UNBLAND 2

UNBLAND 2: You Can't Unseason Dinner is for anyone who has ever made a dish too sweet, added a little too much heat, or tried to fix one problem only to create an entirely different one.

With humor, practical explanations, and zero culinary-school intimidation, Christina Slater takes a closer look at two ingredients in cooking's balancing act: sweetness and heat. From understanding why different sweeteners behave differently to figuring out why some heat hits immediately while other heat takes its sweet time, UNBLAND 2 focuses on learning how flavors behave-and what to do when they don't behave the way you expected.

Along the way, readers learn how cooking changes sweetness, why balancing a flavor isn't the same as diluting it, how to recognize different kinds of heat, and what actually helps when a dish gets away from you. The Game-Day Spread puts those lessons into practice with crowd-pleasing recipes, thoughtful substitutions, and explanations of what happens when you change an ingredient.

Approachable enough for someone still learning their way around the kitchen and useful enough for the experienced cook who wants more control over the finished dish, UNBLAND 2 is a standalone companion to UNBLAND: Beige Isn't a Flavor. No homework required. Start with whichever book your dinner needs.

Because sugar is an ingredient. Sweetness is an experience.

And you can't unseason dinner.