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its crazy to give a cookbook five but I dont care, I already have a strong girl crush going from the BA podcasts and videos, and in this lovely book Carla just continues to be her funny and smart self while educating people about food and providing good shopping and cooking advice.
The technique part at the front especially instills confidence, like “whoa, I might actually be able to do this.
” And not like “do a recipe,” but “transfer the understanding of cooking one thing to cooking some other thing.
” I love Carla! This James Beard awardwinning book lives up to its title, Reading about Carla's meal preparation methodology is a glimpse into the mind of an uncomplicated master, Her routine of shopping small and getting inspired by fresh market ingredients makes planning dinner exciting, I especially appreciate the flexibility ingrained in Partsand, The "Dozen to " spread for each technique introduced in "Salt and Pepper Cooking" made me feel confident enough to cook any piece of produce before stepping foot in the kitchen.
And later, the "Spin It" section of each ingredient list makes every recipe highly accessible,

My only gripe: Carla's onlineshopping strategy that she continuously insists on feels more costly and wasteful in terms of packaging/delivery than I'd like.
Likewise, her some of her staple ingredients get expensive for a good reason, but still,.stars. I checked this out from my library and immediately purchased it for myself, I like to put tabs and notes in my cookbooks so I had to have it on my shelf since there were so many recipes I wanted to try.
The recipes are, as marketed, laidback, streamlined, and delicious, I LOVE the spinit idea with tons of substitutions for each recipe that is the way I like to cook on my terms, not beholden to a recipe.
The photos are great, techniques approachable, and ingredients easily sourced, My only fault is that, living in the midwest, I don't have the access to fabulous farmer's markets yearround that she recommends to initiate recipeinspiration, thus I am frequently stuck with crap supermarket produce or bulk Costco produce.
Nevertheless the recipes still work out just fine, I also don't buy my dry goods online or agree that MSG is an essential home spice but this is easily overlooked and nonessential to the use to this book.
I was not initially impressed with this one, but it grew on me as I read it.
I'm not a novice cook, so most of the intro did not apply, Then I was thrown off by a lot of odd "high end" that few novices would likely start with.
But at some point the simpler recipes won me overCosmo's Power Pancakes, RackRoasted Chicken, Caprese Mac and Cheeseand I love the author's voice, lively and conversational.
A note on how I review cookbooks: I review for ease of use, aesthetic pleasure, and general value as a resource.
I have not yet tried the recipes or techniques given in these pages,

This book blows me away, It is positively beautiful. Don't read it while you're hungry or you might make a multidish feast fordespite you yourself being single.


The book takes the reader through various cooking techniques such as panroasting, slow roasting, and confit cooking through a series of vivid stepbystep photos.
After each photo tutorial, there are a collection of recipes that help the cook master the new technique.
Each looks mouthwatering. I believe this book will be of great value to the novice cook, and I am excited to get cooking!! I came cross Carla's videos from the BA Test Kitchen in lateso, before the reckoning that's now upended the channel and led to her halting her contract with CNE and always appreciated her warmth, wit, and humble expertise as she coached the viewers, as well as celebrities with their backs to her, on different recipes.
Spurred by the channel, I started to take more interest in cooking myself, and opted for her book to start off my collection, which I think will prove to be an excellent choice.


Reading through it, Carla's friendly personality and familial orientation comes through surprisingly clearly, without it ever feeling hokey or gimmicky.
This isn't a book about her or her brand, it's decidedly about the food and how to cook it, but it was nice to see her uniqueness still shine through.
If I'm honest, I'm not entirely sold on her philosophical approach to shopping which is essentially to shop often and small, letting the ingredients available catch your eye and inspire your meal, largely because I've spent the pastyears without a car or an affordable market in walking distance, so big bulk trips have been my MO to get by.
However, that's borne out of practicality and a desire to streamline my shopping, so I can totally see the merits of her take and now that I own a car I'm curious to try adopting them more.


As a more reticent culinary beginner, I will say that a number of the recipes here feel a bit intimidating, but there are still plenty that I'm eager and excited to try right away! And, in fact, that feels like one of its strengths as I

grow more comfortable with more challenging or expensive ingredients, I'll look forward to returning to this book over time and adding more and more of its recipes to my repertoire.
Also, the photography is really gorgeous, which if we're being honest is a huge draw to cookbooks! This was a brilliant, gorgeous book! Lieflat binding and a photo for every recipe, plus so many truly delicious recipes! There's a solid section at the beginning going over cooking techniques and really breaking down the building blocks of cookinggreat for newer cooks or those who don't stray away from the familiar, but I personally just skimmed through this section as it was pretty much all familiar to me.
The recipes themselves are really interesting and a ton of them caught my eyeI actually realized when going through that I've made versions of several of these recipes already that had shown up as inspiration for various food bloggers I follow.
Lots of variety, including many vegetarian options, Definitely a cookbook I loved and would recommend! I love Carla Lalli Music on the Bon Appetit channel on youtube.
She can convince you to try and love almost anything, She has this amazing, bright, supportive and encouraging presence about her which you can see in back to back kitchen episodes and that same personality comes through in her book.
All of the recipes seem both doable and delicious and in many cases, endlessly riffable, I had initially checked this out from the library, but after paging through I immediately put in an order for my own copy.
I can't wait to get started cooking my way through every recipe in the book, Nice layout but the recipes didn't enthuse me, .