The kitchen is a room for both creativity and bonding—a place where friends and family gather to celebrate the magic of home cooking. That’s what inspired television personality Valerie Bertinelli to share her favorite recipes in her latest cookbook, Valerie’s Home Cooking, including comfort foods like tea sandwiches and eggplant and pasta.

Roasted Eggplant Pesto Pasta

Bloody Mary Tea Sandwiches

Excerpted from Valerie’s Home Cooking by Valerie Bertinelli. Copyright © 2017 Oxmoor House. Reprinted with permission from Time Inc. Books, a division of Time Inc. New York, NY. All rights reserved.

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