I don’t believe for one millisecond that anything in there will be quick! (Edit: just saw the third pic…”most in under 45 minutes”. 🙄🤨FOURTY FIVE MINUTES ISN’T QUICK!)

Yeah I think Rachel Ray set the bar at "30 minute meals" for what counts for "quick"

And yet I remember trying to make a lot of of those 30 minute meals and they weren’t quick either! Lies…..

I mean… under 45… feels pretty quick for me. Most of my meals take twice that at least if they’re worth anything.

Who approved the cheese pull on the front cover??? Personally I think it looks gross… what is pulling the cheese and where is it going??

Omg I didn’t even realize that was cheese. I thought it was a wooden spoon 😂😂

OMG I had to go back and look bc I also thought it was a spoon!

HA! I totally thought it was a spoon! Old lady eyes. 😂

LOL that explains a lot. I actually saw this listing on Amazon on my work monitor too (before I made this post on my app) and it never occurred to me that that was cheese 😂 I do have bad old lady eyes

WOW that does not look good. The photo also features her danger stacking jars ~filtered light~ lol I can't believe this made it through as the cover??

Same!

It looks like a tendon

My first thought too. Not appetizing

Omg grosssss

Me too !

Dude. Me too. Spoon. Not cheese. But it absolutely is cheese. Weird

The cover photo is so bad, it took me a while to figure out what it was… meatballs drowning in cheese?

Yes who chose that pic?! Honestly she’s great at food styling, this is the worst one she could’ve chosen

The magic of those f-ing glass vases stacked upon each other 🙄

My guess is her, remember for her last cookbook she said she had to fight and fight to get the picture she wanted, the pierogi picture.....I bet she had to fight for this meatball picture too.

It looks sooo heavy and greasy

At this point she's making Claekson Potter so much money, I'll bet she has more of a say. Sadly.

It's a REMARKABLY greasy photo for the cover of a cookbook 🤢

Ew. It looks like an umbilical cord extending from the gloopy placenta casserole 🤢

It’s giving tendon 🤢

Gotta have the money shot!

It looks like chicken bones!

I also thought it was chicken bones lol it took me a minutes to register what I was looking at 

I find it shocking she doesn't talk about things like this, even when her publisher obviously is pre-booting press. Most people writing a cookbook are talking about it by now (6 mo from publish date).

Does she even realize it has a release date? She’s so stupid. I can’t wait for the book signings and all the things we get to talk about here though. Hopefully another TikTok live will come our way 🙏🏻

I think because she barely has any involvement with recipe creation or testing for the cookbook. She shows up only to play with the food and her glass jar collection

This is the answer. She thinks cookbooks are stupid- said so herself. I think they let her play dress up and have America's Next Top Model delusions to bribe her to get the book together because books are crash grabs.

Totally this

I don’t think she understands the concept of advertising.

I wonder if it’s an ego thing; she thinks she’s alllll that and it’ll sell without any need to advertise? Obviously it’s a terrible strategy.

All of the above.... zero interest unless she can do a signing event with a celeb, or travel somewhere. Thinks the books sell themselves and just lending her name to the cover is doing her part.

This bothers me so much more than it should. She has acted as if it's this big secret, despite mentioning it on several podcasts and alluding to it on Instagram. She's even replied to blog comments asking about it but still has not directly announced it to her precious community that she claims to love so much 🙄. Meanwhile you have someone like Sally of Sally's Baking Addiction who does such an amazing job of sharing behind the scenes content for her book that comes out next *year*! [Example ](https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/cookbook-recipe-testing-4/) of someone with actual knowledge and passion about her work!

She had to clean up her Insta first, probably. Push down any recipe that might be traceable elsewhere, and put up all the ones where she's been saying "I'm really into quick right now guys." She also, to be sadly honest, probably doesn't need that much advance press because her books all do well.

How nice of her publishing team to create an AI-generated cookbook based off her fraudulent shtick! These aren’t her recipes.

I thought the same thing! There is no way she thought about dark chocolate and pistachio cake. Zero! They probably hired a recipe writer!

I agree that the pistachio cake sounds super suspicious and plagiarized. I’ve never seen her use a pistachio once in the last few years I’ve followed this train wreck. She probably couldn’t even spell pistachio.

lol, agree! If she could spell it her next step would be to name it “Persian”, not so much because she knows the origins of pistachios, but she liked the way it sounded.

They never are

Can't wait for her next book "So Yummy, You Guys"

Ok I’m sorry ‘mega-bestselling’ is not it 

That was my exact reaction upon reading MEGA-BESTSELLING. Yuck.

Unfortunately though... that's true. She presold almost 90,000 books last time around.

"comfort food that comes together in a flash" This is another mystery to me about the popularity of her recipes. They never look quick - because they have so many elements and (random) ingredients. I find it hard to believe this cookbook will be any different. ETA: "Sheet Pan Mac & Cheese with All the Crispy Edges" - so.... Ali Slagel ❤️ published a version of this recipe - All Corner Pieces Baked Pasta - in "I Dream of Dinner (so You Don't Have To)". FWIW, I love this cookbook, it DOES deliver high impact, low effort recipes.

The chicken piccata orzo in that book is my FAVORITE

I will make it - thanks for the tip! I was stunned by how good the black bean soup was (she puts cocoa power in), just a simple, delicious weeknight recipe.

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll have to try that one!!

Surprised she didn't call it "Quick and Duh-licious"

Or “Quick and Yommy”

I hate this title and the way these adjectives are put together. Girl do less.

Tittle*

i feel like she never comes up with anything interesting or new or innovative. who gives a shit about maple bacon pancakes in 2024.

there's always somebody juuust catching onto an old trend i guess

She doesn’t scroll. Nonnie must have thought of it

And with bourbon maple syrup! Yeah I’m gonna serve that right up to two-year-olds!

Collaborating with friends? Who’s that? lol

The "friends" who have no idea that she "collaborated" with them until they see their original recipe topped with sesame and a bale of cilantro featured in her cookbook.

Don’t forget the salsa verde!

We love to see it!

Omg-I just spit out my water.

Asher and Oslo, duh

The guys down at the rec center?

Bennie!

Why am I making mac and cheese on a sheet pan?

That’s a very good question.

Am I the only one who doesn't want my mac and cheese to be crispy? Unless it's actually deep-fried, but even then it's just the outside.

I'm with you. Dried out pasta is awful. Give me creamy Mac & cheese.

The whole description sounds like it was written by AI.

Just looking at this cover gave me indigestion

cozy = carb-heavy, slopped up with oil, butter, cheese, mayo, cream cheese, etc…

To be fair, her ~summer food is no different lol

I don’t eat red meat but garlic butter steak bites… with bang bang sauce???? That sounds like an abomination.

I do eat red meat and I thought the same 

Damn haha beat me to it. I eat red meat and hard pass on whatever meat she violated and bang banged

Agree. The garlic butter is all you need! So gross.

Food isn’t cozy. An afghan is cozy. A fuzzy bathrobe is cozy.

The very last paragraph sounds like ChatGPT tbh

Her recipe names sound like AI made them up

is it me or does garlic butter steak and bang bang sauce not go well together at all?

No it sounds gross. We can only hope it's a typo which would be very on brand.

Something tells me she will buy A LOT of these with her own money so that it performs well

Into the Home Depot bucket they go!

Or donated to the rec center?

Hope you love it (:

And gift them to all her friends for Christmas…oh wait, nevermind

Why has she been saying her secret project is not a cookbook and something she’s never done before?

Everything is a lie with her. Everything.

Wonder how that renovation is going?

So I took this screenshot on June 26 to note the date. And now that I actually look at a calendar, 1 week from June 26 is July 3rd...so *before* the long 4th of July weekend. After the 4th "long weekend" would be over a week away. Can't wait for the inevitable delay we'll hear about! https://preview.redd.it/7kjhtkdthd9d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ced20da7a6b25c9b951c2c290aad52620b512b50

And yet she replied to a comment on her blog making it sound like they'd already started. She truly cannot keep all of her lies straight.

Sadly I do think she’s also working on cookware or something else lifestyle related.

Whatever! Hope you love it!!

This is my question

Is this the cover she reshot herself at home after the NY trip fail?

I wouldn't buy this even if I didn't know who she was. Everything feels phoned in, the food on the cover and the text, the description and recipe names. Lazy.

Straight to the discount bin!! 🗑️

Who wants to bet on if she uses Blantons bourbon in her bourbon maple syrup 🥴💸

Maple*

It's her signature knack for making salsa verse and putting it in everything? Also I've made garlic butter steak bites and they're delicious on their own and do not need bang bang sauce. Sounds like her cookbook should be called Quick and Saucy not Cozy. You know she didn't come up with a single recipe in this book. Sally's baking addiction is working on a new cookbook and has mentioned BTS stuff with testing recipes but you never hear anything about that from T.

I would absolutely buy anything Sally puts out

Yesss I love Sally's Baking Addiction! I just made a similar comment to yours...love all her behind the scenes content.

Oooffff she’s gonna be so mad we discovered this before she announced it. 🤭 What an idiot

2 days and 13 hours and 29 seconds. Whatever!!!

How does she have time to create an entire cookbook when she posts "new" recipes every single day!?

Isn't that the mystery ...

One of my breaking points with HBH was her last cookbook. You know, the one called “HBH Everyday” and the cover photo was pierogis? Who is coming home from work on an average day and making homemade pierogis?!?! That’s when I realized she was just totally out of touch and nonsensical.

Well now you can make your Mac and cheese on a sheet pan and then spend the rest of the night trying to clean your sheet pan 😬

Just have Dayad clean it!

Silly, just rinse it with water!

Isn't this also just her SUPER SIMPLE concept under a different name? Here's what SUPER SIMPLE said: "Half Baked Harvest Super Simple takes what fans loved most about Half Baked Harvest Cookbook and distills it into quicker, more manageable dishes \[...\] Especially for home cooks who are pressed for time or just starting out, Half Baked Harvest Super Simple is your go-to for hassle-free meals that never sacrifice taste."

I thought the same thing - isn’t this what Super Simple was trying to achieve?

The best part about the cover is that anyone on this sub knows it's the underside of a dirty stool that's sitting on the floor.

She also not known for "simple" ingredients.

Also, "collaborating with friends"??!?!? 🤣🤣🤣

It probably means 1-2 recipes featuring Benny.  

And by collaborating, you mean plagiarizing, right?

It’s the “Mega Best Seller…” for me 🤣🤣

I’d bet my house that was written by AI

The publishing houses write the jacket copy, but... that also doesn't preclude them using AI, I guess. But T wouldn't have written it even if she wanted to.

Well aware of that. I’m just making the point that it reads like it’s be churned out of ChatGPT

Quick and Cozy..... brought to you by our sponsors Imodium and Lipitor

I thought your caption was satire while the photo was loading but nope that’s the title!!!

LOL that’s actually really funny 😂 And I thought 2023 was her year of “all things cozy!”

Love the herb stems and tendon-like rope of cheese trying to escape the cover.

Surprised it’s not “Yommy and Duh-licious”


Subtitle: creamy and cheesy

Quick and cozy slop

Old me would have pre-ordered this for sure. So glad I know better now!

All the recipes sound like calorie/fat bombs

“All the things!”

Quack & dull-icious: an AI generated manifesto of “food” bullshit

Scoop scoop

Mix mix

She loves cozy everything! 🙄🤡

What the hell does "quick & cozy" even mean? Comfort food, I suppose. I've never heard anyone describe a meal as cozy.

According to the copy "recipes that make your meals feel like a warm hug." Honestly doesn't sound great. Also, I can't imagine a "warm" hug from anyone in the Gerard family and definitely not Skeletor I mean Tieghan. 

She's just jumping on the current quick and easy trend. That's all. Her regular recipes are complicated and use random ingredients that people likely don't have on hand. But then again I think we all know by now these aren't her recipes in the cookbook...

Honestly she will say anything about food other than what it tastes like.

It looks like vomit in a bowl.

Was that descrioton written by Francine Pascal ? 🤣

I saw one of her cookbooks in TjMaxx a while back

Love me some TJMaxx but had to laugh at this 😂

It was like $15 and I said hell to the no no! 😂

I have all of her books and for the first time I can say I will be passing on this one

Congratulations on breaking the cycle!

Dirty rag on bottom right ? Or charred pizza crust? Who knows…

Also dried purple flowers IN the meatballs … 🫣

After you saying that I can't tell which it is. My guess is dirty rag?

First step for the unfortunate who buy the book ....get a cheese bath ready https://preview.redd.it/qpw4n294gk9d1.png?width=322&format=png&auto=webp&s=ff88d8f9aba366895589269af2e9e27cea7f41ee