The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and Wisdom from an Obsessive Home Cook

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and Wisdom from an Obsessive Home CookThe ultimate Mother's Day gift for the home chef. The New York Times bestselling, IACP award winning cookbook (and a Cooking Light Top 100 Cookbook of the Last 25 Years) from the celebrated food blogger and founder of smittenkitchen. com. Deb Perelman loves to cook. She isn't a chef or a restaurant owner she's never even waitressed. Cooking in her tiny Manhattan kitchen was, at least at first, for special occasions and, too often, an unnecessarily

The ultimate Mother's Day gift for the home chef. The New York Times bestselling, IACP award-winning cookbook (and a Cooking Light Top 100 Cookbook of the Last 25 Years) from the celebrated food blogger and founder of smittenkitchen.com.

Deb Perelman loves to cook. She isn't a chef or a restaurant owner--she's never even waitressed. Cooking in her tiny Manhattan kitchen was, at least at first, for special occasions--and, too often, an unnecessarily daunting venture. Deb found herself overwhelmed by the number of recipes available to her. Have you ever searched for the perfect birthday cake on Google? You'll get more than three million results. Where do you start? What if you pick a recipe that's downright bad?

With the same warmth, candor, and can-do spirit her award-winning blog, Smitten Kitchen, is known for, here Deb presents more than 100 recipes--almost entirely new, plus a few favorites from the site--that guarantee delicious results every time.

Gorgeously illustrated with hundreds of her beautiful color photographs, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is all about approachable, uncompromised home cooking. Here you'll find better uses for your favorite vegetables: asparagus blanketing a pizza; ratatouille dressing up a sandwich; cauliflower masquerading as pesto. These are recipes you'll bookmark and use so often they become your own, recipes you'll slip to a friend who wants to impress her new in-laws, and recipes with simple ingredients that yield amazing results in a minimum amount of time.

Deb tells you her favorite summer cocktail; how to lose your fear of cooking for a crowd; and the essential items you need for your own kitchen. From salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and galettes; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe Cake, Deb knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 10/30/2012
ISBN: 9780307595652
Pages: 321
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 9.30h x 8.30w x 1.20d
Award: IACP Crystal Whisk Award - Winner

Review Citations: Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 80
Publishers Weekly 10/01/2012 pg. 91
Booklist 10/01/2012 pg. 25
Library Journal 10/15/2012 pg. 96
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2012 pg. 35
People Weekly 11/26/2012 pg. 60