Includes index

Foreword / by Gordon Ramsay -- Introduction -- My modern American kitchen -- Small plates -- Salads & soups -- Pasta & risotto -- Seafood -- Poultry -- Meat -- Sides -- Desserts -- Cocktails & snacks

Viewers fell in love with Shaun ONeale on Season 7 of MasterChef. In his debut cookbook, ONeale presents his take on modern American cuisine with international influences. Its experimental, its edgy, and its full of big flavors. This book is not your average home cooks cookbook. ONeale encourages you to push your own personal cooking boundaries and teaches you that home-cooked food can be elevated to fine-dining quality with ease. You will be inspired to try new recipes, new techniques, and new flavors, and you will learn that beautiful, high-end plating and presentation is never too complicated

"Winner of MasterChef Season 7 on Fox"--Cover