Bare Bones: ( Budget Cooking the European Farmhouse Way))

Introduction: If your cupboards aren't stocked with the four varieties of chocolate it takes to make one batch of cookies and your purse strings quiver at the thought of numerous types of expensive seafood in one casserole, this cookbook is for you. If you are too tired and too busy to consult a cooking dictionary to decipher the meanings of the ingredients you'll need for the media" fantasy recipes" displayed on the web, TV, and in magazines, you'll want to listen to what we have to say. If you're struggling to provide your family with nutritious, cost effective meals while watching your food dollar shrivel and the demands on your time increase, we are here to help you. If you feel inferior watching the perfect cook prepare the perfect menu in the perfect kitchen, we can help boost your self-esteem. Are you asking yourself how and why we would even want to attempt these daunting tasks? Because unless we are terribly misinformed many more Americans are now going to need to adapt to more modest cooking methods to meet the current economic crisis. It is for this reason we have combined our professional skills with our somewhat unusual life styles in a sincere effort to help those of you who, like us, want to provide delicious yet economical meals to their families, and are having a difficult time doing so. If you utilize our ideas and are successful, not only will our reward be great satisfaction in helping our fellow man but we will be able to kick back, turn on the food channel, and stock our kitchen with all those gourmet foods we covet, but can not afford.