Award-winning chefs and bestselling authors of the James Beard Award–winning Zahav Michael
Solomonov and Steven Cook invite you to cook the way they do at home with 125 new recipes for
simple and achievable meals. Since opening Zahav (the beloved award-winning and critically
acclaimed restaurant in Philadelphia that serves a powerfully flavorful menu inspired by modern
Israeli cuisine) fifteen years ago co-owners chef Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook have
learned at least two things: cooking at home isn’t anything like cooking at the restaurant and
how to bring Zahav’s signature ideas to the home kitchen. As busy fathers Mike and Steve have
also learned that thinking ahead is key. Their secret: a strategically stocked pantry. Then
it’s nothing for example to slather amba from a jar onto a spatchcocked chicken for an
almost-instant roast chicken dinner or to cook a leg of lamb coated with harissa (also from a
jar!) in one pot—on a school night! When they make soups with all the intense flavors they use
at the restaurant they make a lot of soup always thinking of the freezer and those busy
nights when there’s no time to cook. Even more than Zahav their trailblazing first book
Zahav Home is a truly intimate affair—an invitation right into Mike's and Steve's home
kitchens with recipes tried and tested by them and their families. The 125 all-new recipes in
this book include robust salads abundant vegetables hearty soups easy lunches and weeknight
meals that taste as if they took hours to make. There are Sunday dinners unforgettable
desserts and more including: Tehina Caesar Salad with Gutsy Croutons Matzo Ball Soup Sesame
Chicken with Matbucha Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Labneh Sheet pan Kebabs: Yemenite Kofte
& Merguez Hummus from the Pot Date-Glazed Salmon Fillets Baby Apple Cakes Pistachio Sticky Buns
You’ll find features throughout titled “Making” that visually break recipes down into easy
step-by-step as well as “Method ” highlighting a foundational recipe technique or tip that
can be used flexibly in countless dishes like Schug Garlic Confit and some Hard-Cooked Egg
Wisdom. Colorful and full of flavor vitality and warmth Zahav Home is a treasure and worth
its weight in gold (the meaning of Zahav!)
