Food52 Cook in the Blank: The Fun, Freewheeling Game Plan That Takes You from Zero to Dinner: A Cookbook

by Amanda Hesser, Merrill Stubbs

Cook in the Blank is the quick, easy way to cook everything from sheet-pan dinners to slow-cooker favorites with help from the pros at Food52. 20 fill-in-the-blank recipe templates spark creativity and nudge you out of ruts, paving the way for clever, easy-to-love meals that you can make your own, from chili to burgers to sheet-pan chicken. Take inspiration from whatever's in your pantry, whatever you're craving, or whatever your dining companions shout out to fill in each blank. These foolproof formulas will add up to happy bellies and lots of brand-new dinner ideas.

128 pages, Diary

Published October 30, 2018

About the author

Amanda Hesser has been a food columnist and editor at the New York Times for more than a decade. She is the author of the award-winning Cooking for Mr. Latte and The Cook and the Gardener and edited the essay collection Eat, Memory. Hesser is also the co-founder of food52.com. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Tad Friend, and their two children.

Reviews

[tiasreads · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a short, but fun cookbook. I love the mad-libs style format. It turns out to be more than a gimmick: it's really helpful for remembering all those little changes to a recipe that I make (and inevitably forget).