Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook

By: Meredith Hayden

Published by Random House, 2025-05-06

<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • Learn to cook, host, and eat like a private chef with 100 recipes from Meredith Hayden of Wishbone Kitchen.</b><br><br>Inspired by years working as a chef in New York City and the Hamptons, as well as her childhood summers on Nantucket, Meredith Hayden makes food that is both unfussy and elegant—often with a touch of whimsy. In <i>The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook,</i> Meredith teaches you to cook like a professional hostess (and have fun while doing it). This is the kind of food to celebrate every season of life; the kind of cooking you don’t start until you’ve made yourself a drink first. Recipes range from 20-minute meals to show-stopping centerpieces, all fit for your next dinner party.<br><br>Here you’ll find big salads (<b>Blueberry BBQ Grilled Chicken Salad</b>) and sharable sammies (the <b>Ultimate Italian</b>); there are your starters, your grazers, your chatting-with-friends snackers like <b>Hot Crab Dip </b>and <b>Really Good Guac</b>. Serve the <b>Pink Lemon Pasta</b> when friends come over after work or pack up the <b>Farro Broccoli Salad </b>for lunch the next day. Snack on an<b> Heirloom Tomato Galette </b>and veg out on <b>Asparagus Fries with Feta</b>. Your authority on all things seafood, Meredith shows you the easiest way to break down a lobster so that you can use it in a number of recipes like the <b>Lobster Avocado Salad </b>and<b> Wok Lobster</b>. Or how to shuck oysters so you can enjoy them grilled or with a yuzu kosho mignonette. Throw your own <b>Nantucket Clam Bake</b>, why not?<br><br>With sharp, witty commentary, themed menus, and gorgeous imagery, <i>The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook</i> will inspire you to rediscover the joy in cooking, romanticize your grocery hauls, and find any excuse to celebrate with friends and family.