By Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear
About this product
JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in your own kitchen with over 100 creative, seasonal recipes from Hailee Catalano
"Ms. Catalano has a laser-eyed clarity on flavor and a knack for deploying a short list of ingredients to great effect. . . . By Heart [is] not just a trove of delicious ideas but also a reminder of how fun (and personal) cooking can be." —Adina Steiman, The New York Times
Growing up cooking the Sunday gravy, meatballs, and pasta alongside her Italian American grandmother, Hailee Catalano developed a huge passion for food. This passion led her to the Culinary Institute of America, and then to cooking in restaurants. But somewhere along the way, Hailee started to miss the home cooking that made her fall in love with food in the first place. Restaurants made it seem like beautifully made food was too difficult to recreate at home.
In By Heart, she presents over 100 restaurant-quality recipes designed to be made in your home kitchen. You'll find seasonal pastas ( Pasta alla Norcina with Roasted Squash ), veggie-forward recipes designed to make the most of your CSA box ( Caponata with Dried Cherries and Green Olives ), simple meat dishes ( Roast Chicken with Red Wine Vinegar and Honey ) breads ( Hearty Seeded Rye Bread ), butters ( Calabrian Chile Honey Butter ), condiments ( Chicago-Style Fennel Giardiniera ), perfect beach sandwiches ( Brie and Butter Sandwich with Shallot-y Frisée ), simple sweets ( Malted Milk Butter Cookies ), and so much more.
Inspired by her professional training and love of seasonal cooking, Hailee includes details on how to keep a calm kitchen, navigate a farmers market, make your own broths and the perfect sourdough loaf, and plan out a Friday Night Dinner menu. Carefully crafted from the heart, this is a book you'll return to again and again. Read more
Editor's Take
Reviewers and cookbook readers are broadly positive about By Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear, praising its approachable but restaurant-quality recipes and its comforting, home-cook feel. Goodreads reviewers describe the book as well-loved, and several cookbook-review blogs highlight standout dishes and reliable results.
- Goodreads community reviewers appear enthusiastic overall, with the book drawing strong ratings and active discussion.
- On cookbook review sites, readers mention that the recipes feel accessible while still polished and flavorful.
- Blog reviewers call out recipes like roast chicken, meatballs, sandwiches, and pasta dishes as especially successful.
- Media appearances featuring Hailee Catalano show interest in the book’s style: practical, seasonal, and comfort-forward.
- There was no clearly surfaced Amazon review text in the gathered results, but the broader web consensus is that the cookbook is warmly received.
YouTube results included multiple real videos about the book, mainly cookbook features, first looks, and recipe demos rather than traditional long-form reviews.
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Specifications
| Publisher | DK |
| Publication date | April 15, 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0593842650 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0593842652 |
| Item Weight | 2.87 pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.35 x 1.3 x 10.28 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #4,274 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #5 in Burger & Sandwich Recipes #6 in Italian Cooking, Food & Wine #8 in Seasonal Cooking (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (403) |
