Mostly Homemade

Less takeout and more quick cooking at home? Yes!

The debut cookbook from the winner of the Amazon Prime Video original series America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation. Cook at home while saving money and learning simple ways to build fast, easy meals around taken-for-granted supermarket ingredients. In her debut cookbook, Antoinette Johnson dispels myths that cooking takes too long and buying ingredients is too expensive. She guides you through grocery aisles with a creative look at canned goods, condiments, frozen items, and more. You'll learn to shop efficiently to build a lean, must-have pantry and then how to make culinary magic in a flash using those few well-chosen items.

"Handmade gifts of food, with their personal touches, make people feel seen and, certainly, deeply considered."

— Elle Simone Scott

More from The Book:

Make flavors sing with basic condiments

You don’t need 17 different condiments for Stuffed Pork Chops, the Dijon-Lemon Roasted Cabbage Wedges from the TV show, or Spicy Potato Salad.

Get more bang for your prepared-foods buck

Don’t just slice up a rotisserie chicken—turn it into Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Curry Chicken Noodle Soup, or White Chicken Chili.

Canned goods to the rescue of time-pressed cooks

Maximize canned vegetables with Ginger-Miso Carrots and Weeknight Collard Greens. Use tinned fish for Oysters Rockefeller Dip and Sriracha-Soy Salmon Sliders.

A Simple Citrus Peel

Hold a citrus strip horizontal, pith side facing you, near the surface of your cocktail. Pinch the zest to express oils onto the cocktail and then rub the outer edge of the glass with the peel.

Making Gift Tags and Recipe Tags

Handwrite on premade tags or on cut-out cardstock.

Type and print the tag and mount on decorative paper.

Print custom labels and become a food-gifting legend.