num_pages: 336
description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  Americas favorite self-taught cook opens up about the most memorable moments of her life in this candid memoir-inspired cookbook featuring 125 all-new recipes.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED AND FOOD NETWORKNo matter the recipe each of us changes a dish by our own preparation of it. Its the same with storiesonce you put them out there readers get to interpret them and be affected by them as they will. Ultimately its my hope that this book leaves the reader with that quiet smile we all get after we eat a favorite comfort food. Basically Im going for the afterglow of a big bowl of spaghetti. from the IntroductionAs her fiftieth birthday approached the woman who taught America how to get dinner on the table fast started thinking not just about what to cook that night but how her passion for food and feeding people had developed over her first fifty years.Filled with twenty-five thoughtful essays and 125 delicious recipes Rachael Ray 50 reads like a memoir and a cookbook at once. Captured here are the moments and dishes Rachael finds most special the ones she makes in her own home and that you wont find on her television shows or in her magazine. Here are the memories that made her laugh out loud or made her teary. The result is a collection that offers the perfect blend of kitchen and life wisdom including thoughts on how we can all better serve the world and one another.Also featured within these pages are gorgeous food photography personal photos and Rachaels own hand-drawn illustrations offering a revealing and intimate glimpse into her world and her every day inspiration.
language: English
title: Rachael Ray 50: Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life
publisher: Ballantine Books