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Presents instructions and recipes, for both novice and expert cook, for creating flavorful meals at home.

From Bravo’s Top Chef All-Stars winner Richard Blais comes his very cool debut cookbook for home cooks looking to up their game with more excitement in the kitchen. This is accessible and fun, and includes the signature recipes, flavor combinations, and cooking techniques that have made him such a popular chef. A new way to make a dish is always on Richard Blais’s mind. He has a wildly creative approach—whether it’s adding coffee to his butter, which he serves with pancakes; incorporating the flavors of pastrami into mustard; making cannelloni out of squid; microwaving apple sauce for his pork chops; or cooking lamb shanks in root beer. In his debut cookbook, with equal degrees of enthusiasm and humor, he shares 125 delicious recipes that are full of surprise and flavor. Plus there are 25 variations to add more adventure to your cooking—such as making cheese foam for your burger or mashed sous vide peas to serve alongside your entrée. Dive into an exploration of your kitchen for both creativity and enjoyment. Now try this at home!

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry tells the inspiring story of how she helped nine others find their inner cook. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, writer Kathleen Flinn returned with no idea what to do next, until one day at a supermarket she watched a woman loading her cart with ultraprocessed foods. Flinn's "chefternal" instinct kicked in: she persuaded the stranger to reload with fresh foods, offering her simple recipes for healthy, easy meals. The Kitchen Counter Cooking School includes practical, healthy tips that boost readers' culinary self-confidence, and strategies to get the most from their grocery dollar, and simple recipes that get readers cooking.

A popular food blogger recounts her experiences attending culinary school and chasing her dreams in this charming memoir. What do you do when you’ve just graduated from college and aren’t sure what your next step should be? The writer behind the blog Eat, Live, Run, Jenna Weber turned to culinary school—but to become a food writer, not a chef. Jenna’s heartwarming memoir follows her ups-and-downs as she confronts the rigors of training, gets her first job, deals with a family crisis, and finds herself in a love affair. Praise for White Jacket Required “A flavor-filled account of one young woman’s stubborn quest to make her life match her dreams. I dare you to read this book without salivating.” —Rolf Potts, author of Vagabonding and Marco Polo Didn’t Go There “Delicious and inspiring, Jenna Weber’s White Jacket Required is for anyone who loves food, finds comfort in the kitchen, or dares to follow her dreams.” —Sarah Jio, author of Blackberry Winter

Discover all the essential kitchen skills for cooking with vegetables—chop shallots, peel and seed vegetables, clean mushrooms, master the brunoise dice cut, turn an artichoke—more than 45 culinary techniques are explained in over 150 step-by-step illustrated instructions. Prepare 80 simple and sophisticated flexitarian recipes— including Savory Cheesecake with Multicolored Tomatoes, Belgian Endive and Ham Soufflé, Kohlrabi Tagine with Dried Fruits, and Pont-Neuf Potatoes with Piquillo Ketchup— to brighten your meals and delight your dinner guests.

"...engaging, intelligent, and surprisingly suspenseful." —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love The unforgettable New York Times best-selling journey of self-discovery and finding one's true calling in life Kathleen Flinn was a thirty-six-year-old middle manager trapped on the corporate ladder - until her boss eliminated her job. Instead of sulking, she took the opportunity to check out of the rat race for good - cashing in her savings, moving to Paris, and landing a spot at the venerable Le Cordon Blue cooking school. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry is the funny and inspiring account of her struggle in a stew of hot-tempered, chefs, competitive classmates, her own "wretchedly inadequate" French - and how she mastered the basics of French cuisine. Filled with rich, sensual details of her time in the kitchen - the ingredients, cooking techniques, wine, and more than two dozen recipes - and the vibrant sights and sounds of the markets, shops, and avenues of Paris, it is also a journey of self-discovery, transformation, and, ultimately, love.