Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers Who Cook for Their Families - Softcover

"An entertaining look at the widening world of dads-in-the-kitchen."--Wall Street Journal

"Inspirational, heartwarming tales of fathers in the kitchen...An engaging collection that should
inspire comfort for the man who cooks while his baby bangs on the pots and pans."--Kirkus Reviews
--Saveur

"Donohue piles his plate high with writers, chefs, artists, and businessmen to serve up this
multi-author work devoted to modern fathers everywhere...Readers won't have any trouble
recognizing which pieces came from professional writers and which from stock-exchange gents, but
they will hungrily anticipate each man-with-a-pan's "signature dish," placed at the end of his chapter,
along with a recipe and a list of some of his favorite cookery books."--Booklist
--Library Journal

"This well-organized compilation breaks free from its tidy package with adaptable, exciting recipes like Beer-Can Chicken, Peanut Butter Soup, Carbonara de Zucchine, and Mexican Chocolate Pie. It trades stereotypes for truisms and is all the more authentic for it. Highly recommended."--Library Journal
--The Daily Beast

"Man With a Pan New Yorker editor John Donahoe offers this collection of essays--and yes, a few recipes--in which notable personalities from author Stephen King to chef Mario Batali open up about their foibles and triumphs in the kitchen. If nothing else, it reinforces the idea that learning how to make meals for loved ones is a wonderful way to provide for one's family."--The Smithsonian (online)--USA Today

"The book is a clever mixture of food stories from a variety of guys - including Stephen King (with a recipe for Pretty Good Cake, and no one dies) and Bittman himself."--Philadelphia Inquirer --Newsday

"Thirty-four writers share their kitchen war stories and their recipes in this delightful anthology, perfect for any dad who's had to whip up a weekday supper."--Newsday --Daily Candy

"Culinary anecdotes and stories from foodie fathers like chef Mario Batali."--Entertainment Weekly --BookPage

"A rangy, toothsome, timely...collection of essays by kitchen dads...Man With a Pan contains essays (and recipes) by marquee names including Stephen King -- isn't it time he set a scary novel in a Hardee's? -- and Mario Batali. But the best pieces here, the line-caught beauties, are by people you've probably barely heard of."--New York Times --Largehearted Boy

"Throughout the book, what comes across strongest is the authors' love for the joy of providing for
their families in a newly satisfying way. Mario Batali explains it perfectly: 'The best reason to cook,
besides its being delicious and good for you, is that it will automatically make you look good. You'll
look like a hero every day.' It's a wonder, in fact, that we let women in the kitchen at all."--Saveur

--Booklist