How to feed people at the exhausted end of the day

A book titled "Reality-Check Cooking" will grab the attention of a host of stressed cooks, with its implied promise of recipes for the real, workaday world.

The book exists, a team effort written for a good cause by Claudia Drumheller-Tomkiel and Julie Drumheller-Bushinski, who cheerily dub themselves "Two Crazed Sisters."

They say the spirit of the book is, "Let's have a good time making some good food, and let's have enough time left over to actually get some sleep!"

Both are married professional women, and with something else in common. "Somewhere along the line we discovered that we both had medical conditions which have fatigue as a major symptom,, they say. Claudia has fibromyalgia and Julie has multiple sclerosis.

They are selling their self-published book for $10, and will donate $3 from the sale of every book to the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation to support research.

They say they want their book to pass on what they had to work out for themselves: how to cut corners and cheat a little to continue with their lives and their love of the kitchen. The book's recipe groups include one-pot meals, easy dinner ideas, no-fail sweets and bake-sale items.

The book is available by mail order from Two Crazed Sisters, 644 Yorkshire Drive, Carlisle, Penn. 17013 ($10 plus $3.50 mailing cost), or on the Net at www.twocrazedsisters. com.