It is difficult to find a unique concept in a cookbook. This book did that. I liked the idea of a book that focused just on sauces. I would recommend this book.

Saucy has a gorgeous table of contents with colorful photos of the sauces referenced above each themed section. The list of recommended pairings prevents decision fatigue and helps new cooks effectively mix and match flavors with ingredients. The section at the end had solid basic cooking instructions for newer cooks who need a basic plan they can follow for essential ingredients. That said, while Saucy supports new home cooks, it also is effective for more experienced cooks (like me) who need some inspriration and want a way to create simple, fast meals that aren't boring. As a single parent who has two jobs and no nearby family to help out, I really appreciate that this can let me make healthy delicious meals that don't require much time to prepare. In fact, I see myself doing food prep for basic elements (shredded chicken, roasted veggies, cooked grains) on the weekend and using a quick 15 min on weekdays to whip up a fresh sauce for whatever items we have prepared.

The only challenge I see with the book is that most sauce recipes makes a decent quantity yet only lasts 5 days. For a household of a single adult and child, this likely means food waste for me (especially if we do not want to eat the same sauce for days in a row), but most recipes were easily halved. (One exception: I will use that creamy avocado sauce on everything... dip for veggies and crackers, on burrito bowls, in a sandwich, on scrambled eggs and my lunchtime grain and veggie bowl. Amazing.)

I will be buying a copy of this book and it will be prominently available in my kitchen for dressing up some quick and easy meals.

As a cookbook collector and self confessed condiment queen I was delighted by this comprehensive compendium of saucy deliciousness. Spanning the globe and the gamut from simple southern comeback sauces to earthy chimicurris, to exotic curries and beyond this book has something for everyone! The photos and layout are beautiful and the recipes are presented in a simple, easily to follow way. This would make such a wonderful housewarming or hostess gift!

They say not to judge a book by it's cover, but in this case, do it! This really is a gorgeous book of sauces as the cover shows. There are so many delicious sauces in this book. This is a great book for any home cook, even an amateur looking to level up their cooking with a simple sauce.

This is going to be a great book to gift. Graphically it's lovely, easy to read, follow and well organized. There is a great variety of sauces in the book and really something for everyone.

If you love sauces you need this book!

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

As someone who loves dipping foods and is always trying every sauce available. This was the cookbook I needed. I love the variety!!

I love this book! I love the title, I love the font used, I love the drips and the drops. What gorgeous pictures of the sauces! I want to lick the pages, they're that delicious looking! The recommended sauce pairings pages are fantastic! What a great breakdown of what to put these sauces on! The book makes me want to go and make all of these recipes tonight! At the back of the book, there are even recipes for some basics to put the sauces on. And don't forget a very helpful index. This is a truly beautiful book!

I adore this book! So many delicious, EASY sauce recipes. I am a sauce person and can’t have a meal without a good sauce. This book is going to be very well loved in my house! I love that there is sweet, savory and everything in between added.

A good sauce can completely transform a meal and can take a dish from basic to unforgettable! Since moving the food scene has not been anything to write home about so I have been cooking at home way more than I ever have before. This book has been inspirational to say the least! The different sauces have helped me find and try new dishes to pair them with. I haven’t gotten through them all but I still have several dishes planed before the end the year and can’t wait to try more! I also love the artwork and the layout of the book. Overall a great (and beautiful) resource for any home cook!

Saucy would make a lovely addition to any home chef’s collection of cookbooks, and I am honestly planning to gift some copies to the home chefs in my life once it is published.

I really enjoyed the overall organization of the book and how sauces were grouped (Creamy, Herby, Tomato-Based, Tangy, Savory, Umami, Spicy, Dessert). This makes it easy to zero in on the right sauce for any particular recipe you might be looking to enhance. Or, if you are looking to try a sauce recipe from this book but you aren’t sure what to pair it with, the author has included plenty of pairing recommendations, both alongside each sauce and in a separate section at the back. As a novice in the kitchen myself, I found them helpful.

The food photography and overall visuals of the book are really eye-catching and fun. I was surprised to find such variety in the visuals of a cookbook with such a specific scope! I also enjoyed the layout of the recipe pages, which include notes on culinary influences, how to store each sauce, and optional substitutions or additions to each recipe.

As for the recipes themselves, none of them seem overly elaborate and I think most would be useful and feasible for daily cooking. The book includes several familiar staples, like Southwest Ranch and Teriyaki Sauce, but also some options that were new to me, like Sweet Ginger Sesame Sauce or Apricot Miso Glaze. Overall, there was a good variety in culinary influences and types of sauces included.

I can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy when it comes out! It will be a go-to book for me.

This delightful book includes a lot of great sauce recipes, which is something, I've found, you can always have more of. Creamy, Herby, Savory, Spicy, Tomato-Based, Umami, Tangy, and Dessert. It seems like a great resource to have on hand, especially when you need a sauce to tie a dish together. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC!

The cover of this book is very eye catching!! I love how colorful the pages and graphics are - the photos of the sauces are great! This book is really well organized. The recipes are super versatile. Sauces are yummy!!

Saucy is set up as a book for intermediate home chefs looking to expand their skills with leveled up sauces that are intended to elevate standard everyday meals.

This book has a great guide at the beginning that covers a reference chart of different types of proteins / vegetables to use with specific recipes. I found this to be a very useful tool to navigate and use these recipes in my kitchen!

The categories include:

Creamy
Herby
Savory
Spicy
Tomato-Based
Umami
Tangy
Dessert

One of my favorite recipes that I'm so excited about is the Creamy Chipotle Lime Sauce. There are a lot of really useful recipes included here. That recipe and others like the Comeback Sauce and the Brown Sugar Peach Sauce will be used regularly from this point on!

I decided to rate 4 stars though, because I think the setup of the recipes could have been better. For example, providing the base recipe first and then how it can be elevated - this would expand the skills of the those who are learning these recipes for the first time. Also, there are circumstances where the instructions seemed incomplete, such as with the Roasted Beet Hummus. The instructions advised to roast it, peel and chop, however it does not provide the complete instructions on how to roast the beet. For those who have not roasted a beet before, they will have to use another resource to figure that out instead of having it right there for them.

Thank you to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is one of those endlessly useful specialty cookbooks that can turn basic recipes into an interesting meal. It’s a book just about flavor! The directions for all are generally simple, the index is comprehensive, and an appendix includes some basic recipes for dishes to put your sauces on. If I have a critique, it’s that many of these have ingredient lists on the longer side: 10ish ingredients feels like a lot to find in my pantry, especially when making multiple recipes with limited overlap.

Recipes were easy to follow and make. Good flavors and taste, and most of the sauces are approachable for many cooks. Has a couple of standard sauces for the home cook and some that are very unique. Very unique cookbook and good to have around. Would have liked to have seen more regarding making sauces with your own flavors.

This fun cookbook is full of 50 easily accessible and exciting recipients to elevate your regular cooking with a new little sauce! As someone with very minimal kitchen skills, I’m feeling ready to attempt a few sauces to turn my normal boring dinners into real flavorful dishes. What a fun idea!

don’t judge a book by its cover, but this cover is BEAUTIFUL, i would buy it just to display in my kitchen. this is genuinely the most beautiful cookbook i’ve ever seen, everything from swatches of sauce in the table of contents to the fonts/color schemes and close up photos of each recipe. i’m vegan but all of these are easily adaptable and i’ll be trying the majority of them.

This cookbook is a great addition to any kitchen. Sauces can make a good dish great and this book has sauces for whatever you fancy, even desserts. This takes the guesswork out of it and homemade sauces are most delicious than store bought. Im excited to try many of the sauces in this book!

I love a good sauce with any meal, so I was very excited to see an entire cookbook devoted only to sauces! The recipes are organized by flavor profile such as creamy, herby, and spicy. There is a section of recommended sauce pairings for different foods and a few simple recipes at the end for go-to "bases" for sauces. The recipes are easy to follow and use pretty common ingredients. There is even a photograph for each one. I can't wait to try them all out. This is a cookbook I will reference again and again.

Thank you to #NetGalley and #ChronicleBooks for a free copy of #Saucy by Ashley Boyd. All opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this! Visually appealing, with pictures of most of the sauces, this book is broken down into chapters by type of sauce, including, Tomato-based, Tangy, Savory, and my favorite, Dessert. The sauce recipe use accessible ingredients, and all come together easily, even if you are not an advanced, or even intermediate cook. Each sauce recipe also includes the area of the world that it is inspired by.

Included at the end of the book are a few recipes such as Stackable Pancakes, Perfectly Crisp Vegetables, and Flaky Baked Fish.

So glad I was able to read this ARC and review it. This is one I will want a physical copy of, I can see myself referring to it often.

Thank you Netgalley and Chronicle Books for the ARC!