ABOUT THIS EVENT:

• Hosted by The Grove CLT.
• Ticketed: $65 ticket includes signed copy of book, beverages, and bites from the book!
• Meet-and-greet, mingling, and cookbook signing with Serena.

About Serena Wolf:

Since graduating from Harvard and Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Serena Wolf has put her culinary skills (and sense of humor) to work as a private chef, culinary instructor, recipe developer, author, and blogger at serenagwolf.com. She is the author of The Dude Diet, The Dude Diet: Dinnertime, and You Do You. Serena's work has been featured on The TODAY Show, Good Morning America, Access Hollywood, People, Real Simple, SELF, Women's Day, as well as many other well-known publications and media outlets.

About You Do You:

When it comes to creating the perfect meal, the best cooks know when it’s time to go off the book.

Nothing kills appetites—and enthusiasm—faster than following rigid rules for cooking. But changing things up can also feel risky. What if you end up ruining a meal by changing something in a recipe? Crafting a delicious meal should be an activity that, first and foremost, feels good.

You Do You features flexible, flavor-packed recipes that are incredible as written but designed to be tweaked endlessly, with tons of substitution options to help get creative juices flowing and encourage customization. With warm culinary guidance, readers will feel like they have a trusted friend and teacher in the kitchen, helping fix any hiccups as they have fun making each recipe their own.

On this adventure through fluffy frittatas, crispy quesadillas, and juicy reverse-seared steak, readers will unlock an inner culinary genius by:

• Understanding how to tailor any recipe to personal tastes and dietary restrictions
• Getting innovative with the ingredients on hand (instead of letting them go to waste or needing to run out to the grocery store)
• Confidently tweaking meals and reimagining dishes in countless ways
• Learning a variety of “little lessons to live by”—foundational techniques, tips, and tricks that will equip anyone to cook amazing meals on the fly with no recipe

With recipes from staple breakfasts and one-pan meals for busy weeknights to cocktails and fancier fare, You Do You is a cookbook for everyone, from beginners to seasoned home chefs alike. Because everyone is different—and that’s a beautiful thing!

“Serena has nailed it! She gives readers the confidence and encouragement they need as home cooks to give every meal a try. With simple additions or tweaks, every recipe can be a success, and every meal can be delicious and meaningful. Bravo!”
—Martha Stewart

“‘You do you’ is such a simple yet game-changing approach to home cooking and I am so happy that the indomitable Serena Wolf is here to show us all how to do it. Full of clever little lessons and smart ideas for substituting ingredients that will make our time in the kitchen less stressful and more fun, You Do You will make everyone a more engaged, creative, and confident cook.”
—Hetty Lui McKinnon, food writer and author of Tenderheart and Linger

“You Do You solves one of the biggest pain points in home cooking: what to do when you don’t have exactly what a recipe calls for. Serena’s recipes are delicious as written, but even more importantly, she encourages readers to use them as a jumping-off point. They’re packed with smart guidance that helps you cook with confidence and banishes kitchen anxiety.”
—Caroline Chambers, New York Times bestselling author of What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking