Open Kitchen: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings: A Cookbook

Author: SPUNGEN, SUSAN

Brand: AVERY

Color: White

Edition: Illustrated

Binding: hardcover

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 368

Release Date: 03-03-2020

Details: Product Description
As a professional recipe developer, avid home cook, and frequent hostess, Susan Spungen is devoted to creating perfectly simple recipes for good food. In Open Kitchen, she arms readers with elegant, must-make meal ideas that are easy to share and enjoy with friends and family. An open kitchen, whether physical or spiritual, is a place to welcome company, to enjoy togetherness and the making of a meal. This cookbook is full of contemporary, stylish, and accessible dishes that will delight and impress with less effort. From simple starters such as Burrata with Pickled Cherries and centerpieces such as Rosy Harissa Chicken, to desserts such as Roasted Strawberry-Basil Sherbet, the dishes are seasonal classics with a twist, vegetable-forward and always appealing. Filled with practical tips and Susan's "get-ahead" cooking philosophy that ensures streamlined, stress-free preparation, this cookbook encourages readers to open their kitchens to new flavors, menus, and guests. Perfect for occasions that call for simple but elevated comfort food, whether it's a relaxed gathering or a weeknight dinner, Open Kitchen shows readers how to maximize results with minimal effort for deeply satisfying, a little bit surprising, and delicious meals. It is a cookbook you'll reach for again and again.
Review
“
Open Kitchen is an exciting collection of beautiful recipes that are easy enough for weekday meals, but impressive enough for entertaining. From Cassoulet Toast (yes, please!) and a Stress-less Cheese Soufflé, to Crispy Semolina Potatoes and an entire chapter of desserts that I’m planning on baking my way through. Susan Spungen’s magnificent book celebrates freshness and takes familiar flavors in unexpected--and delicious--directions. It’s a must for anyone who loves to cook, bake...and of course, eat.”  --David Lebovitz, author of 
My Paris Kitchen and 
Drinking French
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Open Kitchen overflows with intuitive, crave-able cooking! Just like Susan Spungen herself, these recipes will lure you into the kitchen and have you chopping, roasting, and drizzling better than you ever knew you could. This is not just a book on how to make good food, it's a blueprint for how to cook with joy, confidence, and ease — from prep to presentation!” -Gail Simmons, food expert, TV host and author of 
Bringing It Home
About the Author
Susan Spungen is a cook, food stylist, recipe developer, and author. She was the food editor at
Martha Stewart Living from its founding in 1991 to 2003. She was the culinary consultant and food stylist on the feature films
Julie & Julia,
It's Complicated, and
Eat, Pray, Love. She is the author of
Recipes: A Collection for the Modern Cook,
What's a Hostess to Do?, and Short Stack Editions'
Strawberries. She also co-authored
Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres Handbook, which was a bestseller. Susan lives in New York City and East Hampton, NY.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
A few years ago, I came across the word sprezzatura. Not only did I love the way it sounded, I was intrigued by its translation, which, simply put, means “studied nonchalance.” It deeply resonated with me because that is what I always aim for when I cook— and espe-cially when having people over. I want my food to be deeply satisfying, a little special, a little surprising but not seem like it’s trying too hard. I want my friends to feel cared for and considered, but I don’t want them to feel bad, as if I went to too much trouble for them (sometimes people do!). So even though I may have put a considerable amount of work into preparing a meal, I want it to seem effortless and uncontrived but still elegant and a little undone, like a messy bun on a beautiful girl or a guy’s shirttail sticking out just so.

This idea translates to a kitchen strategy that involves breaking down my prep into stages, so I can spread it out over a day or two (or three) so that in the end it feels kind of nonch

EAN: 9780525536673

Package Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches

Languages: English