Sophisticated food doesn't need to be fussy or complicated. Colu Cooks: Easy Fancy Food offers 100 recipes that offer ideas and solutions to get you out of your weeknight routine, explore new ingredients and techniques, build your confidence, and have elevated, but approachable recipes on the table in around 45 minutes.

The recipes in Colu Cooks are heavily rooted in my Italian-American upbringing, so readers will find plenty of pastas, chicories, anchovies, olives, and citrus in this book (as well as an excellent eggplant Parmesan!), but there are also recipes influenced by the rich farmland of the Hudson Valley, by my time spent in Spain, France, and the shores of Nova Scotia, and by the Napa and Sonoma valleys.

My first baby! Here are more than 75 sophisticated, weeknight-friendly pasta dishes that come together in the same amount of time it takes to boil the water. As much a mindset as it is a cookbook, Back Pocket Pasta shows how a well-stocked kitchen and a few seasonal ingredients can be the driving force behind delicious, simply prepared meals.

With genius flavor combinations, a gorgeous photograph for every recipe, and a smart guide to easy-drinking cocktails and wine, Back Pocket Pasta will inspire you to cook better meals faster.