cook with me alex guarnaschelli signed copy

What’s not to love? The recipes are comforting-and daughter-approved!” -Carla Hall, celebrity chef and author In Cook with Me, every dish has an aha moment of unexpected flavor and texture. destined to become instant classics in anyone’s kitchen, including mine.” -Bobby Flay, chef I’m placing this one right on my kitchen shelf at home just for the Spatchcocked Chicken and Slow Cooker Brownies alone. Alex has the best food vocabulary in the game, and now those words come to life in her book Cook with Me. “Alex Guarnaschelli is one of the best cooks I know. These recipes reflect the power that food has to bring people together and is a testament to the importance of sustaining traditions and creating new ones. From meatballs two ways (are you a Godfather or a Goodfellas person?) to the blueberry crumble her mom made every summer, Alex shares recipes and insights that can come only from generations of collective experience. In Cook with Me, Alex revives the recipes she grew up with, such as her mom’s chicken with barbecue sauce and her dad’s steamed pork dumplings, offers recipes for foods that she wishes she grew up with, such as comforting and cheesy baked ziti, and details dishes new to her repertoire, including sheet pan pork chops with spicy Brussels sprouts and a roasted sweet potato salad with honey and toasted pumpkin seeds. Now, with a daughter of her own, food and cooking mean even more to Alex-they are a way for her to share memories, such as shopping in Little Italy with her father for cured meats and aged cheeses, and tasting the recipes her mom would make from the cookbooks of the iconic authors she worked with.Īnd, more than anything, cooking is what Alex and her daughter, Ava, most love to do together. Growing up with a legendary cookbook-editor mother and a food-obsessed father, Alex Guarnaschelli has always loved to cook. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND FOOD NETWORK “Each recipe overflows with love and purpose, technique and soul, and, most of all, genuine joy for nourishing the people in your life who matter most.”-Gail Simmons, food expert, TV host, and author of Bringing it Home

Through 150 decadent and smart recipes, the Food Network icon explores how the relationships with her family have shaped her as a chef and home cook.

Cook with me alex guarnaschelli signed copy