Deb Perelman

Deb Perelman’s Followers (408)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Deb hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.


Deb Perelman

Goodreads Author


Website

Twitter

Genre

Member Since
August 2020

URL


Deb Perelman is a self-taught home cook and photographer; and the creator of SmittenKitchen.com, an award-winning blog with a focus on stepped-up home cooking through unfussy ingredients. In previous iterations of her so-called career, she’s been a record store shift supervisor, a scrawler of “happy birthday” on bakery cakes, an art therapist, and a technology reporter. She likes her current gig—the one where she wakes up and cooks whatever she feels like that day—the best. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is her first book. Deb lives in New York City with her husband and two great kids.

pumpkin basque cheesecake

It’s been 17 months since I first questioned whether anyone even needed another recipe for a basque cheesecake — the burnished, custardy and uncluttered kind that hails from San Sebastián, Spain — and concluded that in fact, I did.

I wanted one that was smaller, because I didn’t want to make a 2- to 3-pound commitment to cheese [which, honestly, sounds like a beautiful thing otherwise] every

Read more of this blog post »
 •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on November 24, 2025 14:28
Average rating: 3.96 · 56,364 ratings · 1,210 reviews · 6 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Smitten Kitchen Cookboo...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,141 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Smitten Kitchen Every Day: ...

3.75 avg rating — 9,515 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More Home Cooking

by
4.35 avg rating — 2,285 ratings — published 1993 — 14 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Smitten Kitchen Keepers: Ne...

4.29 avg rating — 1,613 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Cookies Are Magic: Classic ...

by
3.98 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Kitchen Round Table

by
2.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Deb Perelman…

Deb’s Recent Updates

Deb Perelman wrote a new blog post

pumpkin basque cheesecake

It’s been 17 months since I first questioned whether anyone even needed another recipe for a basque cheesecake — the burnished, custardy and uncl Read more of this blog post »
More of Deb's books…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC! 2808 780 May 31, 2013 09:02PM  
Nothing But Readi...: New 2 U Authors: 2014 345 758 Jan 11, 2015 09:29AM  
Jess Michaels 201...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Chart Your 2015 Progress 1057 237 Jan 01, 2016 11:53AM  
The History Book ...: This topic has been closed to new comments. CARLY'S 50 BOOKS READ IN 2018 18 57 Oct 22, 2018 02:31PM  
No comments have been added yet.