For twenty years, every Sunday the radio program “Culinary Emergency Aid” has been broadcast live. In it, Mikhail Spichka takes questions from listeners, and Ilya Lazerson answers them. The categories of questions are very different. From product selection to storage methods and periods. How to choose meat for barbecue? How to determine the ripeness of an avocado? Is it possible to drink cognac bought under Brezhnev? They ask, of course, about the rules for preparing certain dishes, about the composition and ratio of ingredients in the recipe... Answering the questions posed, the authors give you an unusual, “delicious” book in which they give a lot of useful culinary tips for all occasions on weekdays and holidays. You will learn about the simplest methods of cooking, new trends in the world of cooking, and receive original recipes. The book comments on numerous errors, inaccuracies in the huge number of cookbooks published today, culinary sections of glossy magazines, simpler publications and the Internet... The authors suggest that you approach cooking with imagination and invention. Their simple tips and recommendations will provide you with quick and effective culinary assistance.