This book illustrates three concepts: Cooking a full meal isn’t difficult or expensive, that we can be inventive with leftovers, and because of those first two, you can entertain people in your home more often. So there are full menus for meals, though you can be “inventive” and mix-and-match things however you can, like, or need. The recipes come from around the world, with lots of variety for today’s palate.
I love the cilantro and coconut chutney, which reminds me of one of my favorite “salsas” when I taught overseas. That chutney is served on a breakfast menu with scrambled eggs, flatbread, and a mango dish, which for leftovers, is repurposed into egg salad, little pizzas, and a mango chutney. Such a clever cookbook, with beautiful full-page photos and a lovely layout. The text is clear and engaging, and the recipes are as straightforward as they are revelatory.
