The Kitchen Shrink

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Adler’s cooking philosophy is informed by years of cooking in acclaimed restaurant kitchens such as Chez Panisse and Prune, where minimizing food waste and making the most out of each ingredient was a priority.

The Everlasting Meal Cookbook takes the philosophy of An Everlasting Meal and offers a step-by-step guide for putting those ideas into action based on the ingredients one has on-hand. Ingredients cover a range of categories including leftover or aging vegetables, fruits and nuts, dairy, stale bread, beans and rice, meat and seafood, and more, and include common items as well as less expected foods like leftover mozzarella sticks (try using them to make a frittata), pizza (revive pizzas by topping with arugula and parmesan or cut up into a cheesy stew), and stale breakfast cereal (marshmallow dessert bars).