Maybe worth some practical experiments (with sufficient heigh to recover by 3000ft of course!).
But come to think of it, as a PPL student I was always told to set power and modify the speed of the aircraft with elevator. I think it's the SECONDARY effect of doing this which concerns the vertical profile aircraft, so then you have to play with the power more. So thinking back to basics, it is pitch for speed, power for vertical speed.
Picture this, you where 50ft above the ground and entered a full developed stall i.e buffeting/falling out sky. What would you do first? An autonomous reaction from your subconcious mind may think "ahh! ground! stall! pull back!" but it should be infact be pitch forard and then power? It's weird! I like to stick to the idea that they before work nicely together, and I almost always do power/pitch together.