Book
Ferriss T. The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life. Boston: Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2012. 672 p.
Why we cite it
Uses cooking as a teaching domain for rapid skill acquisition and meta-learning. Unlike traditional cookbooks, it presents systematic approaches to meal preparation that minimize time and maximize results — recipes use four or fewer ingredients and take 5-20 minutes. Incorporates Slow-Carb Diet principles and batch cooking strategies relevant to the project's practical meal prep guidance.
About the author
Timothy Ferriss is the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and Tools of Titans. He holds a BA in East Asian Studies from Princeton University. He is the host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast (over one billion downloads) and an early-stage technology investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Shopify, Duolingo, and 50+ others). He is not a credentialed scientist or nutritionist — he positions himself as a self-experimenter and meta-learner who systematically deconstructs skills.
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