A review by thejourneyofmybooks
Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over by Alison Roman

3.0

I'm a fan of Alison Roman from her Instagram and watching her Bon Appettit YouTube and her New York Times column, but I had never read any of her cookbooks, so I decided to start with this one. I like her personable writing style, it was like talking to a witty, sarcastic, attentive friend who good at hosting parties and can sense when you need a refill on your natural orange wine. That being said, even though the book title is called "Nothing Fancy", um a good chunk of the recipes are kinda fancy (which she admittedly acknowledges in some of the recipes). For the recipes that aren't "fancy", even though they're simple, they're pretty pedestrian.

Also, this book is tailored to her personality so you have to be on board with her brand to want to attempt a lot of these recipes. She is extremely opinionated about a lot of food products and she lets it be known, which I enjoyed reading. I found myself only finding a few recipes from this book that I wanted to try.