Title:	Cooking in Real Life: Delicious & Doable Recipes for Every Day
	Author:	Lidey Heuck
	Published:	March 12, 2024, S&S/Simon Element
	No. of Pages:	288
	Cover Price:	$31.50 Hardcover, $16.99 Kindle

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It’s always nice to find a new cookbook that includes recipes for dishes people actually want to eat. One cookbook that has unique, but mouthwatering recipes is Lidey Heuck’s Cooking in Real Life: Delicious & Doable Recipes for Every Day . This nice cookbook has new, innovative recipes that aren’t the same-old same-old dishes we are sick of eating. To further validate it, it includes an introduction from famous television star, Ina Garten, who most of us love and trust.

The recipes are written in the traditional manner with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions. They are user friendly and easy to follow for both beginning and advanced cooks. Every recipe also includes notes, tips, and vignettes from the author, which makes cooks more able to relate.

Another plus is that there are beautiful, professional photographs of most of the recipes, which make this a fun cookbook to peruse and enjoy reading before the difficult task of deciding just what to make next. The number of new salads is a highlight, but there are yummy other recipes for soups, main dishes, desserts, appetizers and anything else someone might be in the mood to cook.

All told, this is an excellent cookbook with fun food ideas for almost everyone. It will make a good addition to any cookbook collection.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.