Feeding the Family: Home Cooking in New York, San Juan & Baltimore

You don’t have to be an almost-chef to feed your family. It’s all in the recipe. Read it, do what it says, and take a bow. This cookbook has 140 recipes that I’ve used over the years: some are easy, some a bit of a challenge. But they’re all do-able. French toast is terrific, in the oven or stovetop; so is Mac and Cheese. Serve five different kinds of Chicken Wings at your next party and your friends will praise you. Be exotic and make Hummus. Catch admiring glances by making Mandle Bread the easy way. Go for broke; make honey-dripping Baklava. Light some candles and prepare a sexy dinner for two starring Mushroom Ceviche and Pionones. Play it cool and easy at lunch with a delicious Gazpacho; if you’d rather go hot, serve a steaming sweet Pineapple Kugle. And what better dinner than Coddies or Honied Duck or (gasp) Roast Beef in Puff Pastry… What a show-off dish that is! Veggies are presented in 25 recipes, from Amarillos to Latkes to Tzimmis. You can do it all. Your children will thank you. Your spouse will thank you.