Chef Jeremy Sewall Releases New Cookbook for Home Cooks

Boston, September 25, 2025

News Summary

Chef Jeremy Sewall, co-owner of Row 34 in Boston, has unveiled his fourth cookbook titled ‘Everyday Chef: Simple Dishes for Family and Friends.’ The book features over 100 approachable seafood recipes aimed at home cooks, emphasizing simplicity and seasonal ingredients. Included are practical cooking techniques and encouragement to experiment with seafood. A related cooking demonstration is scheduled to help diners feel comfortable preparing seafood and understand the importance of local sourcing.

Boston — Chef Jeremy Sewall, co-owner of Boston’s Row 34 restaurants, has released his fourth cookbook titled Everyday Chef: Simple Dishes for Family and Friends, offering home cooks a simplified version of his restaurant repertoire with more than 100 recipes and an emphasis on approachable seafood.

Key details

The cookbook simplifies Sewall’s restaurant repertoire for home cooks, including over 100 recipes. The collection focuses on straightforward preparations and seasonal ingredients, with featured dishes ranging from vegetable-packed rice bowls and broccoli and goat cheese frittatas to a roast beef sandwich with caramelized onions and pasta with asparagus and slow-roasted pork shoulder.

A cooking demonstration will take place on November 20, 2025, at 6:30 PM, priced at $10, which includes a small bite. The demonstration is designed to show practical techniques from the book and encourage home cooks to try seafood and other recipes in a low-cost, hands-on format.

Seafood focus and context

The new cookbook explicitly aims to address the mental block many home cooks have about preparing seafood and encourages experimentation with simple methods. Sewall has noted that many people are getting creative with cooking seafood at home more than ever, in part because pandemic-related decreases in restaurant visits shifted more cooking back into private kitchens.

Before the pandemic, restaurants accounted for 80% of all seafood consumed, with 90% of lobster consumption occurring in dining establishments. The cookbook and demonstrations are presented against that backdrop, with the intent of helping more people feel comfortable preparing seafood at home.

Featured seafood recipes and collaborations

Sewall shared three of his favorite seafood recipes: Grilled Fish Tails with Salsa Verde; Grilled Swordfish with Horseradish Butter and White Beans; Saison-Steamed Littlenecks with Parsley Butter and Grilled Sourdough. These dishes reflect a mix of grilling and simple poaching or steaming techniques that are readily adapted to a home kitchen.

In addition to his new title, The Row 34 Cookbook: Stories and Recipes from a Neighborhood Oyster Bar was released last week in collaboration with Erin Byers Murray, extending Sewall’s published work tied to his restaurant projects. The collaboration with Just Add Cooking will provide three original recipes for their users next month, including bacon-wrapped monkfish and roasted cauliflower soup.

Local sourcing and culinary philosophy

Sewall is known for working with local ingredients and for sourcing fish from suppliers such as Red’s Best and New Deal in Boston. His culinary philosophy stresses accessibility and the experiential aspect of eating: recipes designed to be shared with family and friends help build community while reflecting seasonal and regional ingredients in New England.

The cookbook rearranges restaurant techniques into approachable steps and offers variations so cooks can substitute local or seasonal produce and fish without losing the structure of the dish. It also contains guidance for simple sauces, basic grilling and pan-searing methods, and ideas for turning leftovers into new meals.

Practical information for readers

• Cookbook: Everyday Chef: Simple Dishes for Family and Friends
• Author: Chef Jeremy Sewall
• Number of recipes: Over 100
• Cooking demonstration: November 20, 2025, at 6:30 PM — priced at $10 and includes a small bite
• Related recent release: The Row 34 Cookbook: Stories and Recipes from a Neighborhood Oyster Bar was released last week in collaboration with Erin Byers Murray
• Upcoming collaboration recipes: The collaboration with Just Add Cooking will provide three original recipes for their users next month, including bacon-wrapped monkfish and roasted cauliflower soup

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• Boston Globe: Chef Jeremy Sewall’s New Cookbook
• Boston Magazine: Just Add Cooking with Chef Jeremy Sewall
• Tasting Table: Jeremy Sewall’s Bacon and Leek Baked Oysters
• BBC: A Chef’s Guide to Boston’s Best Clam Chowder
• Boston.com: Chef Jeremy Sewall’s Roasted Salmon Recipe

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