"A range of recipes that experienced cooks will appreciate."
--Publishers Weekly

"Marie T. Smith [is] the veritable high priestess of microwave food preparation."
-Design*Sponge

"A spunky up-and-comer in the microwave cuisine arena."
-PWxyz

"No ordinary cookbook."
-Kyle Kruczek, Amazon.com reviewer

This uniquely practical cult favorite has been featured by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Washington Post, The Mindy Project, BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, About.com, Videogum, Dangerous Minds, Anorak, SF Weekly, Livestrong, Nutrition Know How, Serious Eats, and more. Thousands have learned that cooking for one doesn't have to mean opening a can of soup or living on frozen dinners. With just a microwave and this easy-to-follow guide, you can prepare a delicious, satisfying meal in minutes.

These portion-perfect meals can be prepared by inexperienced cooks and accomplished home chefs alike to satisfy personal preferences while fitting tight schedules. Three hundred recipes, including Chicken Parmesan, Eggs Florentine, Asparagus Soup, Chocolate Custard, and Peach Soufflï¿1/2, are all intended to be prepared completely in the microwave, saving the time, money, mess, and excess of conventional cooking. For breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, these recipes are easy to double or triple when you need more to go around. A detailed list of utensils and a discussion of common ingredients are included.

Marie T. Smith (1933-1987) was an experienced microwave chef who wrote a microwave cooking column for the Plant City (FL) Post. She regularly attended microwave symposiums and was an expert in many areas of microwave cookery and technology. Smith frequently led cooking classes in her community of Lakeland, Florida.