DEB PERELMAN is a self-taught home cook and photographer and the creator of the award-winning blog SmittenKitchen.com. She lives in New York City with her husband and their children.
NAMED AMAZON'S BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
A BON APPETIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
"Deb Perelman has gained a devoted following with her blog, Smitten
Kitchen, where she shares rigorously tested recipes written with
warmth and wit. For her third book, Perelman collects 100
“keepers,” recipes that are guaranteed to be hits whether you’re
making it the first or 50th time—recipes like slow-roasted chicken
on schmaltzy croutons, perfect spaghetti and meatballs and
chocolate peanut butter cup cookies." --Forbes' Vetted (The
Best Cookbooks Publishing in 2022)
"In an industry that often hypes what's new, it’s refreshing to see
equal attention paid to the familiar. If there’s one person to rely
on for tried-and-tested recipes, it’s Deb Perelman, who has been
running her blog, Smitten Kitchen, for 16 years. The essence of her
latest cookbook is about repetition—recipes that she’s made time
and time again, each time with a new improvement, so that they may
make their way into your forever files. This collection features
those almost-perfect dishes, peppered with Perelman’s inviting
energy." --Jessica Sulima, Thrillist
"For her third cookbook, Perelman has taken the wisdom she has
accumulated in the 16 years since she created Smitten Kitchen and
funneled it into “keepers,” i.e., recipes deserving of a place in
her “forever files” and yours. That means, for example, a towering
broccoli cheddar quiche baked in a springform pan, deli pickle
potato salad that makes smart use of both pickles and brine, and
chocolate peanut butter cup cookies that I can personally attest
merit the “keeper” designation. Perelman, as is her wont, employs
her trademark warmth and humor as she shepherds you from breakfast
to dessert and beyond, making this both a fun and practical
read." --Rebecca Flint Marx, Eater
"Recipes become regulars when they're fast, reliable, and
deliciously worth the effort. In her third book, Smitten Kitchen
founder Deb Perelman offers 100 recipes for oft-requested favorites
like a fuss-free lemon poppy seed cake and “an epic quiche” sure to
become some of the last you'll ever need to
learn." --Jacqueline Raposo, Epicurious
"Keeper recipes should bring chefs joy, writes Smitten Kitchen
blogger Perelman (Smitten Kitchen Everyday) in this fuss-free
collection that aims to make “food more reliably delicious.” Those
on offer here cover a range of options, from weeknight fare to more
elaborate offerings, and easily earn their place in home cooks’
“forever” files. Salad options pack some surprises, as in a deli
pickle potato salad that can be kept in the fridge for up to four
days. Filling, meat-centric dinners include cabbage and kielbasa
with rye croutons, roasted lemon chicken wings, and turkey
meatloaf, which is topped off with a glaze of ketchup, molasses,
apple cider vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce. Perelman excels at
tricking out vegetables to create such appetizing dishes as charred
salt and vinegar cabbage with butter and garlic, and a spiced
winter squash soup with red onion crisp. The desserts are
standouts, among them brownielike chocolate peanut butter cup
cookies, thick molasses spice cookies, brown butter carrot cake,
and crumb pie bars...Perelman’s mastery of culinary magic is
evident on every page, and the recipes are clearly the work of
someone who knows what she is doing in the kitchen. Practical and
versatile, this is a boon to home cooks." --Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
"Every cookbook creator makes a dish again and again so that we
don't have to, and Perelman ( Smitten Kitchen Every Day, 2017) just
seems to have more fun doing so. With us strangers in mind...she
shares recipes that withstand the most important test: folks will
actually want to make and eat them over and over. For breakfast, a
bodega-style fried-egg sandwich can be yours in three minutes, and
a salad-topped frittata cooks entirely in the oven. Vegetables get
their own chapters, organized by size...Meat dishes are balanced
and homey, like a skillet-chicken parmesan that promises crispiness
and sauciness and fail-safe, 10-ingredient pulled pork.
Repeat-worthy cookies and unfussy cakes fill out the sweets chapter
before Perelman invites readers to host more parties with a tight
edit of crowd-pleasing drinks (alcoholic and non) and snacks.
There's a reason readers are still smitten, and this ode to
"Weeknight Greatness" confirms it." --Annie Bostrom, Booklist
(starred review)
"In her third cookbook, Perelman returns with a gathering
of the best versions of her key dishes—recipes that she has tested,
trialed, and tweaked until they became what she wants her kids and
readers to learn by heart and cook with delight...The book is a joy
to read, with Perelman’s confiding, cheering voice showcased
in short prefaces and recipe notes. She writes as if she were
dashing off a recipe on a napkin for her best friend, while at the
same time telling them what to do to really make it work. It is
pure pleasure. The book covers breakfasts
(which Perelman says are good at any time of day),
salads, soups, vegetables, meats, sweets, and even a few drinks.
Vegetarians and gluten-free eaters will find plenty of options and
can adapt many of the other recipes...Essential for all
collections. The cookbook, like the recipes it shares, is a
keeper." --Neal Wyatt, Library Journal (starred review)
"Given Perelman’s dedication to recipe testing and her fuss-free
mentality, it’s no surprise that many consider her latest book her
best. Perelman has also solidified herself as the ultimate “keeper”
with Smitten Kitchen Keepers." --Georgia
Johnson, Good Times
Praise for Deb Perelman and Smitten Kitchen
“Smitten Kitchen is not just a food blog: it is the food blog.”
--The New Yorker
“This is the kind of book you could easily cook out of for a month
straight without tiring of it . . . And really, that’s the Smitten
Kitchen magic: recipes that are ingeniously creative but so
accessible that they leave you thinking, ‘Why the hell didn’t I
think of that?’” --Eater
“No one delivers recipes inspired by equal parts curiosity and
appetite quite like Smitten Kitchen’s Deb Perelman.”
--Epicurious
“A tremendously appealing collection of recipes whose headnotes
strike chord after rousing chord.” --Food52
“A joy to read . . . Prepare to be seduced.” --Los Angeles Times
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