Alex Guarnaschelli is a Food Network Icon. In this book she goes into how relationships with her family have shaped her as a chef and home cook. She grew up with a Cook Book editor mother and a father obsessed with food. Alex re-creates recipes she grew up with: chicken with barbecue sauce, steamed pork dumplings, cheesy baked ziti, sheet pan pork chops with spicy Brussels sprouts, roasted sweet potato salad with honey and toasted pumpkin seeds.