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Home Is Where the Eggs Are: Farmhouse Food for the People You Love
Home Is Where the Eggs Are is a beautiful, intimate book full of food that’s best enjoyed in the comfort of sweatpants and third-day hair, by a beloved Food Network host and new mom living on a sugar beet farm in East Grand Forks, MN. Molly Yeh’s cooking is built to fit into life with her baby, Bernie, and the naptimes, diaper changes, and wiggle time that come with having a young child, making them a breeze to fit into any sort of schedule, no matter how busy. They’re low-maintenance dishes that are satisfying to make for weeknight meals to celebrate empty to-do lists after long workdays, cozy Sunday soups to simmer during the first (or seventh!) snowfall of the year, and desserts that will keep happily under the cake dome for long enough that you will never feel pressure to share.
The flavors in this book draw inspiration from a distinctive blend of Molly’s experiences—her Chinese and Jewish heritage, her time living in New York, her husband’s Scandinavian heritage, and their farm in the upper Midwest. She uses seasonal ingredients that are common in her region while singlehandedly supporting the za’atar and sumac import industry in her small town. These influences come together into fuss-free crave-able meals that dirty as few dishes as possible and offer loads of prep-ahead, freezing, and substitution tips, such as:
- Babka Cereal
- Mozzarella Stick Salad
- Doughnut Matzo Brei
- Ham and Potato Pizza
- Chicken and Stars Soup
- Orange Blossom Creamsicle Smoothies
- Hand-pulled Noodles with Potsticker Filling Sauce
- Marzipan Chocolate Chip Cookies
In Home Is Where the Eggs Are, the feeling of home starts in the kitchen; just melt some butter, fry an egg, and build a little memory around it.
The flavors in this book draw inspiration from a distinctive blend of Molly’s experiences—her Chinese and Jewish heritage, her time living in New York, her husband’s Scandinavian heritage, and their farm in the upper Midwest. She uses seasonal ingredients that are common in her region while singlehandedly supporting the za’atar and sumac import industry in her small town. These influences come together into fuss-free crave-able meals that dirty as few dishes as possible and offer loads of prep-ahead, freezing, and substitution tips, such as:
- Babka Cereal
- Mozzarella Stick Salad
- Doughnut Matzo Brei
- Ham and Potato Pizza
- Chicken and Stars Soup
- Orange Blossom Creamsicle Smoothies
- Hand-pulled Noodles with Potsticker Filling Sauce
- Marzipan Chocolate Chip Cookies
In Home Is Where the Eggs Are, the feeling of home starts in the kitchen; just melt some butter, fry an egg, and build a little memory around it.
327 pages, Hardcover
First published September 27, 2022
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January 7, 2023
Despite everyone on IG telling me cookbooks don’t count as real reading — I ADORED reading this. I want to make every single recipe and Molly’s stories and introductions were so charming. An instant purchase for my cookbook collection.
February 2, 2023
While the flavors sounded good, the recipes felt...involved.
January 11, 2023
Molly Yeh cookbooks count as reading and I will defend that opinion as long as Molly keeps cooking. While Home is Where the Eggs Are is, in my opinion, not as good as Molly on the Range, I love Molly’s writing style and persona. Molly is a very particular kind of cook and she’s not afraid to tell you her food opinions, but in HIWTEA she understands that life is busy and sometimes store bought is all us home chefs can afford. But MOTR contained more stories and personal food connections that I just loved, and made me love her food more. While these recipes are more accessible and leave a lot of room for creativity, Molly doesn’t weave narratives quite like before. Still, I loved learning about how life on the farm changed post-baby and enjoyed my time pretending I also lived on a farm in North Dakota where sweaters and comfort food are plentiful.
November 9, 2022
268:2022
I'll be buying a hard copy of this for my personal cookbook addiction, I mean collection.
I'll be buying a hard copy of this for my personal cookbook addiction, I mean collection.
July 13, 2023
This has been the best read of a cookbook in a really long time. I genuinely like Molly Yeh and her recipes have always turned out well for me, so there was never any doubt that I would get something out of the cookbook and her recipes. What I appreciated most about this book was that it was a real glimpse into her personality or who I suspect she would be if you were lucky enough to go for a coffee. Every recipe starts with a little blurb that is personable and fun to read, and while you can certainly skip these, I think they are what make this book memorable.
The recipes are good too. Don't get me wrong about those. Most are pretty easy to pull together because, as Molly says, if she can find the ingredients in her home town, then you should be able to find them too in most spots. Including Canada.
The recipes are good too. Don't get me wrong about those. Most are pretty easy to pull together because, as Molly says, if she can find the ingredients in her home town, then you should be able to find them too in most spots. Including Canada.
October 8, 2022
Obsessed, obsessed, obsessed. This book is quirky, approachable, and realistic for those of us who are busy but don't want boxed meals on the daily. Yeh has fun little stories before each recipe that make this book feel like it was a compilation from a bff and that just amps up the all-around cozy, homy mood of her work.
January 13, 2023
I don't think this is a bad cookbook I just think it is not for me. I would probably never make any of the recipes in it - none appealed to me at all. And I agree with another reviewer who mentioned the quality of the photos - not so great. Am glad to have borrowed it from the library.
February 7, 2023
This is more than a recipe book. It's also a fun read about life on the farm with the author's husband and their children. Molly Yeh has a unique heritage as her father is Chinese and her mother is Jewish. Add a sprinkle of life in the midwest and you have a lot of yummy foods.
October 3, 2022
Beautiful cookbook. Just made the Jam filled sprinkle cookies! Maybe they’re actually TOO good!
February 2, 2023
Definitely purchasing this one! Love the approachability of the recipes.
May 13, 2023
So far, excellent recipes!
November 17, 2024
We read this in book club and then everyone made a dish for the meeting. Will def be making the dill grilled cheese and the Shawarma meatballs again!
February 21, 2024
Don’t sleep on Molly Yeh’s cookbooks as the perfect comfort read, they are equal parts food and stories that are both humorous and heartwarming. Also, the photography was wonderful, and made me want to make every recipe just by how they looked. Loved every minute reading it and cooking out of it!
May 5, 2023
As I've found with the work of Molly Yeh, she exudes joy out of every pore. It's in every recipe because as I cooked through her latest book, Home is Where the Eggs Are: Farmhouse Food for the People You Love, I can see that she's making and serving joyful meals to us all.
It is with her newest book that she continues leading home cooks to a place that is warm, nurturing, and most importantly fun. It's how I felt as I've cooked her recipes and shared them with friends and family! She says it herself in the introduction: "When you read this book, I want you to feel the joy and warmth of creating food for the people you love. I don't want you to be stressed out or like your cooking skills, tastes, or access to ingredients is inadequate. You can make these! You got this!"(xiv)
The recipes are organized into 11 chapters: 1) Breakfast, 2) Eggs, 3) Salads, 4) Soups, 5) Pizza Fridays, 6) Pasta + Grains, 7) Hotdishes + Family Style, 8) Handhelds, 9) Snacks + Breads, 10) Sweets, and 11) Drinks. As soon as I received a copy from the publisher, I immediately started cooking! But, if you're new to home cooking or you're interested in Yeh's methods or equipment, it is through the beginning sections -- Ingredients that I love and use often and Tools that make my life easier, and I want them to make your life easier too -- where she preps home cooks on how to get ready to make and enjoy recipes from the book. Living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, it is not always easy to source or access ingredients, and reading through Yeh's cookbook, I can see that living on a farm near the North Dakota-Minnesota border presents similar sourcing challenges. All this is alright because Yeh assures us that most of what she buys comes from her local grocery store and Super Target -- anything else can be ordered online. In some cases, she gives advice/direction on substitutions -- for example, when I was making the recipe for The Official Family Sugar Cookie, I didn't have any LorAnn Princess Emulsion on hand but just using the vanilla in combination with the almond extract and lemon zest gives such an uncanny likeness.
Thinking about those cookies, they were the first thing I made from Yeh's book. I was organizing and planning for my 2022 holiday cookie boxes and, I included both The Official Family Sugar Cookie recipe and the recipe for Cardamom Coffee Chocolate Shortbread (adding the "optional and strongly encouraged" tahini cream filling for sandwich cookies) in my baking plans. After baking these cookies, I knew they would be such a great addition to the cookie boxes. TOFSC is a workhorse of a recipe because it offers cookies suitable for any occasion. These sugar cookies are soft and thick, and I adore the combination of lemon zest, vanilla, and almond extract because it, as Yeh says, "makes them taste like the bakery cookies of my youth."(271) The breakout cookie star for 2022 were the Cardamom Coffee Chocolate Shortbread Sandwich cookies! Feedback on the holiday boxes saw these cookies as the universal favourite -- cardamom, coffee, chocolate, with the tahini cream is such a perfect, unerring combination. I appreciated that these shortbreads are slice-and-bake, so that no shaping is involved and, by rolling the dough logs through some black sesame seeds, it adds a bit of texture while echoing the rich tahini cream filling.
I've done a lot of baking out of Home is Where the Eggs Are and, while recipes for loaf cakes or scones aren't new, Yeh has created unique recipes within these genres. Take her recipe for Preserved Lemon Yogurt Loaf Cake -- taking inspiration from her friend, she decided to add preserved lemon paste to the lemon poppyseed cake of her childhood. For those wondering, preserved lemons are lemons that have been packed in a brine. The result of this is pickled lemons -- the skins soften, and the lemon takes on a saltiness. To get the paste, preserved lemons are pulverized and pureed in a blender (or you can buy it from online retailers). By using preserved lemons, you'll increase the depth of flavour because the whole lemon is being used but, unlike a raw lemon, the preserved lemon -- still sour -- loses its bitterness, becoming soft and salty. A pleasant effect, one that really adds to whatever you're using it in -- in this case, Yeh's loaf cake (side convo -- which is one of the best lemon loaf cakes I've ever had)!
Reading through Yeh's book, it's obvious that necessity is a big component of her recipe development. Living on a busy farm, time waits for nothing -- not even a scone, which, as Yeh points out, has a very small window of enjoyment. So, instead of forsaking scone recipes altogether, necessity has introduced the loaf and the scone to each other. The Dark Chocolate Marzipan Scone Loaf was developed for her first cookbook -- Molly on the Range -- and it is in her latest book, that she offers another delightful flavour to the scone/loaf cannon. Here, the Pumpkin Scone Loaf has the same moist, dense crumb, with the delicious, cozy pairing of pumpkin and warming spices. The added chocolate chips certainly don't hurt it (my husband would describe the addition as “crucial”) and, it's just the thing to enjoy as part of a weekend brunch or with an afternoon cup of coffee.
I like that Yeh recognizes that life can be busy for families, so her recipes reflect this. Recipes that can be put into one big baking dish and left to do their thing in the oven are my kind of recipes because then I can pivot to other tasks. This is where her recipe for Chickpea Tot Hotdish comes in -- chickpeas enveloped in a smoky, harissa tomato sauce, topped with Tater Tots (and, not just any tot, but the ones that look like smiley faces!). I served it as she suggests in the recipe: with a squeeze of lemon juice, chopped herbs, crumbled feta, and dollops of Greek yogurt. The ultimate in comfort food, my family enjoyed this hearty and warming meal!
After making close to a dozen recipes from Home is Where the Eggs Are, it has been easy to find joy. Is it because her last name sounds like a cheer (YAY!) or is it her smiling face on the front cover that tells home cooks making her recipes will be a treat? In any case, Molly Yeh has developed joyful recipes to encourage and inspire, but also to feed the ones we love.
A version of this review is also posted to www.shipshapeeatworthy.com
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Harper Collins Canada and William Morrow Books for providing me with a free, review copy of this book. I did not receive monetary compensation for my post, and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
It is with her newest book that she continues leading home cooks to a place that is warm, nurturing, and most importantly fun. It's how I felt as I've cooked her recipes and shared them with friends and family! She says it herself in the introduction: "When you read this book, I want you to feel the joy and warmth of creating food for the people you love. I don't want you to be stressed out or like your cooking skills, tastes, or access to ingredients is inadequate. You can make these! You got this!"(xiv)
The recipes are organized into 11 chapters: 1) Breakfast, 2) Eggs, 3) Salads, 4) Soups, 5) Pizza Fridays, 6) Pasta + Grains, 7) Hotdishes + Family Style, 8) Handhelds, 9) Snacks + Breads, 10) Sweets, and 11) Drinks. As soon as I received a copy from the publisher, I immediately started cooking! But, if you're new to home cooking or you're interested in Yeh's methods or equipment, it is through the beginning sections -- Ingredients that I love and use often and Tools that make my life easier, and I want them to make your life easier too -- where she preps home cooks on how to get ready to make and enjoy recipes from the book. Living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, it is not always easy to source or access ingredients, and reading through Yeh's cookbook, I can see that living on a farm near the North Dakota-Minnesota border presents similar sourcing challenges. All this is alright because Yeh assures us that most of what she buys comes from her local grocery store and Super Target -- anything else can be ordered online. In some cases, she gives advice/direction on substitutions -- for example, when I was making the recipe for The Official Family Sugar Cookie, I didn't have any LorAnn Princess Emulsion on hand but just using the vanilla in combination with the almond extract and lemon zest gives such an uncanny likeness.
Thinking about those cookies, they were the first thing I made from Yeh's book. I was organizing and planning for my 2022 holiday cookie boxes and, I included both The Official Family Sugar Cookie recipe and the recipe for Cardamom Coffee Chocolate Shortbread (adding the "optional and strongly encouraged" tahini cream filling for sandwich cookies) in my baking plans. After baking these cookies, I knew they would be such a great addition to the cookie boxes. TOFSC is a workhorse of a recipe because it offers cookies suitable for any occasion. These sugar cookies are soft and thick, and I adore the combination of lemon zest, vanilla, and almond extract because it, as Yeh says, "makes them taste like the bakery cookies of my youth."(271) The breakout cookie star for 2022 were the Cardamom Coffee Chocolate Shortbread Sandwich cookies! Feedback on the holiday boxes saw these cookies as the universal favourite -- cardamom, coffee, chocolate, with the tahini cream is such a perfect, unerring combination. I appreciated that these shortbreads are slice-and-bake, so that no shaping is involved and, by rolling the dough logs through some black sesame seeds, it adds a bit of texture while echoing the rich tahini cream filling.
I've done a lot of baking out of Home is Where the Eggs Are and, while recipes for loaf cakes or scones aren't new, Yeh has created unique recipes within these genres. Take her recipe for Preserved Lemon Yogurt Loaf Cake -- taking inspiration from her friend, she decided to add preserved lemon paste to the lemon poppyseed cake of her childhood. For those wondering, preserved lemons are lemons that have been packed in a brine. The result of this is pickled lemons -- the skins soften, and the lemon takes on a saltiness. To get the paste, preserved lemons are pulverized and pureed in a blender (or you can buy it from online retailers). By using preserved lemons, you'll increase the depth of flavour because the whole lemon is being used but, unlike a raw lemon, the preserved lemon -- still sour -- loses its bitterness, becoming soft and salty. A pleasant effect, one that really adds to whatever you're using it in -- in this case, Yeh's loaf cake (side convo -- which is one of the best lemon loaf cakes I've ever had)!
Reading through Yeh's book, it's obvious that necessity is a big component of her recipe development. Living on a busy farm, time waits for nothing -- not even a scone, which, as Yeh points out, has a very small window of enjoyment. So, instead of forsaking scone recipes altogether, necessity has introduced the loaf and the scone to each other. The Dark Chocolate Marzipan Scone Loaf was developed for her first cookbook -- Molly on the Range -- and it is in her latest book, that she offers another delightful flavour to the scone/loaf cannon. Here, the Pumpkin Scone Loaf has the same moist, dense crumb, with the delicious, cozy pairing of pumpkin and warming spices. The added chocolate chips certainly don't hurt it (my husband would describe the addition as “crucial”) and, it's just the thing to enjoy as part of a weekend brunch or with an afternoon cup of coffee.
I like that Yeh recognizes that life can be busy for families, so her recipes reflect this. Recipes that can be put into one big baking dish and left to do their thing in the oven are my kind of recipes because then I can pivot to other tasks. This is where her recipe for Chickpea Tot Hotdish comes in -- chickpeas enveloped in a smoky, harissa tomato sauce, topped with Tater Tots (and, not just any tot, but the ones that look like smiley faces!). I served it as she suggests in the recipe: with a squeeze of lemon juice, chopped herbs, crumbled feta, and dollops of Greek yogurt. The ultimate in comfort food, my family enjoyed this hearty and warming meal!
After making close to a dozen recipes from Home is Where the Eggs Are, it has been easy to find joy. Is it because her last name sounds like a cheer (YAY!) or is it her smiling face on the front cover that tells home cooks making her recipes will be a treat? In any case, Molly Yeh has developed joyful recipes to encourage and inspire, but also to feed the ones we love.
A version of this review is also posted to www.shipshapeeatworthy.com
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Harper Collins Canada and William Morrow Books for providing me with a free, review copy of this book. I did not receive monetary compensation for my post, and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
October 30, 2022
Molly Yeh’s new cookbook, Home is Where the Eggs Are, is really fun. And lovely. I’m glad to have it on my shelves, and also in my mind as gifts for new moms. I am not familiar with Molly Yeh’s blog or cooking show. I bought her first book, Molly On The Range, because its yellow spine and cursive title siren-songed me from the shelves of The Islander (the island of Kodiak’s lovely bookshop). And I liked it, but maybe from a perspective that made me feel old and curmudgeonly and totally perplexed but utterly enchanted by a young woman’s giddy. Maybe I was surprised both by how much I liked it, but also that it rattled me a little. I can admit that. My like” was wary…..I was - admit it! - easily (and curmudgeonly) annoyed by its cutesy….youth. I was annoyed by her youth. Ack. How hard that is to admit. (I was, also, inspired by it - thank goodness for the voices and pens of all generations of women). This new book is also cute. And fun. And inspiring. But it hit me differently, like a rambunctious hug - and maybe that is somehow related to being written after the introduction of motherhood. I don’t know. But all the embarrassing hunkered-down curmudgeon provoked by her first book is swirled and metamorphosed into something different for this book: softer, and supportive, and grateful for her fresh eyes and a writer’s pen with some fun and useful insights. It has a permanent place in my collection. (The first one does too, mostly to remind me that curmudgeonly thinking is all too often short-sighted and ridiculous.)
March 16, 2023
Big fan of Molly Yeh from way back in her blog days. I really love that each recipe has a story much like a cooking blog but without the scrolling and pop up ads.
All the recipes have both imperial and metric units. Yay for weights!!! Especially for baking where it makes a huge difference in the success of a recipe.
So far, I've made:
Stollen Granola (because I made Molly's stollen bars 4x last holiday season)
Lefse Breakfast Tacos (make the lefse - they are easy!!)
Broccolini and Sausage Deep Dish Pizza
Handpulled Noodles (I made noodles! from scratch!! it was soo satisfying!)
Sheet Pan Roasted Butternut Squash Soup (who knew green Cholula was what squash soup needed to go from cozy to amazing?)
All have been fantastic!!! I love her flavor combinations and her melting pot approach to meals.
All the recipes have both imperial and metric units. Yay for weights!!! Especially for baking where it makes a huge difference in the success of a recipe.
So far, I've made:
Stollen Granola (because I made Molly's stollen bars 4x last holiday season)
Lefse Breakfast Tacos (make the lefse - they are easy!!)
Broccolini and Sausage Deep Dish Pizza
Handpulled Noodles (I made noodles! from scratch!! it was soo satisfying!)
Sheet Pan Roasted Butternut Squash Soup (who knew green Cholula was what squash soup needed to go from cozy to amazing?)
All have been fantastic!!! I love her flavor combinations and her melting pot approach to meals.
November 29, 2022
Okay...who was gonna tell me that there is a thing called "Fairy Toast" which basically just means you can add rainbow sprinkles onto your toast?!?!? Cuz I, as a grown ass woman, was totally missing out on this magic and I will not stand for it! The people need to know about this (It's me. I'm the people.)! Other than this culinary revelation, basically every other recipe in this book is also my jam, especially the "Rhubarb Rose Jam" on pg. 15, I'm gonna need to make that immediately.
October 21, 2022
This cookbook is everything I've wanted & more! Molly is amazing always, but her previous cookbook was a little idealistic for weeknight cooking. This book... THIS book completely made up for it! It's going to be a new addition to my standard wedding gifts!
October 22, 2022
I love when a cookbook reads like a narrative, and Molly Yeh does just that in her books. They’re so fun! Plus this one is chock full of new takes on old school recipes that I’m interested to try. First up, yogurt mac and cheese!
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January 11, 2023I have returned to reading every word of a new cookbook because a. This one is so fun to read and b. Because now I’m ready to know what to cook from it.
Her food is fun and funky like this book and I can’t wait to subject family and friends to many of the recipes from it!
Her food is fun and funky like this book and I can’t wait to subject family and friends to many of the recipes from it!
October 17, 2022
Unique and realistic recipes, written in Molly's helpful, happy-go-lucky style. I loved this book and how much care went into creating it!
November 19, 2022
Entertaining to read, but not many of the recipes appealed to me.
December 9, 2022
This cookbook is incredibly engaging and feels like talking to a friend about your favorite recipes.
December 22, 2022
Molly is adorable on tv and amazing in print. My 5-star rating is for her writing and the format of the book - I have yet to try any of the recipes.
May 5, 2023
This book is excellent! I read it cover to cover. Filled with so many helpful hints, Molly Yeh is a wonderful writer. You bet I’m going to read all her other recipe books!
May 19, 2023
This cookbook is perfect. The stories, the realness of the photos, the tips. I LOVED it. Slowly working my way through the recipes but the read itself was so fun.
February 19, 2023
I “read” a cookbook cover to cover. That’s right. Molly Yeh is the star of Food Network’s Girl Meets Farm. If you’re reading that and thinking, she’s a Pioneer Woman knockoff, readjust your perceptions. Her father is Chinese, and her mother is a Jewish New Yorker. And both of those cultures come shining through in beautiful ways in this book. She moved from Brooklyn to live on a farm with her husband in Minnesota, and she laughs at the absurdity of that throughout, but also shows how she loves her new, adopted environs. She mentions getting up in the morning and drinking coffee from her Zabar’s mug, a reference that will make New Yorkers smile at the thought of a Zabars mug making its way to a Minnesota farm
Molly is the most authentic, engaging and funny cookbook author I’ve ever come across. I enjoy celebrity chef cookbooks, but usually they’re just for finding recipes and putting on a pretty shelf. Home is Where the Eggs Are has a place on my coffee table with its fun colorful cover, and I pick it up and thumb through when I want to experience some joy. It is sprinkled with beautiful pictures of the recipes, Molly and her family, as well as adorable illustrations.
Molly is down to earth, her recipes are dishes you can actually make with ingredients you can actually buy, and I challenge you to not fall in love with her and her whole family in the first quarter of the book. I’ve tried everything from Matzo Brei (savory and sweet) for the first time in my life, to BEC (bacon, egg and cheese) Fried Rice (yeah, you heard that right) to Bloody Caesar Salad to a Minnesota Hotdish. I’ve discovered the joys of tahini. I made her Super-Fun Seed Mix and have it in a cute glass jar on my counter and smile everytime I see it, and sprinkle it on everything from toast to yogurt and use in baking. It has introduced me to flavors from different cultures in an approachable way.
This books sparkles with love for cooking and family and home.
Molly is the most authentic, engaging and funny cookbook author I’ve ever come across. I enjoy celebrity chef cookbooks, but usually they’re just for finding recipes and putting on a pretty shelf. Home is Where the Eggs Are has a place on my coffee table with its fun colorful cover, and I pick it up and thumb through when I want to experience some joy. It is sprinkled with beautiful pictures of the recipes, Molly and her family, as well as adorable illustrations.
Molly is down to earth, her recipes are dishes you can actually make with ingredients you can actually buy, and I challenge you to not fall in love with her and her whole family in the first quarter of the book. I’ve tried everything from Matzo Brei (savory and sweet) for the first time in my life, to BEC (bacon, egg and cheese) Fried Rice (yeah, you heard that right) to Bloody Caesar Salad to a Minnesota Hotdish. I’ve discovered the joys of tahini. I made her Super-Fun Seed Mix and have it in a cute glass jar on my counter and smile everytime I see it, and sprinkle it on everything from toast to yogurt and use in baking. It has introduced me to flavors from different cultures in an approachable way.
This books sparkles with love for cooking and family and home.
March 24, 2024
When you saw the title Home Is Where the Eggs Are, did you, like me, think it was a cookbook all about eggs? It's not. I think the title must refer to Molly keeping chickens. At home. I'm a big Molly Yeh fan, so of course I like this cookbook.
Yeh's family has grown with the addition of two children since her last book. Many of the recipes reflect this with adaptations for "picky toddlers" or tips on how to include children in cooking activities. Yeh's writing at the beginning of chapters and recipes mirrors her humor and clarity when explaining how to navigate her cooking world.
I've made several of these recipes, but Smoky Squash Hummus (p. 254) is on repeat. Once you cut the butternut squash, the rest is easy. I've taken it to potlucks and served it to crowds at home. Everyone gobbles it up. From the cute illustrations and photographs to the delicious recipes, this cookbook is a winner.
Yeh's family has grown with the addition of two children since her last book. Many of the recipes reflect this with adaptations for "picky toddlers" or tips on how to include children in cooking activities. Yeh's writing at the beginning of chapters and recipes mirrors her humor and clarity when explaining how to navigate her cooking world.
I've made several of these recipes, but Smoky Squash Hummus (p. 254) is on repeat. Once you cut the butternut squash, the rest is easy. I've taken it to potlucks and served it to crowds at home. Everyone gobbles it up. From the cute illustrations and photographs to the delicious recipes, this cookbook is a winner.
September 28, 2022
When I had a package from Amazon on my porch this morning I didn’t know what it was. I felt like a kid on Christmas when I opened it and was pleasantly surprised to find this book, as I forgot I pre ordered it months ago. I follow this author on IG and like her recipes. But boy this cookbook was disappointing. First off, the layout and book sizing is terrible. The book is very long height wise and pages very narrow and binding doesn’t allow you to fully open it to look at recipe easily, so it will be a pain keeping it open while cooking. Then there’s the pictures and styling. They look like pictures from grandmas cookbooks from the 60’s and 70’s. Pictures are so fuzzy, not sure what you are eating there. Then there’s the recipes themselves, which don’t appeal to me much and I’ll probably only make five things out of here. Bummer.
October 17, 2023
We'll be going back to this book again and again! This takes everything I love about Yeh's first book (the inventive recipes, delicious combos, and spectacular results) and takes an approach that is more reasonable for every day cooking. There was a recipe in here that, start to finish with prep, took 1 hour and that INCLUDED making my own dumplings. There were a couple recipes that didn't work out quite as intended (I had to sometimes adjust ingredient amounts more than just a couple tablespoons to get a recipe tp work), but for every recipe that I needed adjustments for, I would 100% make again with those adjustments for my kitchen/equipment because the results were still that great even with the missteps. I cannot wait to keep cooking from this and will absolutely be making my way through the breakfast section especially during the holiday season.
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