Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski is a cookbook that is unlike any other that I have read. The recipes are fresh and fun, while the images and commentary will satisfy fans of the Netflix series, Queer Eye. It is an easy to follow book that contains a multitude of ideas for home chefs.
Title: Antoni in the KitchenAuthor: Antoni Porowski
Also by this author: Antoni: Let's Do Dinner
Publisher: Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Genres: Cookbook, Lifestyle
Publication Date: September 9, 2019
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Antoni Porowski, the food and wine guru on Netflix's sensation Queer Eye, meets people where they live—literally. With appealing vulnerability, he shows cooks of all levels how to become more confident and casual in the kitchen. The verve and naturalness of his approach earned raves from Food & Wine and Bon Appétit to GQ and the New York Times, which noted his dishes prove that “sometimes simple is anything but simplistic.”
Some of the recipes in this book are weeknight healthyish meals, while others are perfect for off-the-cuff entertaining. Visual stunners, they’re often composed of fewer than five ingredients. Whether Bastardized Easy Ramen; Malaysian Chili Shrimp; Roasted Carrots with Carrot-Top Pesto; or Salty Lemon Squares, all are visual stunners and can be carried off with panache, even by beginners.
Review: Antoni in the Kitchen
One of my favourite TV personalities, Antoni Porowski, has created the ultimate book for his fans. Even if cooking isn’t quite your thing, the cookbook has so many gorgeous images of Antoni that it is actually hard to focus on the recipes. Also, the foreword and the recipes themselves are packed full of personal stories that it feels like Antoni is sharing his life story through food.
❀ Lots of recipe ideas
It is hard to decide what recipe to start with when you open this book. There are ideas for things like Apps and Snacks, Soups and Stews, Weeknight Healthyish, and Bakes. Most of the ingredients are easy to source and the tools required are minimal to create the dishes in the cookbook.
Ginger Cardamom Cookies
❀ A step-up from the norm
What I love most about the recipes that I created was the fact that they are not only simple, but a step-up from the norm. There is always an ingredient or two that takes something like a traditional oatmeal cookie to an intense flavour combination. For example. the addition of crystallized ginger gives a bit of unexpected spice to a sweet treat. Even Chickpea Masala gets updated with a little bit of dried apricot.
Chickpea Masala
❀ Interesting and Non-Traditional Recipes
Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski is one cookbook to check out this season if you are looking for some interesting and non-traditional recipes. Not only are there some beautiful images and lovely anecdotes in the book, the recipes are unique and simple. I look forward to trying more of them.
About Antoni Porowski
Antoni Porowski is a Polish-Canadian Emmy award winning reality tv personality, actor, chef and model. He is known for his role as the food and wine expert in the Netflix series Queer Eye.
About Lori
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I love cook books even though I don’t have much time for cooking these days. LOL
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I seem to be addicted to them lately! 😉
I like fewer than 5 ingredients!
Same! It makes for such a great experience. 🙂
I’d love to have a cookbook by him that’s vegan! I’d definitely get it in a heartbeat!
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There are some recipes that are meatless, but I can see where you are coming from! 🙂
But, but …Olivia isn’t focusing on the recipes the purpose of such book???? LOL
I KNOW!!! Antoni is so…. Antoni. 😉
I am always looking for good cookbooks and I would love to have this one.
I highly recommend it! 🙂
Thank you for sharing your review
Thanks for the review. Sounds great!
This looks like a good cookbook. I love his recipes and will be buying the cookbook. A friend of mine told me about him. Thanks for sharing, I didn’t know about this book. I just love cookbooks in general, I think my family enjoys that I change up recipes and don’t serve the same old thing at every meal.
I love him! can’t wait to read this.
tasty looking recipes
Sounds good, many thanks for the review!
This books sounds wonderful and I really like what he has to offer when it comes to food.
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Good to hear there are unique flavor twists in his book – he seems like such a dear – WITH great taste!
Great post – the Ginger Cardamom Cookies look amazing 🙂
He could come cook for me any time!
thanks for your reviews. this sounds wonderful