Cook It Up: Bold Moves for Family Foods by Alex Guarnaschelli and Ava Clark

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    • Categories: Egg dishes; Quick / easy; Breakfast / brunch; Cooking for 1 or 2; Mexican; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: corn tortillas; eggs; American cheese
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  • Ricotta & tomato crostini

    • KCKB on October 21, 2024

      So simple, and so, so good. A quick, easy meal that’s more than the sum of its parts! A good option for kids - they enjoy assembling their own crostini and deciding how much of each topping they want, etc.

  • Mozzarella sticks with tomato dipping sauce

    • KCKB on June 27, 2025

      Attempted these for the first time - made them with my daughter. The timing of the frying was a little bit tricky, and we just used jarred sauce this first time, but they were good and I’m looking forward to trying them again with the sauce recipe from the book. ETA: A few days later, we finished frying off the rest of the batch after making the dipping sauce. It was good, they were a tasty combo, will make again.

  • Lemon & pecan-crusted salmon with roasted leeks

    • eroachTN on March 14, 2026

      Absolutely delicious! My leeks were small so I added a Vidalia onion and treated it the same as the leeks. I let the leeks/onions cook longer in the oven than the recipe calls for by about 5 minutes. I also squeezed lemon juice over the salmon before topping with the pecan panko. I'll definitely be making again.

  • Ava's cowboy rib eye & baked fingerling potatoes

    • julesamomof2 on April 27, 2026

      In an effort to cook from my lesser used books, I picked this recipe as a first try. Easy steak and potato recipe, more about the method then anything particularly ground breaking. I've had issues with Alex's books not being tested, but the timing and instructions were spot on. Would be a nice one to try with kids, which I suppose is the point of the book.

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  • ISBN 10 0593577981
  • ISBN 13 9780593577981
  • Linked ISBNs
  • Published Sep 05 2023
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 256
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Clarkson Potter

Publishers Text

75 family favorites get leveled up to be even bolder, saucier, cheesier, and crisper thanks to Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli and her highly opinionated chef-in-training daughter Ava!

From the time she was old enough to hold a fork, Ava has been at Alex’s side in the kitchen, whether eating lusciously cheesy gnocchi at Alex’s New York City restaurant, Butter, or making classic French omelets with her famous Iron Chef mom. While Alex turns to treasured cookbooks for inspiration, Ava scrolls through TikTok—and now as a teenager, Ava is teaching Alex a thing or two.

Through seventy-five witty and informative recipes, Alex and Ava share a repertoire of dishes that define their modern family meals: bold flavored, comforting, satisfying, and always supremely delicious. Side by side, they cook their way through family favorites like Blueberry Pie from Alex’s mom, a legendary cookbook editor, and Nanny Ida’s Crisp Potato Latkes. Tips and notes offer great cooking advice for achieving the fluffiest frittatas (add water, never milk) and how to season and mix meatballs so they always stay juicy (spread the mixture up around the sides of the bowl and then season). There’s even a bonus recipe for dog biscuits, inspired by Alex and Ava’s family dog, Leon!

Cooking with authority is learned and earned in this smart and joyous cookbook that celebrates a mother-daughter bond that’s stronger than the even the most garlicky garlic bread (the secret is?—surprise—lots of shallots!).

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