5 Ingredients/10 Minutes cookbook - great recipes for a busy hacker [pdf]
Beautifully produced.  Mostly healthy, intelligent recipes.  Lovely "food porn" illustrations.   I like that several ingredients recur in several recipes so there is an implicit nudge in the direction of good pantry management.   This looks like a good "browser" book for anyone who cooks and a possibly quite good book for someone just getting started.<p>The discussions at the end about equipment and pantry could be expanded, although they fit the recipes given.<p>I feel like it could use more discussion of technique although writing about technique (rather than teaching through demonstration) is always tricky.<p>Perhaps I'm just reacting to current fads but I wish it included some discussion of sourcing of ingredients and had less emphasis on canned beans, canned tuna, etc.   Canned lentils - seriously?  Sheesh.<p>A quote that bugs me: "The tricky thing with this salad is that a whole tin of chickpeas can be quite a big eat. If you’re not super hungry feel free to ditch some of the chickpeas."<p>Every kitchen has waste and nearly every kitchen compromises on ingredients but that quote makes me shudder.  I suppose if you're moving from heating up frozen french bread pizzas to a cuisine as in this book that's a large positive step so I shouldn't find too much fault here.  Still, a little discussion of buying dried legumes and cooking up batches ahead for use in several dishes would be nice.<p>Perhaps it needs a sequel :-)