Jack’s Wife Freda

With so many incredible new cookbooks hitting the shelves each month, it can be hard to keep up—so we’re bringing back the goop Cookbook Club. We’ll whip up recipes from a new favorite (or an oldie but a goodie), giving the cookbook a test run, so you don’t have to. First up is Jack’s Wife Freda—a NYC goop-fave with amazing atmosphere and an even better brunch. Want to join the cookbook club? Instagram your creations from the new book, tag @goop and #goopcookbookclub, and we’ll regram our favorites.

• Jack’s Wife Freda: Cooking
  From New York’s West
  Village Amazon, $15.59

Cooking from Jack’s Wife Freda: Cooking From New York’s West Village is a close second to experiencing the hugely popular modern South African/Middle Eastern/Jewish mash-up restaurant IRL. The pages are a mix of beautifully shot recipes (many of them customer favorites from the menu), helpful how-to’s (including how to make your own duck bacon), and fun, behind-the-scenes shots of the restaurants, which reflect the warmth and happy atmosphere locals love so much. These six recipes focus on brunch and lunch (plus two cocktails—because, YOLO) and were all big hits with the goop staff. Some take a bit of time to make, others are quick—and all are easy to follow and seriously delicious.

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• Putting the finishing
  touches on our pea
  and ricotta toasts.
• The unofficial goop
  mantra on Fridays: it’s
  5’o clock somewhere…
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• We didn’t bother
  breading and
  frying these guys
  and they were still
  a major hit.
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• House rules:
  First we ‘gram
  it, but then we
  dig in.
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