waitress, community organizer, nurse, starving actor, taxi driver, long-haul driver. Yes, even you.
