Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook: A Cookbook

Where Cooking Begins presents a modern approach to home cooking from Carla Lalli Music, food editor at large at Bon Appétit. The cookbook contains more than 70 flexible recipes inspired by meals she prepares for family and friends. The book teaches six essential cooking methods designed to simplify the cooking process. Each recipe includes suggestions for swaps and substitutions to provide flexibility. Music addresses both shopping and cooking strategies, recommending purchasing fresh ingredients multiple times weekly while building a pantry of staples bought online. The cookbook offers no-fail techniques, recipes, and strategies intended to develop cooking confidence and skill. It has won the James Beard Award and was named one of the best cookbooks of the year by The New Yorker, Food52, and Library Journal. It was also selected as a Goop Cookbook Club pick and became a Publishers Weekly bestseller.