Alison Roman is known as much for her keeper recipes as her wry Instagram voice and effortless style. Her debut cookbook, Dining In, features 125 recipes for simple, of-the-moment dishes that are full of quickie techniques (think slathering roast chicken in anchovy butter, roasting citrus to bring out new flavours, and keeping boiled potatoes in your fridge for instant crispy smashed potatoes).
The book's Salted butter chocolate chunk shortbread is Instagram-famous, but in fact all the recipes in this cookbook are just as much a source of inspiration. Roman's recipes set today's trends and will show up as tomorrow's classics: vegetable-forward with quality ingredients, punctuated by standout flavours like hot honey browned butter, preserved lemon, za'atar, and garlicky walnuts. Her ingenuity will seduce seasoned cooks, while her warm, edgy writing makes these recipes practical enough for the novice.
Cooking through Dining In is be like having Alison right there with you in the kitchen: brash, funny, and full of opinions.
Review
'The New York Nigella: Alison Roman's book Dining In has unfussy recipes and brilliant tips to make you a better cook – just like her British counterpart.' Observer Food Monthly
'It's about recipes that are simple to make, great to eat. She's the cook whose recipes broke the internet.' Grazia
'Roman's book is filled with plenty [of] inventive ideas that would work just as well for a weeknight meal as for a high-stakes dinner party.' Vogue
'Drool-worthy yet decidedly unfussy food.' Goop
'Never too fancy, Alison solves the greatest mystery every home cook faces—how to transform thoughtful food into a greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts one-pan wonder or next-level crowd-pleasing masterpiece.' Christina Tosi, author of 'Momofuku Milk Bar'
'One of the year's best cookbooks.' A Cup of Jo
'Sorry, restaurants. Superstar Alison Roman has given us recipes so delicious, so meltdown-proof—and so fun to read—we’re going to be cooking at home for a while. Quite possibly forever.' Christine Muhlke, editor-at-large, Bon Appetit
'Dining In is exactly how I want to cook: with bright, fresh flavors, minimal technique, and no pretense ... This isn’t just a bunch of great recipes, but a manifesto on how one original, opinionated home cook sees the world.' Amanda Hesser, co-founder of Food 52
From the Back Cover
Alison Roman is known as much for her keeper recipes as her wry Instagram voice and effortless style. Her debut cookbook, Dining In, features 125 recipes for simple, of-the-moment dishes that are full of quickie techniques (think slathering roast chicken in anchovy butter, roasting citrus to bring out new flavours, and keeping boiled potatoes in your fridge for instant crispy smashed potatoes).
The book's Salted butter chocolate chunk shortbread is Instagram-famous, but in fact all the recipes in this c
About the Author
Alison Roman is a contributor at Bon Appetit and regular food columnist in the New York Times. Formerly the Senior Food Editor at Bon Appetit and BuzzFeed, her work has been also featured in GQ, Cherry Bombe and Lucky Peach. Alison has worked professionally in kitchens such as New York's Momofuku Milk Bar and San Francisco's Quince. A native of Los Angeles, she lives in Brooklyn.