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From New York Times Cooking contributor Yasmin Fahr comes a guide to tackling weeknight dinner, with simple, delicious recipes that suit the needs of even the busiest home cooks.
What's for dinner? It's a question we ask ourselves most nights--pressed for time or groceries, searching through the fridge for inspiration. Dinner can be a time to unwind and connect with family or friends, but it can also feel like a chore.
Recipe developer and cookbook author Yasmin Fahr gets it, and is here to help readers create nourishing meals even when real life seems to have other plans. In Cook Simply, Live Fully she offers 120 recipes for taking the grind out of dinnertime, with dishes that span the range of "too tired to chop vegetables" to "up for a challenge but please make it snappy."
Yasmin's approach is all about simplicity and flavor while keeping things nutritious and vegetable-forward. Cook Simply, Live Fully is organized into three progressive sections based on energy level and mood. Lap Dinners includes low effort/high reward hits such as Sheet Pan Asparagus with Tomatoes, Eggs, + Feta. Readers can take things up a notch in Coffee Table Dinners with satisfying dishes that require a little more prep work, like Roasted Chicken Thighs with Grapes, Feta + Mint. At the Dinner Table is for those days when time and energy are not at a premium, or when entertaining is on the menu, including Roasted Mustard Salmon with Hint-of-Mint Escarole Salad with a side of Blistered Olive + Asparagus Salad with Feta + Turmeric-Stained Onions (with suggested wine pairings!).
Yasmin's recipes are designed to teach readers how to become better, more intuitive cooks, and are open to creative substitutions (and some trial and error). Throughout, she shows readers how to transform the familiar by creating new pairings and flavor combinations that will inspire endless iterations--all while keeping prep and cleanup time to a minimum. An inviting, beautifully styled cookbook featuring 75 full-color photographs, Cook Simply, Live Fully is the answer to the most difficult question home cooks face every day, and is sure to become a trusted resource for years to come.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In this enticing outing, Fahr (Boards & Spreads) shares dozens of breezy weeknight dinners. She divides the recipes into three sections based on the reader's energy level and mood. "Lap dinners," which require minimal prep and are ready in 15-20 minutes, include miso salmon with broccolini and chipotle cumin black bean soup. "Coffee table dinners," which are slightly more time-consuming and require some rudimentary knife skills, kick things up a notch, with dishes such as Spanish-style olive oil--poached fish and one-pot lemony cumin chicken with rice and feta. When readers are feeling more enthusiastic, they can refer to the "at the dinner table" section, where they'll find vinegary pork chops with parmesan white beans, sheet pan Mediterranean nachos, and other more involved fare. Fahr's bubbly personality shines through in her fun introductions to each recipe ("For a long time, I was very anti-fruit-in-savory foods, but I was wrong," she writes of the sheet pan citrus-ginger chicken with stone fruits), and her casually written instructions are easy to follow. (To make croutons, "tear or cut the bread into bite-size pieces, asking yourself, could I comfortably take a bite of this if it were on my plate?") Home cooks of all levels will find many ideas to freshen up their routines. Agent: Kari Stuart, Creative Artists Agency. (Apr.)
Library Journal Review
Fahr, author of Keeping It Simple and a contributor to the New York Times cooking section, wants to help all those readers who are tired of trying to decide what's for dinner. She gathers together over 100 recipes in her fabulous new cookbook, which is divided into fun chapters focusing on how much energy and motivation cooks have at the moment. Whether readers are tired and have only 15 to 20 minutes to fix something to eat or if they're feeling great and have 30 minutes or more to putter around the kitchen, Fahr has everyone covered with dishes such as pan con tomate with jamon, simple cheesy pasta (with lots of possibilities), and sausage meatballs with halloumi and tomatoes. Her easy, breezy writing style and a road map-like culinary philosophy--detours and short cuts are allowed--are the perfect delivery vehicle for her simple yet flavorful dishes. A useful wine-pairing chart, tips on essential tools and ingredients, and a smattering of essays on topics such as polenta and chicken dinners round things out. VERDICT Newly minted and old-hand cooks alike will find Fahr's joy in cooking and life to be both infectious and inspiring.--John Charles