This is a wonderful, invaluable, and unique cookbook for anyone who wants both great recipes plus learn how to improvise off of them to make variations or brand new ones. Author guides you through the process of understanding the basic recipes, how to enhance or utilize the ingredients, how to turn accidentals into discoveries…so you’re no longer totally tied to the exact recipe as written. Chapters: Intro: How to Improvise, including learning what goes with what, flavors, pantry and equipment. Recipes: Sauces, Condiments, Seasonings; Hors D’oeuvres, Appetizers, Soups, and Salads; Vegetables & Beans; Fish & Shellfish; Poultry & Game; Breads, Grains & Pasta; Desserts. Resources for how to utilize ingredients for international flavors; Techniques: Long-keeping Staples for your pantry and the Master Recipe List of every recipe in the book. Condition notes: book in excellent overall condition with inside pages clean, flat, tight and minor outside imperfections, jacket surface, wear/tear/light stain. See condition pics for all sides.#hardcover#cookbook#cooking#recipes#baking#improvisationalcook#sallyschneider#appetizers#mains#desserts