Ever struggled with that question
“What’s for dinner tonight?”

Cooking in the 21st century is easy, right?  Any fool can follow a recipe – as long as it’s foolproof – and there are literally millions of those out there, easily accessed via blogs, TV shows, celebrity cookbooks and glossy, lifestyle magazines.  Even the physical act of shopping is much less hassle than it was for previous generations – supermarkets stocked with thousands of products are open long hours, and with online shopping we don’t even have to leave the house. 

So why does the average household have a repertoire of less than five meals which they cook, week in, week out?

There’s a big difference between being able to follow a recipe and providing nourishing food for your family on a daily basis.  Modern life is busy and demanding, and there is often little mental energy left for the business of cooking dinner, which is why Mel Barrett – The Bookless Cook – teaches people to think about cooking in a different way, and rely on know-how, not recipes.