Peter Som Serves Up Debut Cookbook ‘Family Style’

For Peter Som, cooking has been an ideal accompaniment for his career as a fashion designer.  “Coming from fashion where I was doing runway shows and collections four times a year and sort of cranking things out, this was a completely different process,” says Som, reflecting on the fast-paced industry where he established his career. “For me, cooking was always the counterbalance to [that]. Coming home, being able to go in the kitchen, cook something — have a beginning, a middle, an end, which hopefully was something delicious — that was what centered me during my fashion years. When I stopped my runway collections, cooking really became much more central to my life and what I love to do.” The cookbook speaks to the importance of family, “whether blood or chosen, and how so many of those memories are centered around sitting around a table and breaking bread together,” says Som. “Or in our case, eating rice. We always have rice for every meal. These are universal themes.”  Cacio E Pepe Rice from “Family Style” by Peter Som. While Som has been sharing recipes and food-based content online as part of his lifestyle brand for several years, he was inspired to put together his

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