101+ recipes with easy-to-follow instructions for frying and sauteing steaks, fish, and other foods in a skillet-all delivered with A. D. Livingston's signature wit.

Frying and sautéing steaks, fish, and other foods in a skillet may look like a simple procedure, but in fact it's a hands-on, special kind of cooking-one in which success often depends more on technique, skill, and tender-loving care than on a complicated recipe with a long list of ingredients. In The Curmudgeon's Book of Skillet Cooking, A. D. Livingston demonstrates that if you enjoy good eating and take pleasure in your cooking, a skillet may be the only pan you need. This book is ideal for both indoor and outdoor chefs, with complete, easy-to-follow cooking instructions for such treats as Sumac Trout, Cross Creek Crackling Bread, Versatile Venison Burgers, Steaks Cognac, and Sopchoppy Pancakes.