What Can I Bring?: Recipes to Help You Live Your Guest Life

This is such a fun cookbook! I enjoyed the beautiful photos, the storytelling, and especially the point of view. As the title indicates, this cookbook is focused on great recipes for guests to bring to other's gatherings; there are few mains, just appetizers, salads and sides, drinks, and desserts. As someone who often talks about surprise + delight in the reading life, I loved how Elsass seemed to be aiming for that same combo with many of his recipes, which were often just a little bit quirky: a cheez-it crust for quiche, gochujang in scones, a truly show-stopping Jello concoction. I'm here for it! This was a fun read and a book I look forward to baking from.