The first cookbook from Tyler and Ashley Wells, the husband-and-wife duo behind Los Angeles’ bustling, sought-after restaurant All Time, with recipes for the simple, market-driven food that attracts guests from all over, alongside their intimate, hilarious, and tender stories.
“We’re just cooking!” That’s how Tyler and Ashley Wells, owners of All Time, approach food. They might be just cooking, but they’re definitely doing it well. Guests from all over flock to their beloved Los Angeles restaurant, making it one of the most buzzed-about dining destinations in LA.
The Cookbook of All Time includes 50 recipes highlighting the restaurant’s most iconic standouts:
Fish with Crispy Rice
Ashley’s Lamb Ragu
The Big Steak Event
The Good Ass Salad Dressing
Sweet Potatoes
The Salmon Bowl
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Betsy’s Cobbler
Paul’s Chocolate Cake
... and more, plus easy-to-understand ways to cook fish, meat, vegetables, sauces, rice, beans, and doughs. Imbued with Tyler’s unique cooking philosophy, practical experience, and favorite techniques, tools, and ingredients, the food is impressive yet totally achievable at home. These recipes are an extension of Tyler and Ashley’s earnest hospitality.
Not only will you love cooking from these pages, you’ll laugh out loud, possibly cry, and most certainly relate to the touching stories, personal essays, and anecdotes. Tyler and Ashley cook and share down-to-earth that isn’t about rules or fancy gadgets; it’s about feeding people, using your senses, and leaning into life—with laughter, honesty, and freedom, and having a damn good time to boot.
Author Biography:
Ashley B. Wells is a hospitality professional, wine expert, writer, and restaurant owner. A Southern California native, she forged her career in hospitality as an alternate path when print journalists became an endangered species, around the time she graduated from USC with a Master's in print journalism. She's run restaurants in Los Angeles for twelve years, has been named a Zagat 30 under 30, a Wine Enthusiast 40 under 40, and one of Bon Appetit's top six to watch along the way. In 2014 she founded Pour This, an online wine shop and subscription service she owned and operated for five years. Her writing has been published in New York Magazine, GrubStreet, Life & Thyme, Vice, Terre, and Pipette. Running service at the restaurant brings her joy, but when she's not at All Time she's probably riding a horse, reading, or with Hudson, the family's lovable hound.
Tyler J. Wells loves cooking of course, and loves feeding people even more. He's also worked as an auto mechanic, a bicycle messenger, a construction manager, and a carpenter. He oversees the food and coffee programs at All Time, and he's also built the tables, made the shelves, ship-lapped the walls, and constructed and repaired nearly every corner of the restaurant he runs with his wife. He's consulted around the country, providing turnkey direction, conception, and operational guidance for award-winning hospitality programs. Born in West Virginia, he is a genius at making and doing and fixing, starting fires and cooking on them, driving, and much more. He is a knowledge seeker, a romantic, and loves being outdoors.
