The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook

Learn to cook, host, and eat like a private chef with 100 recipes from Meredith Hayden of Wishbone Kitchen.

Inspired by years working as a chef in New York City and the Hamptons, as well as her childhood summers on Nantucket, Meredith Hayden makes food that is both unfussy and elegantoften with a touch of whimsy. InThe Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook,Meredith teaches you to cook like a professional hostess (and have fun while doing it).This is the kind of food to celebrate every season of life; the kind of cooking you dont start until youve made yourself a drink first.Recipes range from 20-minute meals to show-stopping centerpieces, all fit for your next dinner party.

Here youll find big salads (Blueberry BBQ Grilled Chicken Salad) and sharable sammies (theUltimate Italian); there are your starters, your grazers, your chatting-with-friends snackers likeHot Crab DipandReally Good Guac. Serve thePink Lemon Pastawhen friends come over after work or pack up theFarro Broccoli Saladfor lunch the next day. Snack onanHeirloom Tomato Galetteand veg out onAsparagus Fries with Feta. Your authority on all things seafood, Meredith shows you the easiest way to break down a lobster so that you can use it in a number of recipes like theLobster Avocado SaladandWok Lobster. Or how to shuck oysters so you can enjoy them grilled or with a yuzu kosho mignonette.Throw your ownNantucket Clam Bake, why not?

With sharp, witty commentary, themed menus, and gorgeous imagery,The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbookwill inspire you to rediscover the joy in cooking, romanticize your grocery hauls, and find any excuse to celebrate with friends and family.