Cooking No-Recipe Recipes Item:Books beauty and pathos combine in

beauty and pathos combine in this image of a woman floating in a vast sea that accompanied The Times Opinion article about global warming

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Cooking No-Recipe Recipes Item:Books beauty and pathos combine inYou dont need a recipe. Really, you dont. Sam Sifton, founding editor of New York Times Cooking, makes improvisational cooking easier than you think. In this compact, handy book of ideas, Sifton delivers 100 no recipe recipes each gloriously photographed to make with the ingredients you have on hand or could pick up on a quick trip to the store. Youll see how to make these meals as big or as small as you like, substituting ingredients as you go. This