Emma Laperruque is the food editor at Food52 and an award-winning columnist for ""Big Little Recipes."" Before this, she worked as a line cook, middle-of-the-night baker, and journalist. Now she lives in the Taylor-ham part of New Jersey with her husband and their cat, Butter. Food52 was founded by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs-two authors and opinionated home cooks who formerly worked for the New York Times-to celebrate food as the center of a well-lived life with recipes, books, home goods, and more.
“These are recipes for everyone to make every day— they’re bright, simple, smart, and fun. Big Little Recipes is chockablock with exciting dishes and such good ideas for getting a bushel of flavor out of a handful of ingredients.”—Dorie Greenspan, author of Baking with Dorie “Emma’s big little recipes are exactly that— vibrant eruptions of flavor lovingly wrapped in a tiny package of just a few ingredients. These approachable dishes are easy to cook through, allowing you to pick up helpful gems to carry with you every day. She is also a woman after my own heart, creating the ultimate BLT by turning it into the salad of my dreams.”—Sohla El-Waylly, chef and Food52 resident “Marvelously rich in flavor and brimming with splendid ideas! In this book, Emma shares her remarkable repertoire of kitchen wisdom through recipes that will surely build confidence in the cook.”—Nik Sharma, author of The Flavor Equation and Season