From four-time James Beard Award nominee Chef Hillary Sterling, Ammazza! features over 100 seasonal recipes, showcasing the dishes and techniques that earned her acclaim at the helm of Ci Siamo, Danny Meyer’s “flat-out fantastic” (The New York Times) restaurant.

A celebration of a life devoted to food, Ammazza! is both cookbook and memoir. Raised in a tight-knit Jewish household in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Sterling’s love affair with cooking began in her grandmother’s kosher kitchen downstairs, and upstairs, where her family broke all the rules! Her recipes trace a career spent in the kitchens of New York’s most beloved restaurants, and a devotion to Italian cuisine.

Interspersed are menus rooted in family and tradition, with inspired twists—she brings an Italian spin to the Passover table, and shares a Mexican Thanksgiving feast influenced by her time at Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill.

A standout cookbook for home cooks, Ammazza! demonstrates Sterling’s brilliance with flavour, and offers smart, encouraging tips throughout—from how to clean artichokes to frying at home without fear.

Details
Hardcover / 320 pages
Published 12 May 2026