First Look: The Meatball Shop Cookbook

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The Meatball Shop Cookbook — by Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow — aims to answers your pressing meatball questions. For example: How much sauce does one meatball need? (Answer: 1/4 cup.) Is there a best way to cook a meatball? (Answer: not really.) How important is the quality of the bread crumbs you use? (Answer: very important.) What does one serve along with meatballs? (Answer: All kinds of things! But also ice cream sandwiches.)

The book chronicles the story of New York meatballeria The Meatball Shop and the meaty spheres they produce. Also included: a good number of intriguing side dishes as well as some general rules for life, including the Ten Commandments of Sandwiches. Pro tip: build the sandwich to fit in your mouth. The Meatball Shop Cookbook comes out from Ballantine on November 1 (pre-order on Amazon).

· The Meatball Shop [Official Site]
· All Cookbook Coverage on Eater [-E-]