Half Baked Harvest Cookbook: Recipes from My Barn in the Mountains
About this product
125 of your new favorite recipes, featuring maximum flavor, minimum fuss, and the farm to table style that turned Half Baked Harvest from a beloved blog into the megahit cookbook series
“Recipes veer from Braised Pork Tamale Burrito Bowls to Crispy Buffalo Quinoa Bites with no logic other than flat-out good taste.”— Epicurious
Tieghan Gerard grew up in the Colorado mountains as one of seven children. When her dad took too long to make dinner every night, she started doing the cooking—at age fifteen. Ever-determined to reign in the chaos of her big family, Tieghan found her place in the kitchen. She had a knack for creating unique dishes, which led her to launch her blog, Half Baked Harvest. Since then, millions of people have fallen in love with her fresh take on comfort food, stunning photography, and charming life in the mountains.
While it might be a trek to get to Tieghan’s barn-turned-test kitchen, her creativity shines here: dress up that cheese board with a real honey comb; decorate a standard salad with spicy, crispy sweet potato fries; serve stir fry over forbidden black rice; give French Onion Soup an Irish kick with Guinness and soda bread; bake a secret ingredient into your apple pie (hint: it’s molasses). From Korean Beef, Sweet Potato, and Quinoa Bibimbap to Healthier Slow-Cooker Butter Chicken to Addictive Salted Caramel–Stuffed Chocolate Cookies, a striking photograph accompanies every recipe, making Half Baked Harvest Cookbook a feast your eyes, too. Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers and Goodreads readers generally praise the book’s gorgeous photography, warm personal tone, and flavorful, creative recipes. Many say it feels like a beautiful coffee-table cookbook that can still produce memorable dishes, and some call it a favorite or a must-have for the collection.
Reviewers on Goodreads and in blog reviews also note some recurring drawbacks: the recipes can be ingredient-heavy, time-consuming, and sometimes more effort than expected. A number of readers mention that some dishes are less reliable or less approachable than they hoped, especially for weeknight cooking.
On Reddit, commenters are mixed but often lean critical of the recipes’ practicality, saying some dishes are overly complicated, expensive, or full of odd ingredients. Others still acknowledge that the book looks great and has appealing flavor combinations.
For YouTube, real search results surfaced one genuine review video about this cookbook: “Half Baked Harvest: Quick & Cozy Cookbook Review.” No second confirmed youtube.com/watch?v= URL about this exact product was found in the results provided.
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Specifications
| Publisher | Clarkson Potter |
| Publication date | September 12, 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 304 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0553496395 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0553496390 |
| Item Weight | 2.82 pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.31 x 1.06 x 10.28 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #10,650 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Western U.S. Cooking, Food & Wine #6 in Potato Cooking #17 in Whole Foods Diets |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (7,914) |