How to Cook Everything: The Basics gives you essential recipes and easy-to-follow guidance to help you cook with confidence. Mark Bittman, the bestselling, award-winning author of How to Cook Everything, shows you how to make a good burger or delicious pasta for everyday meals as well as chicken soup on a cold day, lasagne because you love it, and prime rib for company. Not only will you make some of the best food you've ever eaten, you'll save money and eat more healthfully, too. Anyone can cook with: simple, satisfying recipes with easy-to-follow directions; tips to help you shop for, prepare, and cook the recipes; recipe variations and lists of ideas to adapt dishes to your taste; and, step-by-step illustrations for tricky techniques like mincing garlic. Simple, straightforward, it is just what you need to cook well.