It's not the act of cooking and baking that gets me down — it's the cleaning. It's the specter of a sink full of dirty pans piling up in my tiny, dishwasher-free kitchen that sometimes makes me want to just unwrap a Nutty Buddy and call it a night. When I see cooking shows with little mise en place setups of individual bowls of ingredients and a hundred tasting spoons, I feel cranky on behalf of the unseen individuals who have to wash them all.
In "Quick & Dirty," Salon Food's Mary Elizabeth Williams serves up simplified recipes and shortcuts for exhausted cooks just like you — because quick and dirty should still be delicious.
