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The man who shaped today's most influential cookbooks has written his own--200 recipes for simple food made great. As the editor of the best-selling culinary icons Martha Stewart and ina Garten, as well as noted food authorities Diana Kennedy and Anne Willan, Roy Finamore shaped many of the most popular and accessible cookbooks of our time. Finamore himself began cooking as a young boy, learning from his mother and Italian grandmother. Working alongside chefs to streamline their recipes for the home cook, he has earned a reputation as a stylish simplifier. In Tasty, he brings to bear the lessons from more than a decade spent at the pinnacle of the food world. The 200 deftly easy, unpretentious recipes show the influence of French and Italian traditions and are accompanied by many tips and techniques from Finamore's abundant experience in the kitchen. Tasty offers ample testimony to the idea that a meal doesn't need to be a showoff event to be uncommonly good. Roy Finamore is a leading editor of lifestyle books and cookbooks at Clarkson Potter, where his authors include Martha Stewart, Diana Kennedy, Anne Willan, and Ina Garten (The Barefoot Contessa).