Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over by Alison Roman, available on Amazon, $19.50
This is the cookbook to beeline it to if your recipient loves to host friends for dinner.
Author Alison Roman shuns mild-mannered foods and favors crunchy, citrusy, smoky, and otherwise bold flavors. Expect how-tos for a DIY martini bar, coconut-braised chicken and chickpeas, and pans of lemony turmeric tea cake.
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