Galina Reichert, consistently adhering to V.V. Pokhlebkin’s ideas in the field of nutrition, promotes his culinary school with the goal of teaching how to cook not according to recipes, but according to desire and necessity. The main thing is to build your relationship with food correctly! Cooking is a science, an art and a craft! – appears from very unexpected sides. The book is not only entertaining, but educational, practical and useful. For those who prefer to use recipes, there are 172 of them - rare, sometimes unique, including those belonging to the author. By following general advice and original tables, you can successfully create your own recipes or do without them altogether. Readers are also invited to an essay about V.V. Pokhlebkin, where the author reveals his unusual, although not controversial, understanding of the personality, life, and circumstances of the death of the world famous cook.