Delicious Tonight: Foolproof Recipes for 150+ Easy Dinners

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Australian blogger Nagi Maehashi (the force behind the website RecipeTin Eats and the food bank RecipeTin Meals) knows a thing or two about keeping recipes simple yet vivacious. Does it really work to pan-fry fish fillets in spring roll wrappers? It does! Marinara plus coconut milk for a Coconut Shrimp Curry? Why not! And sure, go ahead and garnish that Kale-Apple Salad with handfuls of maple bacon pecan crumble! Maehashi's exuberant, no-fuss style is contagious - now I, too, keep a jar of "Charlie" (It's brown sauce. Get it? Charlie Brown?) on hand for stir-fry night. I bet you will too.--T. Susan Chang "NPR"

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Halloumi burgers with smashed avocado and tomato relish, Chinese sweet corn soup with egg ribbons or whipped tahini with a mountain of panko on asparagus, the recipes in Delicious Tonight: Foolproof Recipes for 150+ Easy Dinners, by Nagi Maehashi, a New York Times best-selling author (2024, Countryman Press, $35), are creative, unfussy, international and clever, and anything but ordinary.The book will become the recipients cooking school, with a QR code for each recipe that leads to a how-to video. The videos, stunning and sumptuous photos, paired with the organization of each recipe makes this a must-have, stand-out cookbook.

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One of the biggest obstacles that new cooks face is coming up with something creative for dinner, and Maehashi has plenty of creativity. We love that she doesn't just give step-by-step instructions on how to go from ingredients to meals, but she also gives ideas for hundreds of variations and thousands of unique combinations. That's the kind of advice that's invaluable for a new cook. Sure, learning how to read a recipe is crucial, but Maehashi's methods also teach cooks how to make smart swaps and make the most of flavor combinations, as well as the "why" behind some of the things recipes often call for. We also love that this is a cookbook for visual learners. Every recipe has a QR code beside it, which you can scan to access a complete how-to video. If you've ever wanted a friendly, knowledgeable, brilliant chef in the kitchen with you, this is the book, and Maehashi is that chef.--Tasting Table

Publisher Marketing:

Following her debut New York Times best-selling cookbook, Dinner, Nagi brings us more than 150 brand-new, fully Americanized recipes, 800 variations on those recipes, and 3,000 possible combinations that mix and match ingredients (including her world-famous Charlie Sauce).

There are crave-worthy crowd-pleasers--try slow-baked Italian meatballs in a rich tomato sauce with bubbling melted cheese or fall-apart Asian chicken cooked in a sticky-sweet soy glaze.

Some dinners can be cooked in 20 minutes, and others can be made using only pantry staples. For high-impact guest-impressing, turn to Sunday suppers--the Vietnamese pulled pork is a festival of flavor--while the sweet chapter delivers on the promise of maximum decadence.

With stunning photos and links for how-to videos for each recipe--and plenty of guest appearances from Nagi's beloved golden retriever, Dozer!--this is a book for every home kitchen, for every level of cooking ability, for every budget, for every set of taste buds, and for every single night of the week.

Review Citations:

• Library Journal 01/17/2025 pg. 1 (EAN 9781682689479, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:Maehashi, Nagi
Nagi Maehashi, creator of the popular website RecipeTin Eats and author of RecipeTin Eats Dinner, is known for her dedication to easy recipes for classic dinners. Based in Sydney, Australia, she has an international following with almost half the readership based in North America.