Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. STOCK PHOTOS MAY VARY FROM THE ACTUAL ITEM. ACTUAL PHOTOS AVAIL. UPON REQUEST. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: This is a cookbook for women and men who lead active, crowded lives, but who enjoy relaxed dining and good food in their own homes. With the help of these unusual and timesaving recipes, any cook can prepare delicious and interesting dishes within minutes and with little effort. Beverly Nemiro’s secret to fast but exciting cooking is to begin with a prepared food (food which is either instant, dehydrated, packaged, frozen, canned, freeze-dried or refrigerated) and create from it an original dish or a speedy version of an old classic. Much of the drudgery and all of the unnecessary cooking time are eliminated, but the food tastes as if many careful hours had been spent in its preparation. The recipes add luster to convenience foods, and, thereby, to the meals, and instead of spending time in the kitchen, the host or hostess can entertain guests with ease and elegance. Most of the recipes are short. They are contemporary, continental, and international favorites which are speeded up by incorporating a prepared food into the ingredients to make the recipe easy and fast. Although cooking with these convenience foods is not new (cans were always opened for one thing or another), it is now made imaginative and creative with these shortcut recipes. To help the busy person plan menus, the recipes are arranged for family meals (less fancy) and meals for guests.