Home Food: 44 Great American Chefs Cook 160 Recipes on Their Night Off

by Debbie Shore, Catherine Townsend, Laurie Roberge

Renowned chefs open their home kitchens to share the easy but exciting menus they serve to family and friends. Includes introductions to each chef's section along with candid photos.

Genres: Cookbooks

400 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 1995

Reviews

[Kym · Rating 4 out of 5]

The title pretty much tells you exactly what you will find in this cookbook. What it doesn't tell you is that these chefs are contributing to Share Our Strength, one of the largest organizations dedicated to fighting hunger.

The book was published in 1995 and includes a black and white photo of each chef. They were babies then! There are no food photos at all. Many of the recipes are a little complicated and cheffy. But hey, if that is what these talented people cook at home then good for their families! Many are also doable in our home kitchens.

It was fun to read the little bios of each chef and then dig into the recipes. I'm looking forward to making many of the recipes.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Straight up, I went into Home Food ready to hate it and ended up texting my sister at midnight to ask if she'd read it yet. Debbie Shore writes a narrator who lies to herself so smoothly that you believe her for a hundred pages, especially in the scene where she "casually" drives past her ex's house three times. What bugged me was the supporting cast, who all talk like they swallowed a fortune cookie. Who this is for: readers who love an unreliable narrator they kinda want to shake. Who should pass: anybody who needs a hero to root for.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Look, Home Food: 44 Great American Chefs Cook 160 Recipes on Their Night Off is a fast, fun, slightly ridiculous ride, and I'm not mad about it. Shore, Debbie throws in car chases, double-crosses, and a villain who's way too charming, and it never pretends to be deep. The ending is predictable, but the ride there is a blast. Great beach read. If you want something that makes you think, keep walking.