in from mr new york mark simone on seven 10 w o r here's joe concha and welcome back everybody this is the mark simone

show this is joe concha in for mr simone i am a fox news contributor columnist for the messenger and yes a

best-selling author kind of like my next guest,

Carly Shimkus, cooking with friends.

See, I thought she'd write a book about, I don't know,

the girl from Jersey overcame all odds to become the co-anchor of Fox and Friends First.

But apparently, she's an amazing cook,

and we're here to talk about her book and her life in general.

We're going to make this fun on a holiday weekend.

C.S. How are you?

Hi, Joe. Thank you so much for inviting me on.

Of course. Well, you know, it's going to be a tough Thanksgiving for some folks out there, right?

Second highest on record, 25% higher to make a Thanksgiving meal this year than it was in 2019 during the Trump era.

Yet your book has easy to make appetizers, budget-friendly dishes.

Are there any left in this economy?

And if so, share one or two of your suggestions as we're going for this Thanksgiving week.

Fun, fast, easy, and affordable meals from America's best friends.

That's the tagline of the book, Joe.

Yeah, no, so this book was a lot of fun to put together.

You know, it's kind of funny when people say that I wrote a cookbook because I guess I mastered the art of writing cookbooks

because all I did was ask people for their recipes and that I put my name on the book.

But, yeah, it's been great promoting this.

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