The Full Plate: Flavor-Filled, Easy Recipes for Families with No Time and a Lot to Do

by Ayesha Curry

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The rapid rise of Ayesha Curry sounds a lot like the story of a certain Golden State Warriors guard who took the NBA by storm. Ayesha scores major points with families as she problem-solves weeknight cooking for all of us who are time-crunched but need to develop our kitchen game.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Enjoy family-friendly recipes that are ready in no time, when you've got no time, from New York Times bestselling author, online phenomenon, and TV star Ayesha Curry.
 
Ayesha Curry knows what it's like to have so much on your plate you can barely think about dinner. But she also knows that finding balance between work and family life starts with gathering around the table to enjoy a home-cooked meal.
 
The Full Plate brings the best of Ayesha's home kitchen straight to you, with 100 recipes that are flexible and flavorful and come together in less than an hour. You'll find sheet pan dinners and crowd-pleaser pastas, hearty salads and healthy updates to takeout favorites, and fresh spins on classic dishes-plus kid-friendly meals, desserts, and sides (and a few beverages just for the adults).

Recipes include:

• Mushroom Tacos with Avocado Crema
• Hot Honey Chicken Sandwiches
• Crab Bucatini
• Sheet Pan Pork Chops
• Guava Ginger Ice Cream
• Spicy Margaritas, and more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316496179
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	09/22/2020
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	304,783
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

Ayesha Curry is the New York Times bestselling author of The Seasoned Life, as well as a celebrated entrepreneur, television host, and restaurateur. She starred in ABC's Family Food Fight and the EllenTube series Fempire, and is the co-owner of the International Smoke group of restaurants. She has has been featured in Food & Wine, Time, InStyle, Cooking Light, the Wall Street Journal, People, Parents, Good Housekeeping, and USA Today. She is mom to three children, daughters Riley and Ryan and son Canon, and wife to Stephen Curry. She lives in the Bay Area.

Editorial Reviews

09/07/2020

Curry (The Seasoned Life), a TV cooking personality and wife of NBA superstar Stephen Curry, presents a winning collection of dishes that often come together in less than half an hour, designed for busy families. Her pantry includes convenience items deployed in novel ways, such as pancake mix used as a batter for coconut shrimp and refrigerated tubes of biscuit dough deployed for maple-glazed bacon doughnuts. The fusions of global seasonings and jarred sauces in such dishes as curried crab with okra; her childhood-staple red pea soup “loaded with handmade rolled-flour dumplings... called ‘spinners’ ”; and her own take on the spicy-sweet takeout standby, “General Ayesha’s Honey Chicken” reflect her upbringing by parents of Jamaican-Chinese, African-American, and Polish descent. This being a celebrity cookbook, readers are treated to photos of Curry as a contented mom in a stylish home setting. They also will enjoy the way this approachable and appealing recipe collection caters to wide variety of tastes. Agent: Stacey Glick, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

With her new cookbook, The Full Plate, due out this fall, the mother of three, 31, hopes to help fellow caretakers find new, innovative ways to bring their families joy with efficient meals that still taste amazing.—People

[The Full Plate] provides clever twists on nostalgic favorites, and each recipe is mercifully easy. Her headnotes are also encouraging and playful enough to convince a home cook of any level to pick up a pan.—Epicurious

The Full Plate is a simple read packed with something for the entire family. It motivates me to create memories in the kitchen with my loved ones. I hope it does for you too—Cuisine Noir

A Chowhound "Cookbook We're Most Excited for This Fall"

Ayesha Curry, cookbook author, TV personality, and entrepreneur has added a second cookbook to her portfolio. “The Full Plate,” the follow-up to her beloved debut, “The Seasoned Life,” shares how she cooks for her family. The 100 recipes included in the book are specifically designed to be on the table in less than an hour, geared toward busy families who still aim to eat healthfully.—Chowhound

In [her] new cookbook, [Curry] keeps prep time to a minimum — no elaborate techniques, just what's needed to make a great meal — and fret time even shorter, assuring readers not to worry if they don’t have an ingredient. Instead, she encourages them to have fun, make substitutions, and rediscover their creativity."—Romper

Food personality and restaurateur Ayesha Curry makes an expert banana fritter and she flavors most of her desserts with homemade vanilla extract, an homage to one of her kitchen heroes Ina Garten. You can find the recipe for that vanilla extract and more family-friendly recipes, including plenty of dinners that cook on sheet pans, in The Full Plate, her second book that is engineered for busy cooks.—Food & Wine

Curry’s new cookbook features more than 100 approachable recipes, including Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas and her go-to Quinoa Salad alongside seasonal desserts (hello, Winter Spiced Rice Pudding) and quick-fix cocktails. Photos of Curry’s adorable kids and gorgeous home make this a must-have for her fans.—The Mercury News

TV star Ayesha Curry knows what it’s like to “have a lot on your plate,” but she also knows the value of gathering for a home-cooked meal. This book delivers the best of her home kitchen with 100 recipes that hit all the marks for flavor, flexibility, and ease (all recipes can be made in under an hour). We’ll take a hot honey chicken sandwich, too, please!

—Greatist

The Full Plate, a follow-up to her 2016 hit The Seasoned Life, is already a best seller, but for good reason beyond her celebrity: It includes some fun, creative recipes... Accompanied by enticing photos, they're all dishes that she promises you can pull together in less than an hour.—AARP

An appetizing cookbook for the time-starved millennial.—Toronto Life

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