PRAISE FOR NOON

“As someone who eschews breakfast and counts down the hours to lunch, NOON is right up my proverbial alley. Peters’s recipes showcase the power of food to excite, to create a mood, or to transform a situation as much as to nourish the body. The joy of a midday feast is something within our reach with this beautiful book.”

―Helen Goh, co-author of Sweet

“Meike Peters’s NOON is a delicious contemplation of how food can bring pleasure and comfort any time of the day. Her vibrant vegetable- and fruit-packed recipes are colorful, enticing, crave-worthy, and completely doable at lunchtime. Peters’s book serves as a reminder that we should all aim to bring balance to our busy days and savor the small moments around this oft-forgotten meal.”

―Hetty Lui McKinnon, food writer and cookbook author

“Meike Peters’s new book is a soul-satisfying reminder that lunch is a state of mind. In our ever-busier lives, taking a break for a nourishing meal is the ultimate form of midday self-care. Having this repertoire of gorgeous, unfussy recipes―plus a smart set of tips, tricks, and strategies―only makes this proposition more delicious.”

―Adeena Sussman, author of Sababa 

“NOON has so many colorful, easy-to-make, and mouth-watering plates of food. I love the idea of midday feasting.”

―Sami Tamimi, chef and award-winning author 

“I have a feeling that I’ve been waiting for this exact book. Meike Peters manages to revive a time and a meal of the day that, due to our obsession with efficiency, we have almost forgotten about. And she does it in such a beautiful, practical, and original way that you want to drop everything and start cooking right away. I heartily recommend this book!"

 ―Daniel Schreiber, author of Susan Sontag

“Move over, breakfast: lunch is about to become the most important meal of the day. At least if James Beard Award–winning author, photographer, and food blogger Peters (365: A Year of Everyday Cooking and Baking) has anything to say about it. With her latest gorgeously photographed cookbook, Berlin-based Peters serves up 115 simple but thoughtfully conceived recipes for soups, sandwiches, salads, pasta dishes, and more that focus on delivering a maximum of bold flavors with a minimum of ingredients and some smart use of pantry staples. While many of the recipes, such as cucumber and fennel salad with melon and Rosti with pistachio-feta dip, are vegetable-forward in nature, carnivores and pescatarians will also find a sampling of yummy treats, like Mediterranean meatloaf with vegetables and herbs and beet cream cheese and smoked fish on a bun.

“VERDICT Perfect for experienced cooks, who will relish Peters’s imaginative takes on classic dishes as well as her inspired original culinary creations, and those new to the kitchen, who will feel empowered by the clear, easy-to-follow format and welcoming tone of the recipes.”

―Library Journal (starred review)

“The result is a brilliant solution for busy home cooks looking to jazz up their midday meals.”

―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Brilliant, quick recipes for lunch.”

―ELLE

“Unrivaled.”

―Swiss Gourmet Book Award

“NOON needs to be in everyone’s bookshelf.”

―Gastronomische Akademie Deutschlands GAD Award

“A gorgeous meditative celebration on satisfying those midday cravings - it’s sublime.”

―Gurdeep Loyal, columnist Olive Magazine

“Let’s do lunch! Whether you’re whipping up something at home or packing a lunch for the office, these ‘uplifting’ recipes in Meike Peters’s cookbook Noon are a hit.”

―Hello! magazine

“It has been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day but that was before Meike Peters tackled lunch.”

―Jenny Hartin, Eat Your Book (Favorite Books of 2023)

“Bruce was so excited to interview Meike Peters for our podcast this week. He loved her new book more than I’ve seen him love a book in a while.”

―Mark Scarbrough, Cooking with Bruce & Mark podcast

“In her new cookbook, Meike Peters honors the good old lunch—with convincing creative combinations and recipes that are easy to understand.”

―Peter Badenhop, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“Brilliantly good & brilliantly simple.”

―Anja Wasserbaech, Stuttgarter Zeitung

“Simplicity is doable when it’s celebrated as confidently as Peters does. A favorite book.” 

―Marten Rolff, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Best Cookbooks of 2023)

“The author shows in her 115 recipes how we can easily enjoy nourishing and healthy meals at noon.”

―Fiona Bornhöft, AD Architectural Digest (Best Cookbooks of 2023)

“My biggest meal of the day is lunch, so making it something special is key and this book will get you there. Salads, soups, stews, sandwiches, sweet and savory tarts, plus more. They all look brilliant!” 

―Zoë François (Best Cookbooks of 2023)

“Though the focus is afternoon dining, the recipes would be stars no matter what the meal.” 

―Julia Platt Leonard, Table Magazine

ABOUT NOON

Lunchtime is just as exciting as dinner in this delightful new cookbook that combines Meike Peters's inventive and craveable recipes with gorgeous photography. These 115 recipes are guaranteed to perk up your day (or your dinner).

This bold new cookbook by James Beard Award–winning author and photographer Meike Peters invites us to indulge in simple, satisfying, and scrumptious meals to feed our midday cravings. With a few tricks and clever flavor combinations to keep your mind, body, and soul happy, NOON makes it easy to treat yourself throughout the day.
 
These 115 quick and creative recipes span vibrant salads and sandwiches, cozy pastas, and savory tarts, as well as warming soups, speedy schnitzels, and Mediterranean seafood treats. Whether you’re in the mood for the mouthwatering Autumn Salad with Jerusalem Artichokes, Walnuts, and Apples, a texturally intoxicating Carrot and Pear Salad with Tahini and Sesame Seeds, or the surprising zip of Sauerkraut and Hummus on Sourdough Bread, this book has your taste buds covered.
 
Attainable yet crave-worthy, the recipes in NOON can equally suit the start, middle, or end of your day. Our lives have changed, and these recipes flexibly fit any reality, from working from home or lunch at the office to leisurely weekend lunches with friends. NOON is about a pause, no matter when you need it. With year-round recipes and stunning photography, this book will keep you well fed and happy at any time of day.