This book has a solid plastic cover. It is also easy to find a way to bypass it. And busy people should pay attention to this! Tell you how long it takes to get ready. Many of us like cooking, but we never have much time to do it. Helen Frye's new book Simple Cooking is specially written for busy people. There are more than 65,438+0,000 recipes in the book, from gazpacho to Swiss chowder. This book is well written, and the photos and drawings in it are very clear. This book has a very hard plastic package (just like in the previous Simple Clothes and Simple Gardening). You can find it easily. Busy people should see this! Mrs Frye will tell you how long it takes to prepare each dish!