Pass the Plate

Who’s the author? Carolina Gelen is a recipe developer and food content creator, whose recipes have resonated with millions of home cooks. Her cooking style draws heavily from her upbringing in a small town in Transylvania, Romania, where she learned to create resourceful recipes for everyday cooking using simple ingredients. She emigrated to the US in 2021 and before long was working in the kitchens of award-winning chefs, developing her own video and recipe content for New York Times Cooking and building an online community of followers. Pass the Plate is her first book.

What’s it about? Carolina is on a mission to share her abounding love of food, presenting 100 crowd-pleasing, effortlessly delicious recipes so you too can indulge yourself and your loved ones – at any time and for any occasion.

The emphasis is on big flavour with minimal effort; above all, Carolina’s recipes are delicious, shareable and approachable and use simple, everyday ingredients. Including influences from her Romanian upbringing, as well as from around the world, you’ll find comforting soups and stews, hearty breakfast dishes, tasty dinners and indulgent desserts that will bring comfort to your kitchen and have everyone asking for seconds.

Recipes we love: Lemon Pepper Roast Chicken with Schmaltz Potatoes, Many Mushrooms Lasagne, Orange Cardamom Cake.

Perfect for: Home cooks – whatever your their of skill – looking for new ways to bring joy into their food.