Share a Meal with Anne Burrell

If you are a food network fanatic like me, you will be happy to learn that the library has a copy of Anne Burrell's newest book, Own Your Kitchen:  Recipes to Inspire and Empower.  This book is about being in charge when you cook--this includes discovering how flavors work together, creating meals with the ingredients you have in your pantry and also how to feel confident and stress free when you are making meals.  Anne Burrell does these three things by sharing the recipes that she makes at home when she's relaxed and wanting to share

something good with her friends and family.  The 100 recipes in this book have been designed to teach the reader how to be comfortable with essential cooking techniques such as:  making an omelet, butterflying a chicken for an easy roast and how to bake focaccia bread.  She also offers tips, such as items that can be prepared ahead (marinades) or how to coax flavor out of a chicken by using a garlic rubdown.  The book contains seasonal as well as everyday recipes and ways to bounce back after you make a mistake.  Anne Burrell is the New York Times best selling author of Cook Like a Rock Star, and the host for many years of Food Network's Secrets of a Restaurant Chef.  She is co-host of Worst Cooks in America and host of Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell.  She is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, worked at Lidia Bastianich's Felidia and Peter Hoffman's Savoy and taught at the Institute of Culinary Education.  She currently lives in New York City.