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The debut cookbook from benny blanco-pop music super-producer. artist. actor on FXX’s Dave. and consummate food freak-teaches you everything you need to know about cooking. enjoying life. and throwing the greatest dinner party of all time.

Hi. I’m benny blanco. I’m in a television show with my best friend Dave and I probably produced most of the songs you have heard on the radio from 2008 until now. When I was thirteen. my friend got a George Foreman Grill and it changed my life forever. We would invite friends over. get stoned. and make the most elaborate sandwiches our prepubescent minds could fathom. I became obsessed with food and cooking for friends.

I know what you are going to say. and I get it. Cooking is scary. But I promise you. once you get into it. it will be your new addiction. Slicing an onion is like taking a Xanax to me. I made this cookbook to teach you everything I know about food. cooking. and throwing the greatest dinner party of all time. There are the basics to get your kitchen ready. a little advice from my expert friends. then all of the dinner party menus I love to make. like:

5 Dishes to Get You Laid and One for the Morning After
I Wish I Were an Italian Grandma
Take Me to the Cheesy Rodeo
F*ck Morton’s Steakhouse

Which are filled with insane recipes like:

Lose Your Mind Lobster Rolls
I Might Go Vegetarian Veggie Sandwich
Chicken Cutlets with Honey. Peppers. and Parm
I Hope We Didn’t Make a Baby Breakfast Burrito.

I’ve been told some of the finest stories over meals. I’ve laughed so hard I thought I was going to actually die. I’ve fallen in love-sometimes with the food. sometimes with the person across the table. I’ve cried in good ways. and I’ve cried in bad ways. I hope you’ve been lucky enough to have all these same memories and then some. But if you haven’t. I can make you a promise. If you follow these three simple steps. it will all become a reality: Open this book. Open your heart. And open wide. baby.