New York Times Best Seller Celebrated food blogger and best-selling cookbook author Deb Perelman knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion from salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and galettes, from Mushroom Bourguignon to Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe. Innovative, creative, and effortlessly funny." Cooking Light Deb Perelman loves to cook. She isn't a chef or a restaurant ownershe's never even waitressed. Cooking in her tiny Manhattan kitchen was, at least at first, for special occasions and, too often, an unnecessarily daunting venture. Deb found herself overwhelmed by the number of recipes available to her. Have you ever searched for the perfect birthday cake on Google? You'll get more than three million results. Where do you start? What if you pick a recipe that's downright bad? With the same warmth, candor, and can-do spirit her award-winning blog, Smitten Kitchen, is known for, here Deb presents more than 100 recipes almost entirely new, plus a few favorites from the site that guarantee delicious results every time. Gorgeously illustrated with hundreds of her beautiful color photographs, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is all about approachable, uncompromised home cooking.