Mad Hungry Family: 120 Essential Recipes to Feed the Whole Crew

by Lucinda Scala Quinn

Overview

Author of the beloved Mad Hungry: Feeding Men and Boys, Lucinda Scala Quinn is the country’s foremost evangelist for family meals every day of the week. And she knows that the only way to make them a reality is by building a repertoire of dishes that are quick and easy to prepare, and guaranteed to please. In Mad Hungry Family, Scala Quinn has collected all the no-fuss, big-flavor recipes that send her family stampeding to the kitchen table—from flat roast chicken to second-day spaghetti pancakes—and peppered them with tips, tricks, and solutions learned over a lifetime of cooking both professionally and for her family of five. Here are survival strategies for nothing-in-the-fridge crises, feeding unexpected guests, getting Thanksgiving dinner on the table before your family revolts, and more. Also included are primers on the ingredients and techniques you need—and permission to ignore those you don’t. With soulful, satisfying recipes and real talk about what it takes to make family meals a reality, Mad Hungry Family is the “you-can-do-this” handbook every home cook needs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781579656645
Publisher:	Artisan
Publication date:	09/27/2016
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Lucinda Scala Quinn is the author of eight cookbooks, including the best-selling Mad Hungry trilogy. Her mantra is, “cook for the ones you love, teach them to cook for themselves and they will pass it on.” Her passion for cooking took root growing up in an Italian American family, which inspired her to begin cooking professionally at age sixteen. As a late-blooming entrepreneur, she founded the Mad Hungry kitchenware brand which makes multi-use tools for the home cook. For over a decade she oversaw all food content for Martha Stewart Living OmniMedia. She was the host of the television show Mad Hungry: Bringing Back the Family Meal and cohost of Everyday Food on PBS. Her radio show EatDrink on Sirius FM was an innovative precursor to podcasts. She lives in New York City and can be followed @madhungry.

Editorial Reviews

What would you give for the question ‘what’s for dinner?’ to no longer fill you with dread? Lucinda Scala Quinn has the best answers. . . . This is true comfort food, made—by unstressed you—with love.”
—Redbook

“Chock-full of ‘lifesaver lessons’ and quick recipes for family meals. . . . [Lucinda Scala Quinn has a] resourceful approach of turning pantry staples into delicious dishes.”
—Martha Stewart Living

“Practical, economical, and (above all) approachable. . . . Quinn’s Mad Hungry books are fantastic for novice cooks who like simple, everyday recipes without heavy-handed diet and lifestyle advice.”
—Library Journal
 
"Lucinda has done it again—loads of tasty recipes to inspire families to sit down together and enjoy a good meal."
—Jamie Oliver

From the Publisher

10/15/2016
Scala Quinn completes her trilogy of Mad Hungry cookbooks with this practical, economical, and (above all) approachable collection of recipes drawn from her experiences feeding a family of five. Flavorful dishes such as spicy chicken and chickpeas (cooked in a single pan for easy cleanup), pizza parlor salad, broiled black pepper sirloin steak, and bananas flambe with coconut sorbet are slightly more sophisticated than their predecessors, reflecting the expanded palates of the author's formerly picky children. The underlying goal is to engage busy families in daily cooking, and almost all of the recipes can be easily made on a weeknight, excepting a few slow-cooked dishes. VERDICT Quinn's Mad Hungry books are fantastic for novice cooks who like simple, everyday recipes without heavy-handed diet and lifestyle advice. Her latest doesn't disappoint.

Library Journal