This incredible, never-before-assembled collection of recipes offers a rare and exciting glimpse into the private home kitchens of 75 culinary superstars as they prepare show-stopping meals for their own last-minute guests in an hour or less.

For example, Curtis Stone whips up delicious Charcoal-Grilled Rib Eye Steaks & Boccolini, while Stephanie Izard prepares a fabulous Stir-Fried Eggplant and Sesame Cucumber Salad. For her choice, Naomi Pomeroy makes a mouthwatering Pasta Amatriciana. These aren't complicated, fussy recipes. They're stress-free dishes the chefs fall back on to impress those closest to them-and ones you can easily duplicate in your own home kitchen.

With more than 180 personal recipes, secret tips, inside advice, beverage pairings, and music playlists-plus gorgeous full-color photos-you're set up for success no matter the occasion. It's only a matter of time before someone special drops by.

Chefs include:

MING TSAI
CURTIS STONE
STEPHANIE IZARD
NAOMI POMEROY
HUGH ACHESON
LIDIA BASTIANICH
RICK BAYLESS
MICHELLE BERNSTEIN
JOHN BESH
SUSAN FENIGER
ANDY HUSBANDS
SEAN BROCK
EDWARD LEE
ANITA LO
JENN LOUIS
TIM LOVE
JONATHAN WAXMAN
MARC MURPHY
CHARLIE PALMER
CARLA PELLEGRINO
ERIC RIPERT
AARÓN SÁNCHEZ
DANIEL BOULUD
ROBERT DEL GRANDE
KATIE BUTTON
SHAUN HERGATT
GAVIN KAYSEN
KRISTEN KISH
MICHAEL WHITE
ANDREW ZIMMERMAN
JODY ADAMS
ZOI ANTONITSAS
NYESHA J. ARRINGTON
CLARK BARLOWE
JOEY BEATO
EMMA BENGTSSON
JONATHAN BENNETT
DANTE BOCCUZZI
STUART BRIOZA & NICOLE KRASINSKI
ZACK BRUELL
CESARE CASELLA
JIM CHRISTIANSEN
SONYA COTÉ
GREG DENTON & GABRIELLE QUIÑÓNEZ DENTON
TIFFANY DERRY
TRACI DES JARDINS
RON DUPRAT
FORD FRY
KENNY GILBERT
MARIA HINES
CHRIS HODGSON
LINTON HOPKINS
MATT HOYLE
MIKE ISABELLA
JENNIFER JASINSKI
JOSEPH "JJ" JOHNSON
JEAN JOHO
DOUGLAS KATZ
TONY MAWS
RYAN MCCASKEY
TORY MILLER
BRUCE MOFFETT
MATT MOLINA
KEVIN SBRAGA
BARTON SEAVER
ALON SHAYA
BRYCE SHUMAN
ANA SORTUN
ANGELO SOSA
SUSAN SPICER
ETHAN STOWELL
BILL TELEPAN
BART VANDAELE
JOANNE WEIR
ERIC WILLIAMS