101 Kitchen Secrets

Jason Goldstein is a chiropractor by day and a food blogger by night. Through his culinary blog, Chop Happy, Jason shares his love of easy comfort food recipes, showcasing rich flavors, inventive ideas, and unique cooking tips and advice. He was a finalist on Next Food Network Star Season 14 and finished in the top 10 in Rachael Ray’s The Great American Cookbook Competition. His recipes have been featured on The Chew and The Kitchen, and he has appeared on Good Morning America. Living in NYC and the Hamptons, Jason enjoys testing recipes on his husband, Tom, and grabbing French fries by the handful.

"Food blogger Goldstein (The Happy Sandwich) offers a mixed-bag collection of cooking hacks that promises to save readers dishes, money, and time. . . . Some ideas will appeal to college students without full kitchens (including a microwavable recipe for mac and cheese in a mug) or young adults learning to cook on a budget (for example, the tip to stretch ground meat by adding finely chopped mushrooms). . . . Some of the better tips, such as freezing vegetable peels and parmesan rinds for broth, are hardly secrets, though they may be unfamiliar to novice cooks. Readers who value efficiency above all and who don’t mind relying on single-use products (common in the dish-avoiding section) may find value."