Staff Pick
You trust Mindy Kaling, don’t you? Of course you do. Mindy Kaling likes this cookbook. She calls Hot Mess Kitchen ”a great gift for your young, coolest friends." The authors are legit comedians as well as foodies. HMK is both tasty and funny, and will do best in a millennial kitchen where the cook isn’t afraid of a few swear words, but does want some hand-holding while learning how to expand their cooking prowess. Recipes include "Netflix and Chili con Carne"; "I Created a Relationship in my Mind Cupcakes"; "Regret Risotto"; and the simply named "Super Simple Cinnamon Rolls." If you plan to give Hot Mess Kitchen as a gift, you’ll want to make sure you have time to read it all the way through first, because it's hella fun. Recommended By Tracey T., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"I came for the recipes and stayed for the funny, personal writing. How could you not love a book with recipes like "Fuck It, Let's Just Get Stoned Nachos" and "All My Friends Are Married Mud Pie"? Surely there is not one among you who has not felt both sentiments. You could buy this book and enjoy it without ever taking out your oven mitts." --Mindy Kaling, from the foreword Decades ago, every young woman left home knowing how to cook, but now, well, not so much. And while they're happy times have changed, authors Gabi Moskowitz and Miranda Berman want to save millennials from the perils of takeout and take back the kitchen with their new book, HOT MESS KITCHEN.
These ladies aren't serving caviar and champagne; they're making Quarter-Life Crisis Queso. They're not giving you a plan for the perfect dinner party, but suggesting How to Throw a Fabulous Dinner Party Without Having an Anxiety Attack. And they're going to be there each step of the way with easy, delicious recipes and personal stories that make it feel like they're right there in your kitchen with you, showing you which knife to use and wiping the mascara from your face as you cry from onion chopping. They're going to be your friends. Your kitchen friends, your HOT MESS KITCHEN friends. Your best friends? No, no, this isn't like a Her type of scenario. Have real friends.
Read this book and all their stories, and let Gabi and Miranda show you how cooking has helped, or how it could have helped them, in their messiest moments