num_pages: 336
description: The long-awaited cookbook by Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchenhome cook mom photographer and celebrated food blogger.Deb Perelman loves to cook. Its as simple as that. She isnt a chef or a restaurant ownershes never even waitressed. Cooking in her tiny Manhattan kitchen was at least at first for special occasionsand 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? Youll get more than three million results. How do you choose? Where do you start? What if you pick a recipe thats downright bad?So Deb founded her award-winning blog smittenkitchen.com on the premise that cooking should be a pleasure and that the results of your labor canand should bedelicious...every time. Deb is a firm believer that there are no bad cooks just bad recipes. She has dedicated herself to finding the best of the best and adapting them for the everyday cookthe ones with little time to spare little money to burn on unpronounceable ingredients and little help in the kitchen. And now with the same warmth candor and can-do spirit her blog is known for Deb presents her first cookbookmore than 100 new recipes plus a few favorites from her site all gorgeously illustrated with hundreds of Debs beautiful color photographs.The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is all about approachable uncompromised home cooking: stepped-up comfort foods stewy dishes for windy winter afternoons an apple cake that will answer all questions: What should my new signature dessert be? What is always welcome at a potluck? What did Deb consume almost single-handedly a week after having a baby? These are the recipes you bookmark and use so often they become your own; recipes you 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 how to host a brunch and still sleep inplus what to make for it!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 pizzas; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Pancetta White Bean and Swiss Chard Pot Pies; from Buttered Popcorn Cookies to Chocolate Hazelnut Layer Cake Deb knows just the thing for a Tuesday night or your most special occasion.
language: English
title: The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and Wisdom from an Obsessive Home Cook
publisher: Knopf