Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen: Learning to Cook with 65 Great Chefs and Over 100 Delicious Recipes

<p>An uproarious, inspiring cookbook from the longtime editor-in-chief of Food &amp; Wine magazine, in which the first lady of food spills the secret of her culinary ineptitude, while learning - finally - to cook, side-by-side with some of the greatest chefs working today, from David Chang to Alice Waters to Thomas Keller.</p><p>For years, Dana Cowin kept a dark secret: From meat to veggies, broiling to baking, breakfast to dinner, she ruined literally every kind of dish she attempted. Now, in this cookbook confessional, the vaunted &quot;first lady of food&quot; finally comes clean about her many meal mishaps. With the help of friends - all-star chefs, including April Bloomfield, Alex Guarnaschelli, and Tom Colicchio, among many others - Cowin takes on 100 recipes dear to her heart. Ideal dishes for the home cook, each recipe has a high &quot;yum&quot; factor, a few key ingredients, and a simple trick that makes them special. With every dish, she attains a critical new skill, learning invaluable lessons along the way from the hero chefs who help her discover exactly where she goes wrong.</p><p>Hilarious and heartwarming, encouraging and instructional, Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen showcases Cowin's plentiful cooking mistakes, inspiring anyone who loves a good meal but fears its preparation. Featuring gorgeous full color photography, it is an intimate, hands-on cooking guide from a fellow foodie and amateur home chef, designed to help even the biggest kitchen phobics overcome their reluctance, with delicious results.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p>