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The cooking nobody wrote down, written down at last.

(Rosa Cooks)
Every family has dishes that were made by eye and by hand, never measured and never written. This book puts 90 of them on paper: the amounts, the heat, the timing, and the one small move that makes each one come out right.
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We email the link as well, so the book is still there the next night you cook.

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The honest math

Nobody adds up what not knowing what to cook actually costs. Here is a typical month, priced the way it really happens.

The no-plan week

  • Two takeout nights$30 to $50 each
  • A boxed meal kit$9 to $14 a box
  • Jars of salsa and sauce$5, and never the same
  • A cooked chicken, half wasted$9, used once
  • A shop with no lista third of it binned
One month of this$250 or more

Rosa's kitchen

  • Rice, beans and masaa few dollars a meal
  • One chicken, three mealsplanned on Sunday
  • Salsa from the blendercents a jar
  • A week from one listalmost nothing wasted
  • Knowing how it worksthis book
The same montha fraction of it, and better food

Every household is different. The point is the same: one takeout night you skip covers the book.

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Actual pages, not mock-ups. This is the size and the type you get on a phone while your hands are busy.

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Page 31: corn tortillas, the dough by feel, and the rest that makes them puff.
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Page 47: frijoles de olla, and the fifteen minute version for a weeknight.
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Page 66: the table salsa, and the one rule that stops it turning bitter.
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Page 88: five menus for a family meal, with the shopping list for each.

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What's Inside

Eighteen chapters and 90 recipes. Every one with the exact amounts, numbered steps, the reason under each step, and an honest note on what to do when it goes wrong.

And that is a fraction of it. Eighteen chapters, 94 pages, every recipe with its exact amounts.

94pages
90recipes
18chapters
3books in the family

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"I am not going to invent reviews. This book is new, and when readers write to me I will put what they say here, good and bad."

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"What I can promise now: the exact amounts in every recipe, the failing point spelled out, and a full refund within 30 days if it is not for you."

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"If a recipe does not work for you, write to me. I want to know where it went wrong, and I will fix the page."

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"The book is a PDF, so print the pages you like and keep them by the stove."

Rosa Cooks · the author
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"Every recipe says the amounts first, then the heat and the timing, so you are never guessing a handful."

Rosa Cooks · the author
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Rosa Cooks, the author

Rosa Cooks

I learned to cook standing at my grandmother's table, where nothing was written down and everything was measured with the hand, the eye and the taste. I followed her around with a notebook for years and weighed what she would not. This book is that notebook, finished.

I am not here to sell you restaurant tricks. I will teach you the way a mother teaches, standing next to you at the stove. That is the whole trade.

Rosa

Questions, answered plainly

Do I need special equipment?
No. A heavy pot, a skillet or comal, a blender, a sheet pan and a sharp knife cover almost every recipe. A molcajete is nice to have and never required. No special appliance is needed, and no recipe asks you to buy a gadget first. If your kitchen already has a pot, a pan and a knife, you can start with the first chapter tonight.
Are the measures in cups or grams?
Both. US cups and spoons come first, with grams or milliliters in brackets. Oven temperatures are in Fahrenheit and Celsius. That way the book works the same whether you cook from a cup measure or a kitchen scale, and every recipe gives its amounts in full, so you are never guessing a handful. If you prefer one system, simply ignore the other.
How many recipes are in it?
90 recipes across 18 chapters, from tortillas and beans to the Sunday table. Each one has its own amounts, heat and timing, and the closing chapter covers what to do when a dish goes wrong, plus a measure chart and printable lists.
How do I get it?
Right after you pay we email you a download link. Click it and save the PDF to your computer, phone or tablet. The link works for 7 days, and you can ask for a fresh one any time.
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