Everyday deliciousness you can cook anywhere

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook

The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is about deliciousness ... every time.

Discover everyday deliciousness with The Smitten Kitchen Cook Book. 
 
You don't need to be a chef 
You don't need special ingredients 
You don't even need a big kitchen 
 
From a half-galley kitchen in New York with just a single counter, a tiny stove, and pans stacked high in the corner, Deb Perelman has conjured up a delicious array of stews and slaws, salsas and pestos, tatins and cheesecakes. All to-die-for. And now you can too. 
 
Deb is an ordinary home cook who believes food should be a pleasure and deliciousness a guarantee. So she founded www.smittenkitchen.com, her award-winning blog, where she concocts, tweaks and obsessively tests the best imaginable recipes for the everyday cook. 
 
These are recipes you'll bookmark, share, and make your own, whether it is Courgette Ribbons with Almond Pesto for a summer lunch, Everyday Margherita Pizza for the family, Seared Halibut with Gazpacho Salsa for a weekend dinner, or Tiny But Intense Chocolate Cake for a special treat. 
 
'Utterly scrumptious. It's the kind of food you want to eat at home every weekend' Yotam Ottolenghi

Utterly scrumptious. It's the kind of food you want to eat at home every weekend

I'm a longtime fan of the blog and this is a wonderful cookbook

Approachable but exciting recipes that you’ll return to again and again

Her  food is creative, her writing chatty and discursive, and the sheer delight she takes in cooking things which  work and give pleasure shines through on every page... Her attention to  detail, partly a response to pernickety questions from readers seeking  advice and clarification on her recipes, make her the perfect partner to hand-hold even the most bashful kitchen  novice

Smitten Kitchen reads like a conversation with a witty friend who can recommend the perfect nosh for any occasion

The next best thing to having your own savvy New York Jewish friend

To resounding foodie cheers, Deb Perelman’s toothsome family recipes, all tested in her titchy Manhattan kitchenette, have finally made it from her blog to a glossy hardback

Her style is friendly and personal... Delicious new ideas, with the baking a particular highlight

Home  cooking levelled up by someone who really loves and understands food,  and it’s all captured beautifully thanks to her photography expertise…I always think it’s a good sign when  I flick through a new cook book and immediately earmark about 90% of  the recipes as ‘must make soon’, and even better to find I already have  the ingredients for several of them in the house already! It’s the kind of book that I will find myself reaching  for midweek inspiration as well as for ‘occasion’ cooking. Needless to  say, I highly recommend it to everyone

The photography is pretty and untricksy. Perelman's writing style is natural and confident and you will feel in safe hands cooking from this book

It's  been a long time coming for a cookbook to emerge from the author's small New York  kitchen. Has it been worth the wait? Unequivocally, yes! Deb's recipes  continue to amaze and surprise me. She's a home cook with a huge talent  for changing the complexion of ordinary ingredients with a smattering of black sesame seeds or dried cranberries; she tweaks  in all the right places

Simple, honest  and entirely delicious… It’s a great book, if like me and many home  cooks, you have a tiny kitchen and limited resources then this is  perfect for you. It’s simple, unashamed home cooking and utterly  marvellous for that

Save money by knocking together a recipe from food blogger Deb Perelman’s new book… The New York breakfast casserole made with chopped bagels sounds weird but tastes amazing

Every recipe is best served in good company

There’s something reassuring in knowing that Perelman has cooked every single dish in this book

Deb’s approach is deliciously practical

Deliciously fuss-free and features a range of recipes that won’t terrify you with their fiddliness… For food that’s homely, fun and not even a tiny bit pretentious, make this cookbook your friend

Every single recipe works a treat, having been tested numerous times by Debs. Lovely writing style, clear photos, great food

Deb Perelman has become a source of inspiration across the foodie blogosphere with her classy comfort food, beautiful photography and step-by-step guides

We are positively drooling over each and every page

You know she’ll have the recipe you need, and you know it’ll be perfect. Here is a voice to trust in the kitchen, and one bound to make you giggle as you cook

Deb Perelman is a self-taught home cook and photographer; and the creator of SmittenKitchen.com, an award-winning blog with a focus on stepped-up home cooking through unfussy ingredients. In previous iterations of her so-called career, she’s been a record store shift supervisor, a scrawler of “happy birthday” on bakery cakes, an art therapist, and a technology reporter. She likes her current gig—the one where she wakes up and cooks whatever she feels like that day—the best. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is her first book. Deb lives in New York City with her husband and delicious baby son.

You don't need to be a chef, you don't need special ingredients, you don't even need a big kitchen. Discover every day deliciousness with The Smitten Kitchen Cook Book. 
 
 
There is a half-galley kitchen in New York with just a single counter, a tiny stove, pans stacked high in the corner - yet it has conjured up stews and slaws, salsas and pestos, tatins and cheesecakes. All to-die-for. 
 
This is Deb Perelman's kitchen. Deb is an ordinary home cook who believes food should be a pleasure and deliciousness a guarantee. So she founded www.smittenkitchen.com, her award-winning blog, where she concocts, tweaks and obsessively tests the best imaginable recipes for the everyday cook. 
 
These are recipes you'll bookmark, share, and make your own, whether it is Courgette Ribbons with Almond Pesto for a summer lunch, Everyday Margherita Pizza for the family, Seared Halibut with Gazpacho Salsa for a weekend dinner, or Tiny But Intense Chocolate Cake for a special treat. 
 
'I'm a longtime fan of the blog and this is a wonderful cookbook' Rachel Khoo, Little Paris Kitchen

Deb Perelman

Perelman's recipes are as unfussy as they are reliably delicious... this is the kind of book you could easily cook out of for a month straight without tiring of it. Recipes that are ingeniously creative but so accessible

A joyous cookbook, filled with delectable creative possibilities for every meal. Perelman's latest is packed with tempting, well-written recipes that promise delicious meals for the whole family

Perelman showcases her friendly writing; her approach to perfecting and inventing foolproof recipes; and her self-effacing charm. This is one to enjoy cover to cover

Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites

'Recipes that are ingeniously creative but so accessible' Eater 
 
Featuring over 100 real recipes for real people, Smitten Kitchen Everyday is perfect for people who want to find joy in cooking. 
 
 Deb Perelman, award-winning blogger and New York Times best-selling author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, understands that a happy discovery in the kitchen has the ability to completely change the course of your day. Whether we're cooking for ourselves, for a date night in, for a Sunday supper with friends, or for family on a busy weeknight, we all want recipes that are unfussy to make with triumphant results. 
 
 Deb thinks that cooking should be an escape from drudgery. Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favourites presents more than one hundred impossible-to-resist recipes. These are recipes for people with busy lives who don't want to sacrifice flavour or quality to eat meals they're really excited about. 
 
 You'll want to put these recipes in your Forever Files: Sticky Toffee Waffles, Everything Drop Biscuits with Cream Cheese, and Magical Two-Ingredient Oat Brittle, There's a Kale Caesar with Broken Eggs and Crushed Croutons, a Mango Apple Ceviche with Sunflower Seeds, and a Grandma-Style Chicken Noodle Soup that fixes everything. You can make Leek, Feta, and Greens Spiral Pie, crunchy Brussels and heavenly Three Cheese Pasta Bake. 
 
 Smitten Kitchen Every Day is filled with what are sure to be your new favourite things to cook.

Deb Perelman

Praise for Smitten Kitchen Every Day

Perelman's recipes are as unfussy as they are reliably delicious... this is the kind of book you could easily cook out of for a month straight without tiring of it. Recipes that are ingeniously creative but so acces ...

A joyous cookbook, filled with delectable creative possibilities for every meal. Perelman's latest is packed with tempting, well-written recipes that promise delicious meals for the whole family

Perelman showcases her friendly writing; her approach to perfecting and inventing foolproof recipes; and her self-effacing charm. This is one to enjoy cover to cover

Perelman's recipes are as unfussy as they are reliably delicious... this is the kind of book you could easily cook out of for a month straight without tiring of it. Recipes that are ingeniously creative but so acces ...

A joyous cookbook, filled with delectable creative possibilities for every meal. Perelman's latest is packed with tempting, well-written recipes that promise delicious meals for the whole family

Perelman showcases her friendly writing; her approach to perfecting and inventing foolproof recipes; and her self-effacing charm. This is one to enjoy cover to cover

Perelman's recipes are as unfussy as they are reliably delicious... this is the kind of book you could easily cook out of for a month straight without tiring of it. Recipes that are ingeniously creative but so acces ...

A joyous cookbook, filled with delectable creative possibilities for every meal. Perelman's latest is packed with tempting, well-written recipes that promise delicious meals for the whole family

Perelman showcases her friendly writing; her approach to perfecting and inventing foolproof recipes; and her self-effacing charm. This is one to enjoy cover to cover

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