If you devoured Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by for its foolproof everyday comfort, meet The I Hate to Cook Book by .
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- Witty rebellion against perfectionist kitchen martyrdom
- Shortcut recipes that embrace strategic laziness
- Subversive humor skewering 1950s housewife expectations
- Quick fixes for reluctant cooks w/ zero shame
You've mastered the foolproof casserole and the reliable roast, but what if the kitchen stopped demanding your devotion? Peg Bracken arrives with a wicked grin and a martini, dynamiting the altar of domestic perfectionism you've been kneeling at. Where Better Homes promised triumphs through diligence, Bracken offers liberation through gloriously unapologetic shortcuts—same mid-century setting, radically different manifesto.
This isn't rebellion for rebellion's sake. It's permission to serve Stayabed Stew without guilt, to embrace canned mushroom soup as strategy, not surrender. Bracken speaks your language, then sets the script on fire.
The kitchen stops being a battleground the moment you stop pretending to love the war.
What Readers Are Saying
"...the best overall cookbook that I have ever seen." — Heidi, Goodreads
"This fiftieth anniversary edition is just as delightful...a great book is whether or not it will stand the test of time. This one totally does." — Shesten Melder, Goodreads
"...her style is so humorous that you will be cracking up..." — Phyllis Barlow, Goodreads
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