In for Dinner: 101 Delicious, Affordable Recipes to Share

Kellett’s personable debut showcases meals she has cooked for herself and her six housemates in the converted London warehouse they share and out of which she also runs a supper club. Recipes are largely vegetarian “with a little bit of fish” and designed to feed large groups. Despite the title, the collection has a chapter each dedicated to breakfast, lunch, dinner, and desserts. Morning meals include savory choices such as soy sauce–marinated hard-boiled eggs and a cheddar jalapeño quick bread alongside sweets like blueberry muffins. For lunch, there’s a versatile bean salad or a cold soup that’s a hybrid of gazpacho and salmorejo. Many of the flavor-forward recipes, including sticky rice with miso eggplant and Sri Lankan dal with spicy coconut sambal, lean on Asian influences, while Kellett’s flatmate from Reggio Emilia inspires the Italian flare of dishes like tomatoes in brothy fregola. Standards like puttanesca and hummus are balanced by less familiar options such as a German potato tart. Desserts are likewise divided between old favorites, such as tiramisu and apple crumble, and Kellett’s original creations, including halva cookies with dark chocolate chunks and a chocolate torte with white miso. The result is perhaps a bit unfocused, but the relaxed communal vibe entices. This decidedly unfussy collection will inspire many a host. (Aug.)