ScheckEats―Cooking Smarter: Friendly Recipes with a Side of Science

by Jeremy Scheck

From next-gen culinary phenom and TikTok superstar Jeremy Scheck, easy and delicious recipes for every day and beyond—plus expert tips to make you a better, happier cook. Jeremy Scheck has charmed a new generation of home cooks with his simple yet remarkably tasty recipes and his reliable culinary know-how. Now, in this stunning and personal book brimming with approachable recipes and step-by-step guidance, Jeremy shares the building blocks of what he calls culinary understanding why a recipe works and empowering readers to cook with confidence every day. Recipes are designed to minimize single-use ingredients and equipment (for example, all baking recipes are no-mixer-required), encouraging versatility with easily available essentials and Jeremy’s favorite kitchen staples. Organized by course, recipes Invaluable primers throughout offer simple explanations of age-old techniques and food science facts, such as how to get the perfect creamy pasta sauce, how to make leftover veggie soup without a recipe, why you need brown butter in your life (and in your cookies!), and why a little sweetness is the secret to the best roast chicken. With this must-have kitchen companion, everyone can learn the basics of cooking simple but delicious food, whether it’s your first cookbook or it’s joining a full shelf of dog-eared and sauce-stained classics.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

256 pages, Hardcover

Published October 31, 2023

Reviews

[Mandy Sacca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best cook book I have ever owned. I’ve followed Jeremy online since his Cornell days and have been making his spicy vodka rigatoni for every family function. Every single recipe slaps and it’s no fuss no mess. 10/10/10/10/10

[Aleina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m about 2 years into my journey and have fallen in love with learning from cookbooks. I think this book is going to be perfect for where I’m at now. The author has a similar love for the science behind cooking and foods so I enjoyed reading the educational bits throughout! It also has been pretty easily digestible information for me so I’m very excited to see how these recipes turn out and to expand my own cooking repertoire.

[Dread · Rating 3 out of 5]

solid cookbook. I bought this book to learn a bit more about the science of cooking and balancing tastes, and I get a bit of that in the intro. the rest of the book has pretty good looking recipes, with a few I'll try. Overall, a pretty approachable and balanced variety of a cookbook.

[Lexi McDermott · Rating 5 out of 5]

After watching his videos and making many of the recipes on TikTok I decided to grab his cookbook and I’m glad I did. Really enjoy his recipes along with the bits of information throughout the book. Photography is amazing as well!

[Laura Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is pretty good and I learned quite a bit. Good easy recipes.

[Mary Lippi · Rating 5 out of 5]

good recipies!

[Mj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Making a few of the recipes. Enjoy the humor and direct style of the writer.

[T · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars, rounded up. The recipes are basic and you’ve probably seen them countless times before. Nothing earth shattering here. Some recipes look time consuming while others look okay-to-meh. The only real flash of inspiration is the Orzo Mac recipe.