Introducing my COOKBOOK!


2013 is going to be a very great year. I�m very excited to announce that I have finished my first cookbook and it is being published this spring!
The Modern Menu: Simple. Beautiful. Kosher. is the result of countless hours in the kitchen, time I�ve spent with some of you reading and some by myself, lost in my own world.

I feel like I could fill several books with all the recipes I can�t live without, but because I had to control myself, I settled on the selected recipes you�ll find in my book. Something that I kept in mind while writing the book was a familiar motto that guides my cooking, especially when I�m making something up as I go along:

Less is more. Simple is best.

I�ve split the book into seasonal menus with their own themes from �Crisp� which highlights the role of texture in cooking to �Vibrant� which focuses on bringing out the colors of various dishes, and you�ll just have to consider pre-ordering by clicking here for your own shelf to see the other tricks I have up my sleeve.

The book is all about being creative and taking risks in the kitchen � if the risk doesn�t turn out, I always learn something new, and if it does, then wow! A new dish has been born�the grilled cheese croutons for instance. I�m still not over how surprisingly good those were.

I�ll be sharing recipes from The Modern Menu regularly to give you all sneak peeks into what�s in store, and in the meantime, I always love hearing what�s on your modern menu wishlists for 2013, so please keep the comments and questions coming as they arise. For fans of Andrew Zuckerman�s work, check back here often � I�ll be posting some of the images he contributed to the book as well!

Happy cooking,
Kim 

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