Chef Bobby Flay looks back at the dishes that made him a star in new cookbook, 'Chapter One'

NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Flay's latest cookbook is really a sort of recipe for how Bobby Flay was made.

The chef, restaurateur and TV personality has compiled 100 of his most important dishes into a lush, beautifully photographed coffee table book he hopes will inspire home cooks.

“This is certainly my most important book to me and I think is going to be my most important book to people who consider themselves my readers,” Flay says.

“Bobby Flay: Chapter One: Iconic Recipes and Inspirations from a Groundbreaking American Chef,” has dishes from his restaurants like Mesa Grill, Bolo, Bar Americain and Gato, and his epic runs on “Iron Chef.”