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Rebel Homemaker: Food, Family, Life
Drew Barrymore has always done things in her own unique way-including how she cooks, lives, and finds happiness at home. In her first lifestyle and cookbook, Drew shares recipes, stories from her life, and personal photos that show how she lives a healthy, delicious, and joyful life through her own rebellious brand of homemaking.
In her first lifestyle book, Drew Barrymore will take you inside her kitchen and her life, sharing thirty-six amazing recipes, from Soft-Scrambled Yuzu Kosho Eggs to Brie and Apple Grilled Cheese to Harissa Spaghetti, which she developed along with chef Pilar Valdes, a personal friend and a regular guest on Drew's CBS talk show.
The book will also feature beautiful photos, many taken by Drew herself, as well as personal essays and stories about how Drew found her way in the kitchen, learned to cook, planted a garden and raised her first chickens. And, of course, how she learned to slow down, turn to nature as a teacher, always remembering to be humble and present while celebrating the joys of her family and friends around the table, both during special occasions as well as amidst the beautiful chaos of everyday life!
In her first lifestyle book, Drew Barrymore will take you inside her kitchen and her life, sharing thirty-six amazing recipes, from Soft-Scrambled Yuzu Kosho Eggs to Brie and Apple Grilled Cheese to Harissa Spaghetti, which she developed along with chef Pilar Valdes, a personal friend and a regular guest on Drew's CBS talk show.
The book will also feature beautiful photos, many taken by Drew herself, as well as personal essays and stories about how Drew found her way in the kitchen, learned to cook, planted a garden and raised her first chickens. And, of course, how she learned to slow down, turn to nature as a teacher, always remembering to be humble and present while celebrating the joys of her family and friends around the table, both during special occasions as well as amidst the beautiful chaos of everyday life!
Readers Top Reviews
WhitecrowJulie
Drew is great, but Amazon did her dirty, literally. The book arrived covered in dirt and will not completely come off the book due to the texture. I'm so sorry they did this to you Drew!
The Harissa sauce is to die for and life changing. I’d never heard of Harissa paste before this. The other recipes are for sure out of my comfort zone but since the harissa sauce is so good I’m going to keep the book and give it a try. EDITED: Ended up returning. Just didn’t see it as food I’d realistically make for my family. Some of it felt too involved or ingredients I couldn’t find at any grocery store.
Linda
Just got this book today, and I love all things Drew!! This is def a cover to cover read all cozied up in your jammies and some appetizers. I will write more after I read it. I do have one request: Can you PLEASE ask Drew to do a similar book on her beauty junkie skin care regimen? :-)
It's really an amazing combination of a cookbook & journal. Her list of best things that she ever ate is a fantastic list of boxed Kraft Mac-n-Cheese to eating crunchy crickets while drinking a Himalayan burnt sea salt margarita. (And a lot of other fascinating places & foods) I'm really looking forward to trying to make some of the really yummy sounding recipes.
Lisa Karsynsbecky de
I saw this cookbook being promoted on several channels and was intrigued by some of the recipes. This book is 223 pages long, only has 35 recipes and the rest is devoted to picture after picture of a very self indulgent Drew Barrymore sucking down pasta or other foods. I am keeping to book for two recipes but would love to be able to tear out her ridiculous pictures. Might even copy the ones I like and return. Don’t bother, unless you like to see pictures of her eating or growing vegetables. Tried a recipe today, Roasted Poblano-Tomatillo Soup, the reason I go the book, absolutely tasteless.
Short Excerpt Teaser
I Am Writing
Spring 2020
Everyone has been affected by the pandemic. It's been an opportunity for a worldwide reset. The questions that burn in my mind are these: If we are forced to live differently, can we be inspired to think differently? Is this when Zoom conferencing and workout streaming become the norm? Is this when we recognize what we do and don't need? Is this when we go back to pioneering a healthier way of life? Imagine if we didn't travel so much. I can't begin to tell you how often I have to travel for meetings around the world. I love seeing the world, but flying can be stressful and is bad for the earth. I would be willing to give that up for a better, cleaner world. What if we only flew when absolutely necessary? What if we considered more than just our job or our vacation before we booked that next trip? I am self-taught, and the two ways I've learned are by reading and traveling-the two things that have made me who I am. (I think my endgame in life is to work at a travel magazine . . .) But we can all be more conscientious in our choices. Please don't get mad at me for
suggesting "less of everything": less movement, less stress. We are literally being forced to be still right now. Forced to stay at home. None of us could have predicted we would see this in our lifetime. And yet, I can see the future. A brighter future that exists for our kids-whether they're our own kids or not.
I've always been the kind of person who hates soapboxes, and I don't mean to be up on one now. Growing up in Hollywood, I felt the sting when listening to privileged people talk about others' needs, and I especially hated it if they used their platform to take others down. I march in the army of optimism, and I've always refused to condescend or speak out negatively. There have been so many humans who have used their voices around the world to change it for the better. Maybe it's their tone? Maybe if it feels inspiring and personal instead of righteous? Is that the secret sauce for humans from anywhere and everywhere daring to speak up? After all, it's always been humans who have inspired us. Therefore, everyone has the potential to be someone who will change the world in big and small ways.
What are people thinking right now? What inventions and ideas and new ways of doing things are being thought up in the face of this crisis? What will be the outcome? The innovations? If we make it through this, and I know we will, I almost hope people don't overindulge in the return to life as it was before. Life moving forward should be altered. Wouldn't it be great to live differently? Think differently? Work differently?
I myself have put my shiny tech things down and picked up writing. My business partner Nancy Juvonen always tells me, no matter what I am going through in life, I
should write. Heartbreak? Write. Lost? Write. Need to communicate with someone in a deeper way? Write! How about the way we communicate with ourselves? I was so lost after giving birth the first time. I was bent so out of shape the first few days I thought I would die of fear. I couldn't sleep or eat and I was becoming incapable of thinking straight. And then a package came to my door from a dear friend. It was a journal with small daily spaces to fill. Not overwhelming. And so I started writing to my daughter. I would say in a few sentences what the day brought. I wrote in it every day for three years. I plan to give it to her when she is eighteen, ten years from now.
What if we all just started journaling a few sentences of this journey? I always talk about collective experiences. This is a time when everyone is in the same boat. Staying home. Living in this wild and terrifying time of struggle is our new normal. Great art and community can come out of the most difficult times. Change comes from times like this. Change in perception and behavior. I invite us all to write a few sentences every day. And we will be able to look back when we are all older and see what this time actually was . . . is. But that is a small and personal idea. How we take care of each other in this moment obviously comes first. Empathy has never been more important. Maybe we're supposed to take care of everyone and everything and have this newfound humility and respect for our surroundings. This is a health crisis that affects everyone-the entire planet is involved. And we can't go back or ignore what is happening, and maybe this is a sign that not only do we need to save our planet but also we need to save ourselves. I think humans thrive the most when we take care of each other. And if there is a way to empower ourselves without being selfish and heal our planet without being political, just a nurturing and cultivating of our world and our li...
Spring 2020
Everyone has been affected by the pandemic. It's been an opportunity for a worldwide reset. The questions that burn in my mind are these: If we are forced to live differently, can we be inspired to think differently? Is this when Zoom conferencing and workout streaming become the norm? Is this when we recognize what we do and don't need? Is this when we go back to pioneering a healthier way of life? Imagine if we didn't travel so much. I can't begin to tell you how often I have to travel for meetings around the world. I love seeing the world, but flying can be stressful and is bad for the earth. I would be willing to give that up for a better, cleaner world. What if we only flew when absolutely necessary? What if we considered more than just our job or our vacation before we booked that next trip? I am self-taught, and the two ways I've learned are by reading and traveling-the two things that have made me who I am. (I think my endgame in life is to work at a travel magazine . . .) But we can all be more conscientious in our choices. Please don't get mad at me for
suggesting "less of everything": less movement, less stress. We are literally being forced to be still right now. Forced to stay at home. None of us could have predicted we would see this in our lifetime. And yet, I can see the future. A brighter future that exists for our kids-whether they're our own kids or not.
I've always been the kind of person who hates soapboxes, and I don't mean to be up on one now. Growing up in Hollywood, I felt the sting when listening to privileged people talk about others' needs, and I especially hated it if they used their platform to take others down. I march in the army of optimism, and I've always refused to condescend or speak out negatively. There have been so many humans who have used their voices around the world to change it for the better. Maybe it's their tone? Maybe if it feels inspiring and personal instead of righteous? Is that the secret sauce for humans from anywhere and everywhere daring to speak up? After all, it's always been humans who have inspired us. Therefore, everyone has the potential to be someone who will change the world in big and small ways.
What are people thinking right now? What inventions and ideas and new ways of doing things are being thought up in the face of this crisis? What will be the outcome? The innovations? If we make it through this, and I know we will, I almost hope people don't overindulge in the return to life as it was before. Life moving forward should be altered. Wouldn't it be great to live differently? Think differently? Work differently?
I myself have put my shiny tech things down and picked up writing. My business partner Nancy Juvonen always tells me, no matter what I am going through in life, I
should write. Heartbreak? Write. Lost? Write. Need to communicate with someone in a deeper way? Write! How about the way we communicate with ourselves? I was so lost after giving birth the first time. I was bent so out of shape the first few days I thought I would die of fear. I couldn't sleep or eat and I was becoming incapable of thinking straight. And then a package came to my door from a dear friend. It was a journal with small daily spaces to fill. Not overwhelming. And so I started writing to my daughter. I would say in a few sentences what the day brought. I wrote in it every day for three years. I plan to give it to her when she is eighteen, ten years from now.
What if we all just started journaling a few sentences of this journey? I always talk about collective experiences. This is a time when everyone is in the same boat. Staying home. Living in this wild and terrifying time of struggle is our new normal. Great art and community can come out of the most difficult times. Change comes from times like this. Change in perception and behavior. I invite us all to write a few sentences every day. And we will be able to look back when we are all older and see what this time actually was . . . is. But that is a small and personal idea. How we take care of each other in this moment obviously comes first. Empathy has never been more important. Maybe we're supposed to take care of everyone and everything and have this newfound humility and respect for our surroundings. This is a health crisis that affects everyone-the entire planet is involved. And we can't go back or ignore what is happening, and maybe this is a sign that not only do we need to save our planet but also we need to save ourselves. I think humans thrive the most when we take care of each other. And if there is a way to empower ourselves without being selfish and heal our planet without being political, just a nurturing and cultivating of our world and our li...
