Hi, I'm Ashley. An Italian girl, born and raised in New York — which is just a complicated way of saying I think pasta is a food group and I argue about red sauce on the internet.
I started cooking the way every Italian grandmother started cooking — by being told to. Decades later, the only thing that's changed is the audience. For less than the price of a sad takeout salad, you can meet me in the kitchen and learn every recipe I've ever loved.
This is the cookbook I wish I'd had at twenty: warm, a little chaotic, and unreasonably good at dinner.
"I bought this on a whim and now my husband thinks I went to culinary school. The pastina alone paid for the cookbook three times over."
"Made the Pasta and Meatballs for my Italian mother-in-law. She asked me for the recipe. I cried."
"I'm the world's worst cook. Even I couldn't mess up the Mac & Cheese. Genuinely life-changing $19."
"Carnivore + Burger Bowls = my new meal-prep religion. Down 12 lbs and dinner tastes like a restaurant."
"Clever recipes that don't require running to four grocery stores. As a working mom, this is the dream."
"Eggplant Parmesan made my Sicilian grandfather speechless. He just nodded once. From him, that's a standing ovation."
"Bought it for myself. Used it last week to impress a date. Now I cook for her every Sunday. Worth every penny."
"Best $19 I've ever spent on a digital anything. The Cinnamon Rolls alone. Just trust me on the cinnamon rolls."
"Finally a cookbook that respects my time AND my freezer. Make-ahead friendly. 12-hour shifts approve."
"I tag Ashley in every plate. She hasn't responded yet but I'm not giving up. Steak & Eggs is unreal."