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Hey everybody, it's Marielle.
Any fans of the Great British Bake Off here?
If so, you know there is nothing simple about those bakes.
Bake Off is known for its technical challenges and the elaborate showstopper cakes painstakingly constructed by contestants.
But in her cookbook, life's too short to stuff a mushroom.
Bake Off judge, Prue Leith, wants folks to focus on the basics of cooking and baking.
The book is filled with recipes, of course, but also cooking hacks.
tips from Pru on how to do basic things in the kitchen quickly and easily,
like how to cut an onion, peel garlic, prevent your muffin liners from getting oily.
Because if you never learn this stuff, it's easy to feel discouraged and give up on cooking.
A lot of my friends who are foodies and cooks and things said,
why are you putting all these absolutely basic things in this book?
You know, everybody knows how to do that.
Actually, they don't.
And if you can't do something, it makes you anxious and quite cross.