Cooking with Miss Quad: Live, Laugh, Love, and Eat

In this “blueprint to end your cooking woes,” Webb, known for her role in Bravo’s Married to Medicine, shares doable recipes inspired by her Memphis roots for soul food dishes that range from down-home to upscale. Breakfast features twists on grits, cornmeal pancakes, and bacon cheddar biscuits. Deep-fried dishes include crispy chicken sliders and panko-crusted softshell crabs with ginger garlic sauce, while a chapter on grilling showcases Memphis dry rub ribs and grilled lamb chops. Doubling as mains or sides are several salads such as peach, fig, and arugula, and there’s no shortage of seafood recipes, which include pecan-crusted trout, Cajun-style blackened scallops, or cornmeal-dusted catfish. For entertaining, colorful cocktails abound (peach vodka cocktail; Glenlivet mule) along with numerous nibbles to “set the tone”: hot wings, shrimp kebabs, stuffed mushrooms, and oven-baked potato chips topped with melted gorgonzola bacon cheese sauce. Webb’s passion for creating relaxed but exciting food is affectionately presented in these straightforward recipes. (May)