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In nearly a decade of reviewing cookbooks, I've never reviewed a book that sparked as much curiosity from friends and colleagues as Chrissy Teigen's Cravings.
What kind of food is it? Everyone wanted to know. Are the recipes any good? Even people who had never heard of Teigen couldn't resist picking up the book and flipping through it. One coworker of mine took a glance at it, snorted, and said, 'What is this, Cooking With Cleavage?' That's not exactly right. But it's not exactly wrong, either.
Chrissy Teigen is a model, a co-host on the TV shows Lip Sync Battle and FABLife, and someone with 5.3 million Instagram followers. For what it's worth, she's married to R&B singer John Legend.
She's also a member of a league of celebrities who are Known to Like Food; other members of this league include Aziz Ansari, Gwyneth Paltrow, Questlove, and Neil Patrick Harris. She has a food website, and she often treats her millions of Instagram followers to shots from her kitchen. (Recent food 'grams include Teigen making Super Bowl snacks with her mom, some homemade baklava, and Legend showing off a platter of lamb chops.)
In other words, she's a food blogger, like any other food blogger you'd randomly discover when desperately searching for tasty slow cooker recipes or easy party snacks. A food blogger who, yes, has been on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, but a food blogger all the same.
So what kind of food does Chrissy Teigen write about? It's all over the place: There is a little bit of healthy model-y food, despite a disclaimer in the intro that this isn't 'a cookbook full of diet recipes for you to perfect your bikini bod.' (There's actually a recurring theme of sort of-kind of diet talk running through the whole book; more on that later.) There are Thai recipes inspired by her mom Pepper, who is from Thailand and apparently makes some mean spicy clams. There's a chapter on breakfast and a chapter on carbs and a chapter on salads.
According to Teigen, 'Half the recipes in this book feel like they were developed by people with a bogus medical marijuana card.' It's hard to argue with that assessment: recipes include a baked oatmeal mixed with boxed yellow cake mix, Teigen's version of what Pinterest calls pull apart bread and what Teigen calls Armadillo Bread, and something called Sour Cream and Broccoli Baked Potato Cakes.
Then there's what Teigen calls 'Sober Stoner' food: sort of a hybrid of model diet food and stoner food. 'Like no-carb nachos?' asked a friend of mine. And actually, that's pretty close. There's a recipe for lasagna that uses zucchini slices instead of noodles and a recipe for mashed cauliflower that's somehow better for you than mashed potatoes despite the fact that it's oozing with ricotta. There's also a recipe for chicken breasts that, well, I'll let Teigen explain:
'I hate chicken breast, and chicken thighs make me happier than watching drunk chicks in a club bathroom. But, damn this career choice of mine: I can't just be eating chicken fat all day. What I CAN do is take a perfectly healthy chicken breast and stuff it with creamy cheese and bacon then wrap the thing in classy, thin-sliced pig [prosciutto]. Don't ask how this seems healthier to me.'
You got it, Chrissy. I won't ask.
I tried a whole bunch of recipes from Cravings. (And listened to John Legend's music while doing so, to amp the authenticity.) My favorite, the Hawaiian Pizza Jalapeno Poppers—jalapeno poppers with ham and pineapple—were so delightfully dated they're almost due a comeback. Look at these guys: they're basically straight from Betty Crocker:
I made her Chipotle-Honey Chicken with Mango Avocado Salsa, which was spicy and sticky sweet in all the right ways, but took longer to cook than the 45-ish minutes called for and didn't really glaze up like I expected it to. (Come to think of it, the jalapeno poppers took longer to cook than their allotted time, too.)
The so-called Actually Drunken Noodles ('actually drunken' thanks to some whiskey) were deliciously salty and easy enough to throw together. Charred and Garlicky Broccoli was fine, if not show-stopping. French Toast Casserole with Salted Frosted Flakes was probably my least favorite of the recipes I tried: a cheeky splash of rum 'because rum for breakfast' was too strong, even when I ate it after dinner for dessert. (And I am not one to shy away from booze.)
Overall, then, the recipes are fine. Not great, not bad. Fine. I'm sure if Teigen had tasted any of the recipes I sampled, they would've tasted how she intended them to taste. But they didn't blow my mind. Honestly, if this exact book had been written by anyone other than Chrissy Teigen, it wouldn't have warranted a review.
But it was written by Chrissy Teigen, and people love Chrissy Teigen. Five million Instagram followers can't be wrong, can they? The book oozes with her. It's studded with glamour shots of her and Legend at their house, feeding each other, with their dogs, eating breakfast in bed, eating cornbread in ballgowns. (Why not!)
If you can't tell from what I've already quoted here, she's got tons of voice and personality. The book is lively and fun to read. For a dutch baby pancake recipe, she recommends you 'Add some lemon zest if you're feeling Paltrow-y or eat it right out of the pan if you're in more of a Teigen kind of mood.' She is 'Freaking Cookie Monster when it comes to Mexican street corn.' Every recipe is either her favorite recipe in the book or John's favorite recipe in the book.
The whole thing is dripping with energy and enthusiasm and, most of all, joy. Do not discount the value of joy. It's far too rare in food writing, and I know professionals who could learn a thing or two about joy from Teigen.
This book will sell—Teigen knows it will sell, and says so repeatedly in the book. (In a note to Hawaiian Pizza haters, for example, 'This book is gonna sell and guess what? I'm gonna buy more Hawaiian pizzas with the cash just to piss you off.') A thumbs up or down from me isn't going to make a difference.
If you're here for Teigen, you will get Teigen. But the recipes themselves aren't game changing. In fact, they're not that much different than what you'll find on any other popular food blog or Pinterest board—they're just joyfully delivered by a famous model.
By Chrissy Teigen
Rating: Two forks.
Our star ratings are based on a four fork system. The Epicurious Cookbook Canon serves as the standard-bearer for what four fork books should be.