Just Cook It!: 145 Built-to-Be-Easy Recipes That Are Totally Delicious

Flavorful, fun, and simple plans and tips for ordinary cooking from Justin Chapple, Food and Wine's test kitchen virtuoso and TODAY show normal

Justin Chapple may have prepared at the French Culinary Institute, however he realizes how individuals truly cook at home. He grew up with an enormous family, first taking in kitchen stunts from his grandma who managed with whatever they had, and she made the food flavorful. Presently Justin is the host of Food and Wine's honor assigned Mad Genius Tips video cooking arrangement, and shows up consistently on TODAY and other TV programs as their inhabitant kitchen hack master. In his occupation as the Culinary Director of the test kitchen, he's regularly approached to take plans from genius gourmet experts (think David Chang and Thomas Keller) and improve them for home cooks. Presently he is effectively utilizing the entirety of his mastery in Just Cook It!, an assortment of 125 divine plans like Avocado Pizza with Dukka and Stovetop Mac-n-Cheese with Bacon Breadcrumbs, with Justin's unique efficient tips and hacks all through.

About the Author
As the Culinary Director at FOOD & WINE, Chapple tests and develops hundreds of recipes a year for the magazine, digital projects and cookbooks. Justin also teaches wonderfully oddball kitchen hacks as the host of F&W's video series Mad Genius Tips, for which he was nominated for a prestigious James Beard Award. In addition, Justin is the author of F&W's cookbook, Mad Genius Tips: Over 90 Expert Hacks and 100 Delicious Recipes. Justin joined FOOD & WINE in 2010 as an Assistant Event Coordinator, helping produce the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen. Before joining FOOD & WINE, he graduated from the French Culinary Institute and worked under chef Alain Allegretti in New York City. Justin appears regularly on NBC's Today Show.

What an incredible book!! The chapter on party foods and snacks is worth the price of the book! That chapter, combined with the lessons on "En papillote" make this cookbook invaluable. BTW, you haven't lived until you've made Justin Chapple's recipe for Coq au vin blanc -- utterly delicious!! In a short time, this book has become my go-to for practically everything. Many thanks to Justin for this great resource! --Rebeeca Kinan

My wife (a great cook) says this is the best cookbook she has ever had, altho some of the recipes are not exactly on the healthy side. (But sometimes that's what makes them good!) --Delta Sigma

I've only had this about a week, but it's so great. I don't cook a lot, want to cook more, and a lot of these recipes are good for dipping your toe in the water yet still making something simple. Steaming fish in parchment packets...who knew this was so simple yet so amazing! I LOVE the personal stories in here too, about Justin's Grandma and his Sister...it wasn't too "goopish", but made it personal. I can't wait to try everything. --Kristi Jo

Just Cook It!: 145 Built-to-Be-Easy Recipes That Are Totally Delicious