My Daughter’s First Kitchen

Author Dan Wines is a mad scientist in the kitchen who never met a recipe he couldn’t change or an unusual taste combination he didn’t want to try. What’s more, his family has a long history in both restaurants and cooking. Now he is setting out to share some of this history through the many family recipes included in this volume.


My Daughter’s First Kitchen represents forty years of cooking, experimenting, failing, succeeding, coaxing taste testers to try something new, watching countless hours of cooking shows, and never giving up on a great new idea. Some recipes have been handed down from previous generations, with a few tweaks here and there. Others represent new ways of thinking about food; they take an ordinary idea and make it into something remarkable. Finally, the collection is the result of great memories that Wines and his daughters have made in the kitchen over the years—a gathering of memories on a plate.


This cookbook presents unique recipes for cooks from beginner to advanced, serving as a great resource for everything from establishing your first kitchen to holding elegant dinner parties.