May 1, 2021
As the title implies, James Beard Award-winning Bastianich's Lidia's a Pot, a Pan, and a Bowl will get you cooking Italian with just a few ingredients and a few utensils (skillet lasagna, anyone?). Baking with Dorie--the dream of every fan of five-time James Beard award winner Greenspan--offers more than 150 recipes that include twisty classics like a s'mores ice cream cake (60,000-copy first printing). Even if you're new to Mexican food (really?), you'll want to investigate Pati Jinich Treasures of the Mexican Table; Epicurious and Bon App�tit have named her one of the "100 Greatest Cooks of All-Time" (40,000-copy first printing). A three-Michelin-star chef with millions of social media and television fans and over 34 restaurants worldwide, Ramsay shows you how to do Dinner in 10--no more than ten minutes to prep and ten minutes to cook. During the pandemic, Ray broadcast her cooking show not from her New York City television studio but from her home kitchen in upstate New York; This Must Be the Place plays off her shelter-in-place experience with 125 homey recipes and personal essays on coping.
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September 20, 2021
Emmy Award–winning TV host Ray (Rachael Ray 50) gets personal with enticing recipes and stories from her home. When the 2020 pandemic forced people around the world to hunker down indoors, Ray’s only choice was to “let the world into my most private space, and record our show from my home.” Out of that time came some delicious recipes, but also the devastation of losing her home in upstate New York that summer to a fire. “This book,” she writes, “offers dispatches from what felt like the edge of reality.” Luckily for readers, there’s plenty of comfort to be found in Ray’s lighthearted stories—from moving into the guesthouse to enjoying Zoom “cook-alongs” with friends—and resourceful recipes: “What can you do with canned tuna or beans?” she asks. “The answer is, lots and lots!” Among the star dishes are popcorn chicken with white cheddar popcorn (perfect for a date with the couch), eggplant schnitzel with whipped honey, and halibut with creole sauce. Peppered in are helpful notes, prep hacks (to halve the cherry tomatoes for her steak niçoise in bulk, she slices a cup of them at a time laid out between two deli cup lids), “foodles” featuring recipes charmingly illustrated by Ray, and cocktail recipes (including a “filthy, dirty martini”) by her husband, John. Fans are in for a real treat. Agent: Celeste Fine, Park & Fine Literary.