Who among us doesn’t remember sitting down at the dinner table and eating mashed potatoes as a child? Warm, fluffy, buttery mounds, perfect alongside a roast, as a companion for gravy or cheese, layered into a shepherd’s pie, or as a delicious stand-alone dish. But why stop there? Holly Herrick’s Mashed includes not only delicious variants on mashed potato dishes, but also gratins, soups, dips, sauces, guacamoles, pâtés, bread pudding, panna cottas, sorbets, and everything in between. Hot or cold, savory or sweet, classic or innovative, rustic or elegant, Mashed shows that mashing doesn’t need to stop at just your grandma’s mashed potatoes.

A masher and some elbow grease (and occasionally an immersion blender): these stalwarts of every kitchen will usher forth more than 75 recipes to flip your perception of mashed food on its head.

This fresh take on classic comfort foods includes not only delicious variants on mashed potato dishes, but also gratins, soups, dips, sauces, guacamoles, pâtés, casseroles, panna cottas, sorbets, and everything in between. Hot or cold, savory or sweet, classic or innovative, rustic or elegant, Mashed shows that mashing doesn’t need to stop at traditional mashed potatoes.