Benny Blanco’s OPEN WIDE: A Cookbook For Friends debuts on major Bestseller Lists

OPEN WIDE, the debut cookbook from artist, record producer, songwriter, and actor Benny Blanco, made its entry onto The New York Times Best Sellers list at #6 in Nonfiction: Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous. Published by Dey Street Books, the cookbook also reached #7 on USA TODAY’s Bestselling Booklist and #9 on the Los Angeles Times bestselling hardcover nonfiction list. OPEN WIDE became available for purchase upon its release.

Co-authored with recipe developer and bestselling cookbook author Jess Damuck, OPEN WIDE serves as Benny’s guide to food and entertaining, offering readers tips on cooking, impressing guests, and throwing unforgettable dinner parties.

While best known for his work in the music industry, Benny Blanco’s passion for food had become widely recognized in recent years. He hosts some of L.A.’s “most coveted” (The New York Times) dinner parties and collaborates with chef Matty Matheson on two cooking shows. Benny also shares viral cooking tutorials alongside well-known food personalities like Half Baked Harvest, Andy Hearnden, Uncle Roger, and Laurent Dagenais.

The cookbook offers something for everyone, from kitchen basics and expert advice from friends such as Eric Andre, Jess Damuck, Ben Sinclair, and Emile Haynie, to Benny’s own mind-blowing recipes designed to leave guests satisfied and entertained.

 

MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR benny blanco is a record producer, songwriter, artist, actor, record executive, and cookbook author. benny has contributed to the sale of hundreds of millions of albums worldwide through his work with artists including Ed Sheeran, SZA, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Katy Perry, The Weeknd, Maroon 5, Juice WRLD, Sia, and many more. As a solo artist, benny has released two albums—FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS and FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS 2—that have been streamed more than 11 billion times to date and have featured multiple multiplatinum hits. benny made his TV debut playing a fictionalized version of himself on the FXX series “Dave” with Lil Dicky, which has become the #1 comedy on FX and FXX. His longtime friendship with acclaimed chef Matty Matheson has spawned two massively viral online food series, “Matty & Benny Eat Out America” and “Stupid F*cking Cooking Show.” OPEN WIDE is his first book.