"An empowering, transformative, and slightly sassy guidebook."--Jenna Fischer, actress, author, and producer/cohost of Office Ladies podcast
You want your kitchen to be the heartbeat of the home, but you're overwhelmed and out of breath trying to make it happen. Meals are on a never-ending loop, and you don't have time to prepare dinner, much less enjoy it. Popular Lazy Genius expert and bestselling author Kendra Adachi is here to help!
Packed with proven Lazy Genius principles, the book will teach you to:
- name what matters to you in the kitchen--whether that's flavor, convenience, or something else entirely
- feed your people with efficiency and ease
- apply a simple, actionable five-step process--prioritize, essentialize, organize, personalize, and systemize--to multiple areas of your kitchen, empowering you to enjoy your kitchen the way you've always wanted
You don't need magical recipes, fancy gadgets, or daunting lists to follow to the letter; you just need a framework that works whether you're cooking for one or for twenty.
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I mostly feel like I'm already a kitchen Lazy Genius, but I also loved this book and stuff like the liquid index is life changing. Now, Kendra, if I know how to use tongs but not hyaluronic acid, where do I go?
A fun, colorful book with lots of great, practical tips. I think it will be more beneficial for families or roommates but as a single gal who has a fairly decent grip on her kitchen, there wasn't as much that I could glean from it. But, will be trying out a few ideas!
Kendra Adachi does. 👏🏻 not. 👏🏻 disappoint!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I sped-read this book in preparation for an upcoming podcast interview and let me just set the scene for you: the publishing industry isn’t what it was. Us podcasters aren’t receiving the same kinds of hard copy advanced reader copies that we used to! I received a watermarked, two-page spread PDF that I had to read off a website and move the page around with my mouse to see the whole thing. It was slightly insane. And I’m here to tell you that it was worth every single page jostle to consume this content! It was smart, funny, and practical, as Kendra’s work always is, and I hope she has many, many more books left in her. We can all benefit from her kindness and structure in how to make our lives better and less frustrating. I can’t wait to get a real copy of this book (which I will absolutely buy with my own money) and I have already started implementing her principles in my kitchen.
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"A Lazy Genius is a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't."
There you go.
That's the heart of this book. The philosophy behind The Lazy Genius Kitchen reminds me of my pediatrician who told me, "You as mom know your child best. Trust your gut." That's what this book does: this book encourages us as cooks, at whatever skill level we fall, to trust our gut when it comes to knowing what we like to eat, to knowing how much trouble we want to go to in our cooking, to knowing what things we need in our kitchen to get the desired result. This book is a confidence builder, and it relies on doing a few simple things to clear out the clutter that has accumulated in our cooking brains from all the other books we've read and shows we've watched and advice we have been given.
Well worth the couple of hours I spent with this little book.
You know that musician you just adore as both a person and an artist who has an amazing first album that is so inspired they instantly become a favorite? And you eagerly await their sophomore album, but sadly it’s just not as ground-breaking or impressive as their first work? And you realize it’s not really their fault- they spent their whole lives developing that first album, but the second is done under a microscope, with a ton more voices and opinions, and under a much tighter time frame? So of course it can’t possibly be as good? ….You see where I’m going with this, right?
Now I LOVED TLG Kitchen Show on YouTube! It was so great. Please watch those, no matter how you feel about the book because those episodes are great. They’re helpful, fun, and interesting. I was very impressed by them.
I’m sad this book didn’t work for me because I am Adachi’s target demographic. I am a married mother of 2 who does not feel confident in the kitchen,...
Pretty basic and repetitive, but I love her podcast.
I probably wasn’t the right person for this book. I’m super picky about the tools I allow into my kitchen and putting those tool in the place I’ll need them.
I think it could be helpful to someone who finds they don’t cook and eat at home, but it felt really complicated for something that should be simplifying. I think it’s the way the sections were laid out.
I loved her first book and maybe I would have enjoyed this one audio better. It did feel like a written out podcast.
Excuse me this was so incredibly helpful I will be using it forever thank you
3.5🌟
I enjoyed her first book more. There are some things that I hadn't thought about before and some things I'll implement, but overall a lot of the concepts are things that seem pretty common sense if you spend any amount of time in the kitchen.
This book is funny, practical and so encouraging.
A unqualified five stars. I wish I could go back in time and give this book to every woman lost in a standard kitchen.
Love love love this book. Kendra Adachi feels like the big sister I never had, who cheers me on and makes me laugh and helps me believe in myself. She’s just the best. In her book she sets up a strategic framework to follow that can apply to every corner of not just your kitchen, but your whole house and life. It’s pivotal and practical and personal and un-put-down-able.
“If the panic stays panicky, if the meal is gross, if everyone is yelling, it doesn’t change who you are as a person.
If the panic turns to euphoria, if the meal is amazing, if dinner ends with trust falls, it doesn’t change who you are as a person. Your value doesn’t come from how well you succeed or how dramatically you fail. Your value is rooted in love, not lists. Remember the love of your family, your friends, yourself, and the God who made you.” (pg 177)
Carrie says:
Reading this book was like having a conversation with a friend. Sure, that friend may give you tough love, but Kendra does it in a compassionate, funny way. She shares practical tips that anyone can immediately use in their kitchens, and I loved how she broke the kitchen into different sections to make your space seem not so overwhelming. The reminder to just do what works for you and not worry about what other people are doing was exactly what I needed to hear. Three words that describe this book: helpful, life-changing, and purposeful.
Did I expect anything less?
If you're newly on your own and setting up your first home, read this book. If you're married with kids for 10 years, this may be basic.
Enjoyed this one so much I returned the library book and bought my own! I will keep it in my kitchen and reference it often.
4.5 stars. Fun, practical, and informative. I enjoyed this book even more than her first.
The book you didn’t know you needed.
Written in such a warm style, this book is about becoming the boss of the most intimidating room in your house. I loved learning the science behind organizing my kitchen, meal planning, cooking terms and tools, and how the heck to know when to add salt, etc. Highly recommend!
Yet again, the target audience for this book is clearly white, middle class women, especially those that get married in their early 20s and have no idea what they’re doing in a kitchen. If none of that describes you,this book is probably not for you. Personally, I was extremely bored reading it, and don’t feel that I learned any new information.
3.5. I slowly made my way through this one. I already use many of her tips and tricks in my kitchen, but the reminders and extra info was helpful. I feel like I connected to and learned more from her first book, The Lazy Genius Way. Good tips when working in the kitchen to be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don’t.
Got the audio because I knew I'd get to listen to it faster than reading print. But definitely going to need to get a hard copy to mark up. This will end up in the reference section with Flavor Bible and Salt Fat Acid Heat.
Read this in an evening but want to return to many principles over the rest of forever. I love Kendra’s voice. Reading her books feels like getting practical advice from a big sister. She writes with such kindness and care for her readers and brings really practical ideas about organizing everything about a kitchen from the stuff in it to the stuff we make out of it. I’m ready to tackle my pantry and countertops and meal plan! Love love love her cheat sheets for how to cook chicken and flavors that work well together.
I love Kendra Adachi's no nonsense way of laying things out. I loved the Lazy Genius Way so I read this book, despite not really having any issues with my kitchen. It definitely made me realize I need to prioritize minimizing clutter (the thing that matters to me) and also gave me a few more ideas of how to organize and purge recipes. The end of this book was a lot of recipes and cooking advice that I had a hard time applying as a vegetarian, but still it was a good book.
This book is geared towards helping you identify what matters most to you when it comes to cooking in the kitchen. I didn’t really get anything out of this book, because I was inadvertently implementing everything she suggests—kitchen zones, a few necessary tools, storage I love, pot to plate, making dinner earlier in the day. But it did help me pinpoint what matters most to me—and that is my mood! I hate menu planning, and I base my meals off what is on sale at the store. Breakfast is sometimes chocolate cake and often noodles. Also, my kids never ask what’s for dinner, which I find interesting.
I am at the season of life where my teens can cook dinner and do all the cleanup if needed. I definitely would have found this book more useful and relevant if I was a new wife or mom.
Lately, my lack of meal planning and grocery shopping and boredom with recipes and disastrous pantry have been driving me crazy so I found it really helpful to think through these principles. I think I needed to be told not to compare myself to anyone else and to prioritize what my family needs/wants and not what anyone else says we should need or want. I am a pretty proficient cook so the lessons in cooking basics wasn’t all that helpful but I did appreciate the concept of the Liquid Index.
I wasn’t sure if I’d find this book helpful, and I really only read it because I like the podcast. But it WAS helpful! It encouraged me to get rid of a nonstick pan that no longer works, which is the kind of specific call to action I appreciate in a book.
LOVE. This book is filled with practical ways to succeed in the kitchen according to YOU. It also includes simple but extremely helpful ways to look at cooking. I still feel like a beginner when it comes to cooking, so having a resource like this helps me understand basic cooking concepts that are not overwhelming.
I love Kendra's mix of spunk, intentionality, and compassion, and I enjoy listening to her talk about pretty much anything. If you feel stuck in the kitchen, this book is perfect.