Conveniently Delicious

INTRODUCTION

From as far back as I can remember, my favorite moments have always centered on food: Cooking with my Belgian grandmother, baking bread with my dad or skipping summer camp to start a cookie business (just like any normal, well-adjusted teenager, right?). Growing up, family meals were a time to talk, to laugh and, of course, to eat well. I never considered the possibility that the focus of my life would be anything other than food. As they say, when you know, you know.

That single-minded focus came to fruition when, in my late 20s, I opened the first of my three cafés and bakeries, Delica Kitchen, in Toronto. I also fulfilled a lifelong dream of publishing a cookbook with my mom an ode to our love of family, friends and the kitchen table. After several years in the restaurant business (and raising two small boys), I began to realize that there was so much more that I wanted to communicate about food and gathering. The way I ate in my early 20s was different from the way I now eat with my growing family. In my 20s, I used to relish eating alone because I could cook whatever my heart desired, whereas now, my cooking considers everyone at the table and what they might like. Feeding my family and friends, and having a kitchen bursting at the seams with mess, fun and one or two food fights, makes me happy even though the cleanup can be much more work. For a long time, I have wanted to share all the wonderful things I ve learned whether they came from my own kitchen, my restaurants or my travels across the globe in search of new inspiration. My website, Crumb, was born as a place for all of these good bits to live.

Crumb is a lifestyle platform that celebrates the power of food to bring people pleasure, and to bring them together. To break free from meal planning. To cook and eat with spon - taneity and joy. Crumb shares expert insights, practical tips and tools, and straightforward recipes to make easy, wholesome family meals a reality. Crumb is

DEVIN CONNELL is the founder of the popular website Crumb, as well as a cookbook author, recipe developer and Food Network Canada personality. She also founded Delica Kitchen, a catering company and small group of restaurants in Toronto. A wife and mother of two boys, she's no stranger to a messy kitchen.

PRAISE FOR CONVENIENTLY DELICIOUS

In this winning debut, Devin proves not only be an engaging writer and cook, but she also introduces an energizing, intuitive approach to feeding a modern family."
TARA O BRADY, author of Seven Spoons

Devin has nailed the way we all want to eat every day. These are sexy weeknight dishes that are colorful and seasonal, and will make this book one that you reach for year-round.
EDEN GRINSHPAN, TV host of Top Chef Canada and author of Eating Out Loud

Grab this book. Keep it open. Cook from it messily, happily, for yourself, or for people you love. Never has there been a better time to let good, wholesome, memory-making food be our adventure.
DAPHNE OZ, author, podcaster, and TV host of The Dish on Oz

Fresh, fun and full of joy, Conveniently Delicious is a cookbook you ll want to keep within arm s reach. Devin s take on family recipes and her modern, easy-going style draw you in and inspire you to cook with abandon!
GAIL SIMMONS, TV host and author of Bringing It Home

It s for home cooks who have a stocked pantry and don t do meal planning, and a perfect expression of her high-low philosophy on food and life. Toronto Star