Come Eat

A vibrant, flavor-packed collection of delicious, nutritious meals that make it easy to nourish your family every day, from the New York Times bestselling author of Come Hungry and co-founder of Baked by Melissa.

At Melissa Ben-Ishay’s house, mealtimes are filled with nutritious dishes that satisfy everyone at the table—without sacrificing time. In Come Eat, Melissa invites you to pull up a chair to enjoy the delicious recipes her busy family loves (even the pickiest eaters).

Packed with stunning photography and colorful, mouthwatering recipes that focus on fresh produce and big flavors, Come Eat features a variety of Melissa’s favorite weekly go-to recipes, from lunch to dinner to dessert—and all the snacks and sides in between—including:

Greek Lentil Salad
Healing Chicken Soup
One-Pot Golden Chicken & Rice
String Beans with Almonds & Tahini
Snickerdoodle Chickpea Cake
Salads, salads, and more salads!

With helpful tips and easy-to-follow instructions, Melissa shows you how to easily adapt meals for your family, from breaking down the components of the perfect salad to making soup with ingredients you have on hand. Whether you’re a novice cook eager to gain confidence in the kitchen or a seasoned pro looking to save time and effort, Come Eat makes creating and planning meals easy every day—one perfect bite at a time.

With Melissa, food is love, food is nourishment, food is health, and Come Eat is a joyful celebration of real food for real life. And when you’re at her table, there’s always room for dessert.

Author Biography

Melissa Ben-Ishay is the New York Times bestselling author of Come Hungry and the co-founder and CEO of Baked by Melissa, a New York-based dessert company known for its bite-size cupcakes. Since 2008, Baked by Melissa has celebrated more than one million birthdays across the country and is recognized nationally for its premium gifts for every occasion. In addition to the cupcake empire, Melissa has built an engaged social community in recent years inspired by her food philosophy: if you get your nourishment from mealtime, you can absolutely indulge in dessert every day.