Shiza Shahid "Dinner At Our Place" Cookbook Signing

About the Book:

From the covetable cookware brand Our Place (makers of the super-popular Always Pan®), more than 100 dinner party–worthy recipes menus that celebrate culture and community.

Our Place, the cookware brand that took the food world by storm, has always been about more than their brilliantly designed products—it’s about bringing people together, celebrating cultures, and cultivating connections. And what better way to do that, than through sharing a meal? Co-founder and CEO Shiza Shahid invited 11 pioneering tastemakers, chefs, and restauranteurs to take a month and throw a dinner party for you to join. In Dinner at Our Place, you’ll find more than 100 recipes and 12 specially curated dinner parties, plus playlists, mood lighting guides, plating philosophies, scripts for talking to your fishmonger, and so much more:

January: Family Dinner with Shiza Shahid

February: Valentine’s Kitsch for Friends & Lovers with Jen Monroe

March: A Goodbye Party for Winter with Lauren Schaefer & Amiel Stanek

April: The Fullness of Spring with Maryah Ananda

May: First of the Season BBQ with Bill Clark

June: In the Garden with Brad Ogbonna

July: Dinner Is the Destination with Gerardo Gonzalez

August: A Reimagined Caribbean Feast with DeVonn Francis

September: A (Re)Birthday Party with Susan Kim

October: Spooky Stoops & Frightening Feasts with Angel Dimayuga

November: A Better Friendsgiving with Kia Damon

December: Mama’s Da Bin Lo (Hot Pot) with Keegan Fong & Mama Fong

This comprehensive playbook, complete with curated menus, unbeatable vibes, and a diverse array of delicious and achievable recipes (think Saffron Tachin, Whole Salt-Roasted Fish, Shiso Onigiri, Chili Chocolate Sheet Cake, a Spritz’groni, and more), is a stylish invitation to host, throw your favorite apron on, and make a party out of cooking and eating.

About the Author and Our Place:

Shiza Shahid is an entrepreneur, investor, technologist, activist, and world-renowned impact leader. She co-founded Our Place to build a business rooted in representation and positive change in the food world and the world beyond. As an immigrant, Shiza literally found her place in America by cooking for and breaking bread with her new chosen family. Shiza grew up in Pakistan as a vocal advocate for women’s rights and social justice. She co-founded the Malala Fund with Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and built the organization as founding CEO.

Our Place is a modern kitchenware brand, and so much more. Everything they do—from the products they design to the stories they share—is rooted in their mission to make cooking and sharing a meal easier and more joyful. They believe in the transformative power of uplifting the differences in how people cook and eat together, and that sharing our traditions, new and old, will help bring the disparate edges of the world closer together.

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