Beach House Dinners: Simple, Summer-Inspired Meals for Entertaining Year-Round

In her fourth book, chef Lei Shishak returns to her first love—good food by the beach. Whether you currently live by the beach or dream of being at one, get ready to be inspired by the evening meal recipes in Beach House Dinners. Lei has included 80 delectable recipes that she makes at her beach house in Southern California, home to probably the most world’s most beautiful beaches. She’s captivated each day by the dazzling beauty of the beaches near her home, and she shares this through food. Each recipe in this book will inspire and transport you to beautiful places around the world, some of which you may already know and others may be new. Either way, her hope is that at the same time as making each recipe you’ll develop into blissfully unaware of the distractions of everyday life and in any case, you and your guests will melt into the joy of eating a great meal.

Short on time? The entire recipes are straightforward and hassle-free, leaving you various time to chill out, enjoy conversations on the beach, savor dips in the ocean, and bask in the warm sun. In some of the recipes, steps are broken down into those that can be done the night before or the morning of so you’ll spend less time in the kitchen and more time at the beach.

Recipes include some of chef Lei’s favorites like:

• Summer Tomato Soup with Three-Cheese Panini
• Coconut Shrimp with Three Sauces
• Roasted Whole Sea Bass
• Lemon Garlic Chicken
• Hearts of Palm Salad
• Jerk Spareribs
• Salmon Burger
• Pot Roast Tagine
• Lobster Roll
• and more!