Secret Sauce is an up to the minute collection of copycat recipes for restaurant sauces, dips, and dressings developed and curated by Kelly Jaggers. Released 11th Nov 2025 by Simon & Schuster on their Adams Media imprint it's 272 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout.
The layout is logical and easy to follow. The introduction covers the
basic tools, supplies, appliances, and pantry lists. The following
chapters
include the recipes arranged roughly by category: spicy, chicken dipping, burger & sandwich, seafood, salad dressing, sides, toppings, hearty dips, and sides for dipping.
Ingredient measurements are
supplied in imperial (American) measurements only. There's a conversion chart for metric measures in the appendices. The
nutritional information is not included. Extra tips or recipe alternatives are
listed in sidebars with
the recipes. The recipes themselves are fairly straightforward and are
made with easily sourced ingredients. Many are very simple and should be well within the abilities of the average reader.
The photography
is not abundant; most of the recipes are not illustrated, but the
photographs which are included are clear and well done.
This is a huge collection of recipes and even allowing for the fact that some of them are very similar to others in the same category, this will keep fast food/restaurant lovers going for ages. The recipes really are copycats and very near the "real" restaurant sauces and sides they are copying.
Four and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes
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