Cook beautiful

In this highly aesthetic cookbook, Athena Calderone reveals the secrets to preparing and presenting unforgettable dishes. As the face behind the award-winning website EyeSwoon, a lifestyle destination for food, fashion, and interior design, Athena cooks with top chefs, hosts wonderful dinners, and designs stunning table decorations. She places great importance on ensuring that the visual elements of each dish harmonize with its balanced flavors. In her cookbook debut, she finally shows us how we can easily implement her unique cooking style ourselves.

The book includes 100 recipes with step-by-step instructions for every process from preparation to presentation. The dishes range from an artfully stacked peach burrata salad to the perfect steak. There are grilled zucchini flatbreads with arugula-pistachio pesto, eggplants with za'atar and yogurt-tahini, and braised pork with pumpkin and walnut gremolata.

The recipes are organized by seasons, and at the end of each chapter, there are detailed tips on how to create a perfect seasonal table inspired by nature. Suggestions include ice cubes with edible flowers, lavender-sage bundles as a natural repellent against mosquitoes and flies, custom-designed menus, and flavored salts as small gifts for guests.

In "Cook Beautiful," design meets food, tradition meets food styling, and amateur cooks become experts. Fantastic yet easily achievable dishes for friends and family, along with many tips and tricks for perfectly decorated culinary masterpieces.