We Fancy: Simple Recipes to Make the Everyday Special - Hardcover

by Jerrelle Guy (Author)

A Food & Wine Best Cookbook of Winter 2026

From beloved food writer and author of the James Beard Award finalist Black Girl Baking comes a joyous cookbook that transforms everyday meals into something special and unexpected with just a few simple flourishes.

Fanciness is a mindset. It's realizing that you can make everyday food feel special using what you likely already have on hand. It's about seeing the act of cooking not just as another thing to do, but as a nourishing ritual to help ease away the day's stress.

In We Fancy, Jerrelle Guy teaches you how to use pantry staples like canned beans, crackers, or a pint of vanilla ice cream, and tools like sheet pans and your air fryer, to transform typical weeknight dinners into something easy but memorable. Think: Nearly Instantaneous Risotto made with black or roasted garlic, Double-Stacked Black Bean Burgers smashed with tortilla chips, Artichokes in the Perfect Butter Wine Sauce, and Olive Oil Brownie Pudding covered with chopped nuts.

We Fancy shows that cooking is both a creative and a practical act, and in these pages with beautiful and wise writing that is meant to heal, guide and inspire, Jerrelle gives us new recipes and reasons to look forward to dinner.

Author Biography

Jerrelle Guy is an award-winning author and celebrated food photographer. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she received her master's in gastronomy from Boston University. Jerrelle is the author of Black Girl Baking, which was a finalist for a James Beard Award. She lives in Dallas with her family and writes her newsletter, The Dinner Ritual, where she encourages readers to ground themselves and heal through cooking. Visit her online and on Instagram at ChocolateforBasil.com.