My cookbook Family Style: Shared Plates for Casual Feasts.
Family Style grew out of the same cooking philosophy behind this site — that a great meal doesn’t require a complicated recipe, just good technique and ingredients worth tasting.
Family Style: Shared Plates for Casual Feasts is a collection of 60 all-new flavor-packed recipes.
A peek inside the book
- Every recipe was developed with a real weeknight or casual dinner party in mind — nothing that requires hard-to-find ingredients or techniques that only make sense in a professional kitchen
Recipe Tester’s Favorites
A few recipes testers couldn’t stop talking about:
- Baked Harissa Chicken Thighs
- Family-Style Spaghetti Carbonara
- Portuguese Cod with Pepperoni and White Beans
- Orange Flower Olive Oil Cake
Hey – I’m Karen!
Creator of Familystyle Food
I’ve spent 20 years cooking professionally — in restaurants, as a personal chef, and as a recipe developer — and I created Familystyle Food to share what I’ve learned. Every recipe here is one I’ve tested, photographed, and happily cook for my own family.