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Cook Like Alex Guarnaschelli

The chef and television personality’s latest cookbook, “Cook With Me,” features unpretentious recipes.

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Helpful, funny, personal and typically self-deprecating, the voice of Alex Guarnaschelli, the chef, restaurateur and television cooking personality, is unmistakable throughout her new book, “Cook With Me.” There are many great recipes that should have a place on your table. Something for New Year’s? Go no further than her deviled eggs soaked in borscht (not necessarily homemade) to color them purple with whipped cream — whipped cream! — to fluff the filling. Or broil and flame some provolone for delicious fun (it works). And don’t forget dumplings without wrappers, cauliflower steaks, mixed mushrooms or salmon and kale on a sheet pan, a salad of rescued vegetable tops and mulled white wine.

“Cook With Me: 150 Recipes for the Home Cook” by Alex Guarnaschelli (Clarkson Potter, $35).

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Florence Fabricant is a food and wine writer. She writes the weekly Front Burner and Off the Menu columns, as well as the Pairings column, which appears alongside the monthly wine reviews. She has also written 12 cookbooks. More about Florence Fabricant

A version of this article appears in print on  , Section D, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: To Read: Cook Like Alex Guarnaschelli. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

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