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Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over

by Alison Roman

A relaxed approach to cooking for company

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A relaxed approach to cooking for company

Alison Roman’s collection is organized around the practical variety of having people over: snacks to share, vegetable and grain dishes, meat-centered plates, drinks, and dessert. The examples range from a build-your-own martini bar and tomato platters to coconut-braised chicken with chickpeas and lemony turmeric tea cake. Recipes are framed for gatherings of different sizes and for meals on ordinary weeknights as well as more planned occasions. The book’s emphasis on unfussy food and making entertaining feel less stressful gives the collection a clear use beyond formal dinner parties.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home cooks who want recipe ideas for hosting gatherings of different sizes
  • Cooks interested in vegetable, grain, meat, snack, drink, and dessert options for sharing
  • People seeking an informal approach to entertaining at home

Themes

Casual entertainingShared mealsVersatile cookingFood for gatherings

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Book overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The social media star, New York Times columnist, and author of Dining In helps you nail dinner with unfussy food and the permission to be imperfect.

"Enemy of the mild, champion of the bold, Ms. Roman offers recipes in Nothing Fancy that are crunchy, cheesy, tangy, citrusy, fishy, smoky and spicy."--Julia Moskin, The New York Times

IACP AWARD FINALIST - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - The New Yorker - NPR - The Washington Post - San Francisco Chronicle - BuzzFeed - The Guardian - Food Network


An unexpected weeknight meal with a neighbor or a weekend dinner party with fifteen of your closest friends--either way and everywhere in between, having people over is supposed to be fun, not stressful. This abundant collection of all-new recipes--heavy on the easy-to-execute vegetables and versatile grains, paying lots of close attention to crunchy, salty snacks, and with love for all the meats--is for gatherings big and small, any day of the week.

Alison Roman will give you the food your people want (think DIY martini bar, platters of tomatoes, pots of coconut-braised chicken and chickpeas, pans of lemony turmeric tea cake) plus the tips, sass, and confidence to pull it all off. With Nothing Fancy, any night of the week is worth celebrating.

Praise for Nothing Fancy

"[Nothing Fancy] is full of the sort of recipes that sound so good, one contemplates switching off any and all phones, calling in sick, and cooking through the bulk of them."--Food52

"[Nothing Fancy] exemplifies that classic Roman approach to cooking: well-known ingredients rearranged in interesting and compelling ways for young home cooks who want food that looks (and photographs) as good as it tastes."--Grub Street
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