Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z

Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Vogue and BookRiot

The award-winning, bestselling author of An Everlasting Meal serves up an inspiring, money-saving, environmentally responsible, A-to-Z collection of simple recipes that utilize all kinds of leftovers-perfect for solo meals or for feeding the whole family.

Food waste is a serious issue today-nearly forty percent of the food we buy gets tossed out. Most of us look around the kitchen and struggle to use up everything we buy, and then when it comes to leftovers we’re stuck. That’s where Tamar Adler can help-her area of culinary expertise is finding delicious destinies for leftovers. Whether it’s extra potatoes or meat, citrus peels or cold rice, a few final olives in a jar or the end of a piece of cheese, she has an appetizing solution.

Here, in An Everlasting Meal Cookbook, she offers more than 1,500 easy and creative ideas to use up nearly every kind of leftover-and helpfully explains how long each recipe takes. Now you can easily transform a leftover burrito into a lunch of fried rice, or stale breakfast donuts into bread pudding. These inspiring and tasty recipes don’t require any precise measurements, making this cookbook a go-to resource for when your kitchen seems full of meal endings with no clear meal beginnings in sight. Organized alphabetically and filled with foods across the spectrum-from applesauce to truffles and potato chip crumbs to cabbage-this comprehensive guide makes it easy to flip through so you can find a use for all types of unused food.

Sensible, frugal, and consistently delicious, the recipes in An Everlasting Meal Cookbook allow you to prepare meals with economy and grace, making this a vital resource that every home cook needs.

Review Quotes:
\”This is the book I’ve been waiting for all my life… a rejuvenating approach to using up odd ends and making the most of your ingredients, even ones you normally wouldn’t think twice about tossing…. Adler’s conversational tone feels like a friend cheering you on as you rummage through your fridge for dinner.\” –Bon Appetit

\”Where the average home cook might see stray puzzle pieces that don’t fit together, Adler sees delicious possibilities… Drawn from her restaurant experience, kitchen experimentation, and global cookbook collection, Adler’s diverse recommendations range from practical to reassuring to unexpected.\” –Saveur

\”Steeped in culinary practicality, mixing vibrant ideas with sharp real-world strategies… her tone is generous.\” –The Wall Street Journal

\”I love the elegant honesty of Tamar’s writing, the sureness of her direction and the range of her ideas. It’s the kind of book that makes you feel more capable just by opening it.\” –Emily Weinstein, NYT Cooking

\”Adler helps jump-start your creative process with easy ideas for even the most specific bits and bobs.\” –Real Simple

\”A seemingly endless encyclopedia of recipes that rely on what’s left after we finish the initial meal. Adler gives new life to the foods that many of us leave in the fridge to waste away… . The way she sees it, by making something new, you’re honoring and extending the labor you put in the first time around.\” –NPR.org

\”Breathes new life into every last leftover and scrap… very persuasive… there’s something about Adler’s confidence as both cook and writer that is reminiscent of M.F.K. Fisher.\” –Tejal Rao, The New York Times

\”A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and gracefully written resource… a no-waste ethos permeates these many pages with goodwill, humor, and hope. As with all things Adler, the writing is fantastic: expert and unfailingly elegant.\” –Vogue

Review Quotes:
\”Adler helps jump-start your creative process with easy ideas for even the most specific bits and bobs.\” –Real Simple

\”A seemingly endless encyclopedia of recipes that rely on what’s left after we finish the initial meal. Adler gives new life to the foods that many of us leave in the fridge to waste away… . The way she sees it, by making something new, you’re honoring and extending the labor you put in the first time around.\” –NPR.org

\”Like an artsy genius friend you wish you had in college, Alder has the palate, confidence, and descriptive ease of greats like Alice Waters and Anissa Helou… you’ll keep this book within reach and use it often.\” –Wired, Best Books of 2023

\”Comes at a time when food prices are biting, environmentalism urges us not to throw away reusable things, and the pandemic forced us to become better cooks. Adler emphasizes saving time and boosting taste as well.\” –Associated Press

\”Breathes new life into every last leftover and scrap… very persuasive… there’s something about Adler’s confidence as both cook and writer that is reminiscent of M.F.K. Fisher.\” –Tejal Rao, The New York Times

\”Adler turns her poetic sensibility towards the noble art of salvaging leftovers and addressing the food waste problem… I got an answer for what to have for dinner tonight… there’s no takeout food or prepared meal that is too obscure for gold-spinning.\” –Jenny Rosenstrach, Dinner: A Love Story

\”Delicious and doable recipes accounting for just about any leftovers you’ve got sitting around, this cookbook will help your kitchen become a no-waste zone.\” –Simply Recipes

\”An impressive encyclopedia of recipes for elevated but frugal and environmentally friendly eating… Adler’s thorough guide will inspire all levels of cooks to say goodbye to waste and embrace the ABCs of leftovers.\” –Publishers Weekly *starred review*

Format: Hardback
Pages: 560
Imprint: Scribner US/S&S
Publication date: 22/06/2023
Illustrator: Winner, Caitlin