In her latest cookbook,The Improvisational Cook, Sally Schneider offers advice on how to cook in a fun and spontaneous way, use the existing ingredients in your kitchen without (gasp!) a recipe.

I love recipes. Though I teach classes on improvisational cooking, I’m happy for the guidance recipes provide: They set us up with a collection of ingredients that go well together and teach us a bit ...

Today's recipe is a great example of improvisational cooking and making the best of what you have on hand. Pilfering through my freezer, I found a small chuck roast I stashed away in December. I ...

As she did in A New Way to Cook, Schneider offers an original, practical and well-executed plan for improvisational cooking—experimenting, cooking creatively, playing with ingredients and recipes, and ...