whitmc 's review for:

Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites by Deb Perelman

5.0

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Read this cover to cover after my mom mailed it to me. I have been cooking from Smitten Kitchen for a decade, and so many of Deb's recipes are part of my standard catalogue that I never really picked up her cookbooks. But it wasn't until this came in the mail that I realized how much I really love her storytelling and the way she just makes home cooking and eating a wonderful and simple experience that should be approached with joy, rather than dread. Also, the full page photos in print are so lovely to flip through. After reading this, I checked out at least 5 cookbooks from the library because I forgot the simple joy of just reading a cookbook!

Also, we have used the cake builder recipe 3 times already.

P.P.S. It's really nice to not have to scroll on my tiny phone screen while cooking to use a Smitten recipe.