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" I am almost always thinking about dinner whenever I look through a pile of new cookbooks. What&amp;#039;s doable is what&amp;#039;s on my mind, and recipes that I can really feed my family are what I&amp;#039;m after.  That said, you would think I would have greeted One-Pot Cookbook by Jesse Ziff Cool with eager anticipation, but in fact looking at the photographs that accompany most recipes, I was dubious. One pot? I just didn&amp;#039;t see how that was going to be possible.  Some of the recipes are for dishes most home cooks already have in their repertoire\u2014chicken in a pot, short ribs, or brisket of beef. Barbecued Carne Asada with Avocado-Jicama Relish is a good dinner idea, but it wasn&amp;#039;t &amp;quot;one-pot&amp;quot; enough for me. At exactly six o&amp;#039;clock one evening, I decided to plunge in and pick the recipe that most closely matched what I had on hand. That was the Moroccan Chicken with Couscous\u2014and the results were encouraging enough to throw away my skepticism. The book is compact and well organized, and the recipes are easy to follow, although somewhat inconsistent in their instructions\u2014especially about how many ingredients you can saute in a skillet at once. This isn&amp;#039;t show off-y, company&amp;#039;s-coming kind of cooking. It&amp;#039;s good basic stuff and perfect if your family is sick of the usual. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve been chickenized&amp;quot; my kids tell me, but there were lots of compliments on this dish, and on the Tunisian lamb stew. Morocco and Tunisia are not far apart on a map, and you&amp;#039;ll find that whether it&amp;#039;s called a stew or a tagine, both of these slow-cooked recipes are North African in spirit. See Jesse Ziff Cool&amp;#039;s recipes for Moroccan Chicken with Couscous and Tunisian Lamb Stew with Spinach and Bulgur "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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