By Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear
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Learn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in your own kitchen with over 100 creative, seasonal recipes from Hailee Catalano
Growing up cooking the Sunday gravy, meatballs, and pasta alongside her Italian American grandmother, Hailee Catalano developed a huge passion for food. This passion led her to the Culinary Institute of America, and then to cooking in restaurants. But somewhere along the way, Hailee started to miss the home cooking that made her fall in love with food in the first place. Restaurants made it seem like beautifully made food was too difficult to recreate at home.
In By Heart, she presents over 100 restaurant-quality recipes designed to be made in your home kitchen. You’ll find seasonal pastas (Pasta alla Norcina with Roasted Squash), veggie-forward recipes designed to make the most of your CSA box (Caponata with Dried Cherries and Green Olives), simple meat dishes (Roast Chicken with Red Wine Vinegar and Honey) breads (Hearty Seeded Rye Bread), butters (Calabrian Chile Honey Butter), condiments (Chicago-Style Fennel Giardiniera), perfect beach sandwiches (Brie and Butter Sandwich with Shallot-y Frisée), simple sweets (Malted Milk Butter Cookies), and so much more.
Inspired by her professional training and love of seasonal cooking, Hailee includes details on how to keep a calm kitchen, navigate a farmers market, make your own broths and the perfect sourdough loaf, and plan out a Friday Night Dinner menu. Carefully crafted from the heart, this is a book you’ll return to again and again.
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Publisher : DK (April 15, 2025)
Language : English
Hardcover : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0593842650
ISBN-13 : 978-0593842652
Item Weight : 2.8 pounds
Dimensions : 8.25 x 1.2 x 10.25 inches
Customers say
Customers find this cookbook beautiful both inside and out, with thoughtfully conceived recipes that are easy to follow. The book is gorgeously photographed, and customers appreciate its personality, with one noting how heartwarming the recipes are.
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Original price was: $35.00.$25.99Current price is: $25.99.
MC^2 –
Beautiful, Fresh and Balanced Creative Classics
I am a total apostle of Ms. Catalano already, and was so excited to pre-order this cookbook! Having now read it cover to cover, I am so excited to try some of her recipes. First up will be the Mushy Pea Pasta Salad as I was asked to bring a pasta salad to a family gathering this weekend to accompany a ham. My husband is THRILLED by the prevalence of anchovies in many recipes, and reading Chef Haileeâs notes about her chaotic family gatherings took me right back to my childhood and grandmotherâs Sunday cooking. The ode to Tina was a beautiful touch and I cannot wait to attempt her gravy. In addition to the fresh and easy to follow recipes (canât wait to try the shallow halibut), this is a visually stunning cookbook – as one would expect from Ms. Catalano! Congratulations on this masterpiece!UPDATE: I made the mushy pea pasta salad. That is not A pasta salad, that is THE PASTA SALAD. It is gorgeous to serve, easy to make, and was perfectly delicious. The olives and lemon move it into solid pasta salad territory while the rest of the ingredients act like a beautifully-composed crunchy, herby salad. I doubled the recipe and everyone loved it! That one will be my go-to for any occasion where Iâm asked to bring a pretty green side. Thanks, Hailee!
Bethany –
Must Buy – inspiring, thoughtful recipes
Hailee thoughtfully put together a cookbook that encompasses not only delicious recipes but provides thoughtful instructions and tips to ensure best results. By Heart includes a glimpse in Haileeâs life, helpful farmerâs market tips, and beautiful photography to showcase her dishes. I cannot wait to continue cooking my way through this book
Risse Blizard –
A must have cook book!
I absolutely love By Heart by Hailee Catalano. Her recipes are the perfect balance of simple and deliciousâideal for a home cook like myself. The instructions are clear, the ingredients are accessible, and every dish Iâve tried so far has been a hit with my family. Iâve found myself coming back to this book again and again, whether I need a quick weeknight dinner or something a little more special. It truly feels like cooking from the heart, and I appreciate how approachable and thoughtfully crafted each recipe is. Highly recommend to anyone who loves to cook and feed the people they love!
nicholas wm9i8iiell80ekddweller98io40ackwm9i8iiell89ekddweller98io40ni –
Remarkable work!!
As someone who personally knows Hailee she is an awesome person. Kind, sweet and always willing to talk food and beverage. Her work in this book was remarkable. The detail is great and the material really targets anyone from the professional chef to the common house cook as ingredients are very findable and common in most areas. A great purchase and would highly recommend
Temur Said –
Incredible book for everyone
Iâve been following Hailee in social media for several years and always like her style of cooking: clean, fresh, classical dishes inspired with her own twist. Have tried many recipes and never failed.Iâve finally received her book today and cannot stop reading it all day! Truly reflecting the title, this book is written by heart. Love it! So much personality in each recipe. It will be so easy to use the book in preparation for a party with friends or just for a picnic by the beach.Thank you, Hailee, by sharing your talent with us
Renée –
2025 with be the Summer of by Heart
Finally a cookbook that is produce focused which isn’t full of really hard to source ingredients or annoyingly steppy recipes. There’s a tomato party menu!!! Need I say more?This collection is thoughtfully collected staples that every friend group will enjoy. The recipes are written for the moments in your life you want to celebrate with food.I love that the recipes have metric measurements. I adore that the entrees are paired with sides. I’m thrilled there are 5 vegetable focused pasta recipes.The book is gorgeously photographed and bound in addition to its trove of inventive and fresh flavors. I can’t wait to cook through this book.
Sara McCormack –
Incredible!
Incredible book! Absolutely love the story in the beginning, Iâve been following Hailee on socials for a while and have been so excited to get my hands on this! Iâve made two recipes from it so far and they turned out so good and were so easy to follow!
Amanda Smith –
This is the first recipe book in a while that has me excited!
This recipe book exceeded my expectations! The book itself is high quality and the pictures are fabulous. I’ve had fun reading through the recipe! They are so creative and not your typical dishes. However, there is a solid range between easy dinner and “I want to try something new and challenge myself!” You can also feel the heart throughout this book. If you, or someone you know, enjoys the art or cooking, I would highly recommend this!
A –
This just landed on my doorstep 10 minutes ago and Iâm already planning our future together. The recipes look amazing, the photos are gorgeous, and Iâm almost certain this book understands me better than most people. Canât wait to dive into the best part⦠eating! What a treat!