The Homemade Kitchen

“Alana Chernila takes a realistic approach to cooking with pleasure . . . The fact that the photography is stunning, the layout elegant, and the recipes themselves somehow modern and rustic at the same time doesn’t hurt. . . . Hearty, flavorful, and occassionally healthy recipes in gorgeous packaging that will put some pleasure back in your kitchen.”—Epicurious

“In The Homemade Kitchen, Alana Chernila shows us that as home cooks, we have endless choices—to use homemade roasted tomatoes instead of canned, to throw together a rough and tumble minestrone with whatever ingredients are on hand—and that the decisions we make every day about what, and how, to cook help us define where we stand in the world.”—MERRILL STUBBS, Co-founder and President of Food 52

“Paging through Chernila’s comforting and satisfying book feels like having a cup of tea with a good friend. Equal parts narrative and recipes, her offering is as much a philosophy of life as it is a collection of dishes.”—Publishers Weekly

“Never preachy or prescriptive, Chernila’s most recent offering is sure to please anyone who loves unfussy, from-scratch cooking.”—Library Journal, starred reivew

“Alana Chernila has crafted a truly contemporary guidebook to the food she loves, written from the refreshingly authentic perspective of a voracious learner. If any book will make you want to rearrange your schedule to get cooking from scratch again, The Homemade Kitchen is the one.”—HUGH ACHESON, chef and author of The Broad Fork and A New Turn in the South

“To leaf through the gorgeous recipes in her book is to be reminded that preparing good, simple food for the people you love is what it’s all about.”—JENNY ROSENSTRACH, author of Dinner: The Playbook and Dinner: A Love Story

“This is so much more than a cookbook full of unforgettable recipes (though it is that, too). Alana Chernila has written an intimate portrait of a cook in her kitchen, one who celebrates the surprise windfalls and the mundane, everyday moments with equal fervor.”—AMY THIELEN, author of The New Midwestern Table and host of Food Network’s Heartland Table

“There is a tender-hearted quality to everything about Alana, extending to her beautiful sense of what a cookbook should be.”—MOLLIE KATZEN, author of Moosewood Cookbook and The Heart of the Plate

“Both Alana Chernila’s food and her writing are honest and beguiling, and in The Homemade Kitchen she’s more than generous with her talents and her wisdom.”—KATIE WORKMAN, author of Dinner Solved! and The Mom 100 Cookbook

“I love how The Homemade Kitchen is much more than just a cookbook and actually teaches you how to cook. There is so much value in using ingredients you have on hand or adjusting a recipe based on your preferences and Alana uses her sensible approach to show you how to do just that.”—LISA LEAKE, #1 New York Times Best Selling Author of 100 Days of Real Food

“Alana’s is an intimate, connected way to cook, eat and live, infused with joy, layered with pleasure, and finished with a generous pinch of forgiveness as needed.”—MARGARET ROACH, author of The Backyard Parables: Lessons on Gardening, and Life

“Chernila is a generous, considerate teacher, her technical range far-reaching, and her diverse pantry simultaneously up-to-date and timeless.”—CHARLOTTE DRUCKMAN, author of Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen