Review: Homemade meals around the table again
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2011
I really enjoyed this book and took to heart what the author said about a lot of things.  It's so easy to send out for pizza or subs or run out for fast food because I'm too tired to cook, or I've been cooking for *X* number of years and I'm sick of cooking or "Let's eat out." However, when I do fix a homemade meal, I feel so much better about it and it tastes better, and my son is happier with it.After just reading a book on preventing breast cancer and reading about the foods that help with that, I figured this would be a good one to read after that one.  The author of this book is very correct in what he says, that so many Americans eat out or get takeout or fast food that cooking at home with fresh foods is practically becoming a lost art.  He stresses that once we start cooking, then we start to enjoy it and want to do it, and even find it fun.It's good for our bodies, our families' health, communication, teaching, and good for the farmer's market.  It's also good for our wallets.  Eating out becomes very expensive, but with the cost of groceries now, shopping has to be a very time-consuming and diligent undertaking in order to keep to the budget.  Bittman says he can whip up dinner with just what's available in the refrigerator and pantry. I was glad to hear him say that a friend had a tuna salad sandwich and a glass of milk for dinner and Bittman thought that was okay.If you need a little push or even a shove to get in the cooking mood, this book might just do that for you.