This ends the perpetual cycle of food ignorance! Christine Ravago brings to your apartments what mom forgot to teach you about food and cooking. Thawed contains the fundamentals of cooking through easy recipes, photographs, and basic guidelines for buying and storing food, grilling, and entertaining. After the first few years of college or even your first years starting a career and after you've had enough greasy pizza and microwave dinners, Thawed serves as a fool-proof start to your cooking repertoire. Thawed fuses timeless recipes with sugar and spice to bring you excitingly modern meals to pass on for generations. The recipes featured in Thawed have been tested and tasted by your peers, and the results are in...it's easy! Whether it's to impress the girl you just started dating, to gather friends together for a round of juicy gossip, or to celebrate youth, Thawed provides you with the cooking know-how and elegant meals that will leave your guests utterly astonished.