A practical but elevated cookbook for confident home cooking — built on foundations, comfort, and the belief that ordinary food becomes extraordinary when made with care.
A Seat at My Table is Bryan J. Kaus’s first published book: part cookbook, part kitchen manual, part reflection on the people, places, and meals that shape a life. It moves from foundational technique — arsenal, pantry, fresh — into the dishes that define an everyday table, from Lovey’s chicken noodle soup to whole branzino under herbs.
The book is organized in two parts. Part I: The Kitchen I Keep covers how to set the kitchen up: tools, pantry, fresh herbs, marinades, and the small habits that make good cooking sustainable. Part II: A Seat at My Table is the meal itself — comfort and starters, soups, pastas, poultry, beef and game, pork, seafood, sandwiches, pizza and flatbread, and desserts.
Details
- Author: Bryan J. Kaus
- Publisher: Mockingbird Hollow Publishing
- Printed & fulfilled by: Amazon KDP
- Formats: Hardcover · Kindle
- Published: 2026
Giving back
Twenty percent of book proceeds support World Central Kitchen, which provides fresh meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises.
About the author
Bryan J. Kaus is an author, strategist, investor, and business leader. His work examines leadership, enterprise, industrial history, markets, culture, and the forces that shape institutions. More at bryankaus.com.