The seasoned life Food, family, faith, and the joy of eating well

Curry brings a fresh and earnest energy to her first cookbook, a personal collection of everyday recipes covering major meals, snacks, drinks, and game-day dishes (the latter no doubt an important category when you're married to NBA star Stephen Curry). This cookbook is at its best when showcasing the author's cultural influences on her cooking mainly, her Jamaican heritage and childhood years spent in Charlotte, North Carolina. Curry is as apt to make jerk chicken as a plate of shrimp and grits. Comfort food features large in this book, such as ham and cheese waffles and honey-garlic baby back ribs, but there are new and lighter flavors, too, such as sweet pea soup with herbed scallops and many variations on salmon. A mom to two young girls, Curry includes a few dishes to cook with the littles and keeps recipes relatively quick and easy for busy households. The Seasoned Life is a lighthearted, accessible cookbook with attractive photos of Curry and family.--Neumer Lara, Alison Copyright 2016 Booklist

Curry, frequent Food Network guest star and wife of NBA superstar Stephen Curry, offers a collection of her favorite recipes that include her own creations along with dishes inspired by family recipes and favorite restaurants. Recipes are arranged by meal: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and sweets. Breakfast and lunch ideas are fairly simple, and while dinner recipes begin to get a little more involved, none are overly complicated. The importance of family is a theme throughout, and Curry includes a chapter on cooking with children. Featured are a wide variety of meals, from traditional staples such as meatloaf to specialties such as Jamaican escovitch fish. The author's Jamaican heritage influences a few meals that subtly incorporate Caribbean flavors. Although most recipes tend to focus on wholesome, healthy ingredients, Curry doesn't shy away from decadent treats, such as her signature deep-fried Oreos. VERDICT A wide range of tempting recipes that are simple enough for even novice cooks.-Melissa Stoeger, Deerfield P.L., IL © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.