Words by Michele Humes | This week's Cook the Book selection, Fast Easy Fresh, is the easygoing follow-up to The Bon Appétit Cookbook, with equally delicious recipes but greatly streamlined procedures. With a little creativity, the book urges, you can eat well and soon—without recourse to convenience foods. How? Keep the ingredients list short but high-impact, and add depth to relatively basic dishes with the spices and aromatics of East Asian, North African, and Latin cuisines. The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook offers 1,100 recipes along these lines, complete with a shopping guide and a wealth of tips. Each day this week, we'll be posting a recipe for a passed hors d'oeuvre that will dazzle the guest but spare... More