“Howard brings that same storyteller sensibility—paired with serious restaurant-honed kitchen chops—to teach home cooks easily achievable building block recipes and techniques that lend an extra level of pleasure to the simplest dishes, while letting the ingredients shine through.”
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Publisher's Weekly's Review of This Will Make It Taste Good
“Howard’s enthusiastic exploration of her life in and out of the kitchen shows her at her best and most delightful.”
Eater recognizes This Will Make It Taste Good
“I’ve been mentioned in the same sentence as Ina Garten and finally feel like I’ve made it,” said Vivian.
This Will Make It Taste Good comes out on October 20th!
Pre-order your copy today.
Outfit your pantry with Red Weapons
It’s the one ingredient always in Vivian’s fridge. Red Weapons and their flavor hero friends are the subject of Vivian’s next book — This Will Make It Taste Good — out October 2020.
Handy & Hot's Quarantine Kit Gives a Sneak Peek to Vivian's next cookbook: This Will Make It Taste Good
This Will Make It Taste Good is due out in October 2020.
Vivian's 5 go-to Thanksgiving Sides
If I were at home for Thanksgiving this year, I'd likely make one or all of these sides — because sides are really the main event.
Country Ham-Wrapped & Roasted Peaches
Try this new twist on a Chef & the Farmer and Deep Run Roots classic.
Avocado and Tomato with Broken-Egg Dressing
With a perfectly satisfying puddle of dressing to drag your precious tomatoes and avocados through, no wonder why this recipe was voted a Food52 Cookbook Club favorite.
Tomatoes in Jars
It's tomato season in Eastern North Carolina, and our crowd has been busy puttin' up. Get a peek at how we do it at VHQ, with a recipe of how you can too straight from Deep Run Roots.