My sister introduced me to Deb Perelman's Smitten Kitchen cooking blog several years ago, and I've been a huge fan ever since! A self-taught home cook with two young children, Perelman's kitchen is of the tiny, New York- apartment variety, all of which make her a master of straightforward yet crowd-pleasing recipes requiring minimal fuss. This collection of more than 100 “
triumphant and unfussy new favorites” includes such delectable (and mostly vegetarian) dishes as spinach, mushroom, and goat cheese slab frittata; carrot salad with tahini, crisped chickpeas, and salted pistachios; cucumber yogurt gazpacho with mint, almonds, and grapes; dry-rub sweet potato steaks with green bean slaw; smoky sheet pan chicken with cauliflower; olive oil shortbread with rosemary and chocolate chunks; chocolate peanut butter icebox cake; and so many more! One bite and we think you'll be (yes, we'll say it)
smitten! (KG)