How does one become an Iron Chef and a Chopped judge
on Food Network—and what does she really cook at
home?
Alex Guarnaschelli grew up in a home
suffused with a love of cooking, where soufflés and
cheeseburgers were equally revered. The daughter of a
respected cookbook editor and a Chinese cooking enthusiast,
Alex developed a passion for food at a young age, sealing
her professional fate. Old-School Comfort Food shares
her journey from waist-high taste-tester to trained chef who
now adores spending time in the kitchen with her daughter,
along with the 100 recipes for how she learned to cook—and
the way she still loves to eat.
Here are Alex’s
secrets to great home cooking, where humble ingredients and
familiar preparations combine with excellent technique and
care to create memorable meals. Alex brings her recipes to
life with reminiscences of everything from stealing tomatoes
from her aunt’s garden and her first bite of her mother’s
pâté to being one of the few women in the kitchen of a
renowned Parisian restaurant and serving celebrity clientele
in her own successful New York City establishments. With 75
color photographs and ephemera, Old-School Comfort
Food is Alex’s love letter to deliciousness.
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