One Sentence Summary
Cooking for Jeffrey is a cookbook by Ina Garten with more than 100 recipes providing delicious and easy-to-make dishes inspired by Garten’s husband’s, Jeffrey, favorite dishes.
Book Genre
Cookbook
Main Topic of the Book
Cooking for Jeffrey is a cookbook containing recipes inspired by Ina Garten’s husband’s favorite dishes.
Key Ideas
- Delicious recipes: Ina Garten provides more than 100 deliciously easy-to-make and appealing dishes that she’s perfected over the years.
- Tips and Techniques: With the recipes are helpful advice on the best techniques and ingredients to ensure an appetising result.
- Inspiration from Family: Garten also intertwines stories and anecdotes of her family and her husband’s favorite dishes, perfectly suited to everyday life.
Main Parts of the Book and a Short Summary
- Appetizers: Including make-ahead nibbles, drinks, and desserts to launch any feast with a delicious start.
- Mains: Dishes such as grilled pork chops and roasted chicken, with casseroles, pizzas, and tacos in between.
- Sides and Salads: To make mealtime complete Garten offers potato salads, sweet salads, and green salads too.
- Desserts How any meal should end, with a delicious selection of desserts such as cookies and cakes, puddings, and tarts.
Key Takeaways
- Cooking for Jeffrey is an insightful cookbook with over 100 delicious recipes, tips and techniques.
- Inspired by family stories, Garten provides recipes to make everyone’s favorite dishes with ease.
- The book features Appetizers, Mains, Side Dishes, Salads, and Desserts.
Author’s Background and Qualifications
Ina Garten has been the Barefoot Contessa for almost 30 years and is a New York Times bestselling author. She is a renowned home cook, chef, and businesswoman who has published a total of 11 bestselling cookbooks. She also appears regularly on TV shows such as Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network.
Target Audience
Cooking for Jeffrey is written for home cooks at any level – from novice to experienced.
Publisher and First Publication Date
The book was first published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers in October 2016.