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I Hate to Cook Book

by Peg Bracken

Quick, uncomplicated cooking with a wry point of view

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Quick, uncomplicated cooking with a wry point of view

Peg Bracken’s cookbook gathers recipes such as Philosopher’s Chowder, Skinny Meatloaf, and Immediate Fudge Cake around a practical premise: meals can be satisfying without demanding elaborate preparation. The book’s original context was a period when women were expected to provide full family dinners, and its approach offered an alternative to treating that work as a daily source of devotion. The updated edition retains the collection’s emphasis on saving time in the kitchen, with the title’s humor framing cooking as a task to keep manageable rather than a hobby to pursue.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home cooks who want quick, simple meal ideas
  • Readers interested in humorous cookbooks and mid-century food culture

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Quick and easy cookingDomestic expectations and foodHumor in everyday cooking

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Book overview

"There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who don't cook out of and have NEVER cooked out of I Hate to Cook Book, and the other kind...the I Hate to Cook people consist mainly of those who find other things more interesting and less fattening, and so they do it as seldom as possible. Today there is an Annual Culinary Olympics, with hundreds of cooks from many countries ardently competing. But we who hate to cook have had our own Olympics for years, seeing who can get out of the kitchen the fastest and stay out the longest."

Peg Bracken

Philosopher's Chowder. Skinny Meatloaf. Fat Man's Shrimp. Immediate Fudge Cake. These are just a few of the beloved recipes from Peg Bracken's classic I Hate to Cook Book. Written in a time when women were expected to have full, delicious meals on the table for their families every night, Peg Bracken offered women who didn't revel in this obligation an alternative: quick, simple meals that took minimal effort but would still satisfy.

50 years later, times have certainly changed - but the appeal of The I Hate to Cook Book hasn't.

This book is for everyone, men and women alike, who wants to get from cooking hour to cocktail hour in as little time as possible.
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