Dinner Party Animal: Recipes to Make Every Day a Celebration

by Jake Cohen

Overview

“Jake’s punim is as mind blowing as his recipes!” -Rachael Ray

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jew-Ish and I Could Nosh and star of A&E’s Jake Makes It Easy comes a fun, unfussy, and inventive collection of recipes to entertain with ease and enjoy any day of the week.

An impromptu cocktail party, casual brunch with friends, or celebratory dinner with family—food just tastes better when shared. For chef Jake Cohen, making a homemade meal from scratch for those you love is nothing short of magic. Now he’s giving you everything you need to cook and entertain with ease in this highly anticipated collection of 100 delicious recipes and sixteen inventive menus for every mood, occasion, and possible guest list.

With menus ranging from Treat Yourself Brunch to Veg Out, Meatballs to the Wall, Ride or Pie (a whole meal of pies!), That Was Tonight? (recipes that come together in a hurry), and even the ultimate Passover and Thanksgiving feasts, these are recipes you’ll turn to again and again for special occasions and weeknight dinners alike:

• Brown Butter Parker House Rolls
• Chicken and Biscuits Pot Pie
• Cheeseburger Arayes Sliders
• Sour Cream and Onion Mashed Potatoes
• Za’atar Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Salad
• Spicy Sausage Gnocchi Bake with Pesto Ricotta
• Yogurt-Roasted Salmon with Leeks
• Roast Chicken with Lemony Sauce Soubise
• Lemon-Almond Blondies with Sumac Glaze
• Tiramisu Cake
• Apple Pie Calzone

Each menu comes with a grocery list, prep and make-ahead guide, store-bought shortcuts, and a day-of run-of-show to take the stress out of hosting. Jake reminds us that we don’t have to be perfect or even have a dining room table to entertain: anyone can do this, whether you’re a comfortable home cook or a newbie in the kitchen. With cameos from Jake’s array of celebrity friends—including Isaac Mizrahi, Benny Blanco, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Alex Edelman, Jill Zarin, Joan Nathan, Debra Messing, and more—this delicious book is guaranteed to turn you into the ultimate Dinner Party Animal. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063239722
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/30/2025
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	811,003
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jake Cohen is the New York Times bestselling author of Jew-ish and I Could Nosh, star of A&E’s Jake Makes It Easy, and, most importantly, a nice Jewish boy from New York. Jake and his recipes have been featured on Rachael Ray, The Drew Barrymore Show, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Good Morning America, and the Food Network and in The New York Times, Food & Wine, The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appetit, and Forbes, among others. When he’s not posting challah-braiding videos and recipes on his Instagram and TikTok (@jakecohen), he’s eating and galivanting around New York City.

Editorial Reviews

Jake is a captivating storyteller, though each story is more like a naughty secret he couldn’t keep.” — -Yotam Ottolenghi

“Jake is a shining star for the next generation of Cohens!” — -Andy Cohen

“Jake opened my eyes to fantastic cooking and also the wonderful possibility of being gay.” — -Mike Solomonov

“Jake is the sexiest chef alive.” — -Benny Blanco

“Jake is like a son to me.” — -Katie Couric

“Jake’s delicious, has a shayne punim, and makes me kvell with nachas!” — -Debra Messing

“Jake is like a son to me. A wildly embarrassing son.” — -Phil Rosenthal

“Jake, like everything he makes, is easy and delicious.” — -Ali Wong

“Jake is the gayest Jew on the planet!” — -Isaac Mizrahi

“Jake is the Jewiest gay on the planet! (Besides me and Isaac Mizrahi).”  — -Judy Gold

“Jake is the greatest cookbook author to ever exist.”  — -Jake’s Mother

“Jake is the definition of a dinner party animal, whether wolfing down his delicious creations, watching his friends pig out at the tables he curates, or fishing for compliments to put on this book." — -Benj Pasek

“Jake, despite being famously illiterate, writes beautiful cookbooks.” — -Alex Edelman

“Jake is the sweetest ingredient in the recipe for Moshiach Energy.” — -Modi Rosenfeld

“Jake is any mother’s dream, and by that I mean my mother is obsessed with him.”  — -Shoshana Bean

“Jake is simultaneously the nicest and naughtiest Jewish boy I know.” — -Jessie Ware

“Jake’s recipes bring me to my knees and you can quote me on that! Wait don’t actually quote that…” — -Josh Groban

“Jake is like a brother to me. A much less talented brother.” — -Adam Met

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