YOU SAID:
Gotta do the cooking by the book
INTO JAPANESE
本で料理をしなければならない
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I have to cook with books
INTO JAPANESE
私は本で料理をしなければならない
BACK INTO ENGLISH
i have to cook with a book
INTO JAPANESE
私は本で料理をしなければならない
BACK INTO ENGLISH
i have to cook with a book
That didn't even make that much sense in English.