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Her cookbook

A Life in Food to Inspire the Home Chef Chef Nanette Smalley

The hardcover Turquoise linen, the title pressed in copper foil, a ribbon to keep your place. 323 pages: 123 recipes in seven chapters, nine menus, and a note in her own words on 115 of the recipes.

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The book Favorite, in turquoise linen with copper foil lettering, standing on a second copy on a wooden table against a navy wall, a wooden spoon leaning against it and a copper ribbon marker showing.

First off, I want to thank you for picking up a copy of Favorite. This book is a labor of love that has taken 50 years to realize, and your support means the world to me.

Nanette, in her Introduction, page 9

In her Acknowledgements she calls it “a generational cookbook.”

Very close on the cover of Favorite: copper foil letters pressed into turquoise linen.

Seven chapters

  1. Breakfast, 8 recipes, page 13
  2. Starters, 19 recipes, page 32
  3. Entertaining, 21 recipes, page 74
  4. Entrées, 41 recipes, page 114
  5. Side Dishes, 7 recipes, page 222
  6. Desserts, 22 recipes, page 240
  7. Sauces, 5 recipes, page 292

Before and after the chapters

  • A Foreword by her friends Trudy and Steve, and her own Introduction
  • Photographs of 118 of the dishes. Photography by Roxanne Turpen, Peter Farr and Gina Pennock (cooking tools).
  • A wine pairing for 69 of the recipes, and an index of wines
  • Observations from Nanette: her tips and tricks, pages 298 to 301
  • Nine menus for the home chef: Summer Dinner, Indian-Inspired Dinner, Vegetarian Dinner, A Lovely Brunch, Elegant Dinner, Ladies Lunch, Cocktail Party, Meat Lovers Dinner and Italian Dinner, pages 302 to 306

    A perfect pairing accentuates the flavors of both the dish and the wine so both sing in harmony.

    Nanette, over her menus, page 303
  • A list of ten online purveyors for harder-to-find items, page 307
  • An index
  • A few ruled lines headed Notes, for your own, page 319
  • Memories: snapshots from the making of the book, and her letters and certificates

All 123 titles, and three recipes to cook now, are under Recipes.

Shipping, tax and returns

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  • No sales tax is added. Outside the US, your country may charge customs or import duties when the book arrives, and those are yours to pay.
  • Returns: within 30 days of delivery, the book unused and in its original packaging. Email us first, and you pay the return shipping.
  • If a book arrives damaged (tell us within 14 days, with a photo) or never arrives, we send a replacement or a refund, at no cost to you.

Everything in full is in the Terms.

Questions: info@nanettecooks.com