I love cookbooks and so many good ones came out this year. Cookbooks make great gifts for yourself or your favorite food lover. I tend to look around in kitchen and in my head and just write, so I am sure I forgot a book or five—like Jaques Pepin’s latest book on
I think cookbooks are rather personal, they're great gifts if you truly know someone fairly well. That's why I prefer to choose my genres, for I have over 600+ cookbooks & culinary books. A good option are choosing a favorite Chef & Culinarians...
For instance, 3 Christmas/Hanukkah ago, I gifted myself Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain; it's way more than a cookbook. Last year self-gifted Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Final Years – Good Eats 4. I have 5 of his Good Eat series, all more than a cookbook...
My sister knows I'm a big fans of certain Chef/Writers, so she's gifted me cookbooks, 5 of your Chef/Writer Zimmern, The Bizarre Truth: How I Walked Out the Door Mouth First... And Came Back Shaking My Head // The Bizarre Truth: Culinary Misadventures Around the Globe // AZ's Bizarre World of Food: Brains, Bugs, and Blood Sausage // Andrew Zimmern's Field Guide to Exceptionally Weird, Wild & Wonderful Foods: An Intrepid Eater's Digest... these are all so well done, again because they're more than just cookbook. Cookbooks that reflect experiences make them better than cookbooks... recipes books too often are 1 dimensional... Last but never least, José Andrés, he too writes more than just cookbooks, I have several his works as well...
Thus there you have my 4 Culinary Horsemen, Bourdain, Zimmern, José Andrés & Alton Brown... sureLy I have many exceptional honorable mentions... what a fantastic, wonderful industry filled with amazing cast of culinary characters...
When you recommend cookbooks, or endorse all things culinary, it carries a ton of weight, with me and I'm with a vast group of your followers & subscribers... so there's a risk in sticking your neck out...
I purchased her Persiana, Food from the Middle East & Beyond so cool you mentioned her. Both The Wok & The Woks of Life sound worthwhile to checkout... When it comes to Mexican cookbooks, Mi Cocina may be good, yet I prefer Rick Bayless, he's my Mexican hero of which I have 3 of his books, favorite, Mexico One Plate At A Time... I have several of Phaidon’s publication, and boy every one are expertly well done...
Thanks for the wide array of diversified reading offerings... As holidayz (not a typo) season launches, I'm sure you'll be burning through whisks, spatulas & kitchen towels... SOooo T'is the Season and best wishes to all your subscribers & followers... Cheers & Bottoms-Up 1 & All, and to all a goog night, every night.....
Although I don't have her cookbook yet, I would highly recommend Becky Walker's:
"The Hillbilly Kitchen Verses and Vittles: Down Home Country Cooking (Volume)" at Amazon. I further recommend her step-by-step YouTube recipes fixins--they work.
1. How do you organize your recipes and cookbooks?
2. Are you overwhelmed when deciding what to cook from all these books? What catches your eye and makes you want to try a recipe?
I was surprised I didn't have any of your choices here. I've looked at a couple, but haven't thrown down the money yet. I'm a Dorie Greenspan fan and Deb Perleman, Claire Saffitz is quickly becoming a new interest for me. And always, David Lebovitz and Alton Brown. And, I adore YOU!
Thanks for the new yummy reading list!
Mel Meister (I'm a girl. Mel is my shortened name)
I Am From Here by Vishwesh Bhatt
I think cookbooks are rather personal, they're great gifts if you truly know someone fairly well. That's why I prefer to choose my genres, for I have over 600+ cookbooks & culinary books. A good option are choosing a favorite Chef & Culinarians...
For instance, 3 Christmas/Hanukkah ago, I gifted myself Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain; it's way more than a cookbook. Last year self-gifted Alton Brown's Good Eats: The Final Years – Good Eats 4. I have 5 of his Good Eat series, all more than a cookbook...
My sister knows I'm a big fans of certain Chef/Writers, so she's gifted me cookbooks, 5 of your Chef/Writer Zimmern, The Bizarre Truth: How I Walked Out the Door Mouth First... And Came Back Shaking My Head // The Bizarre Truth: Culinary Misadventures Around the Globe // AZ's Bizarre World of Food: Brains, Bugs, and Blood Sausage // Andrew Zimmern's Field Guide to Exceptionally Weird, Wild & Wonderful Foods: An Intrepid Eater's Digest... these are all so well done, again because they're more than just cookbook. Cookbooks that reflect experiences make them better than cookbooks... recipes books too often are 1 dimensional... Last but never least, José Andrés, he too writes more than just cookbooks, I have several his works as well...
Thus there you have my 4 Culinary Horsemen, Bourdain, Zimmern, José Andrés & Alton Brown... sureLy I have many exceptional honorable mentions... what a fantastic, wonderful industry filled with amazing cast of culinary characters...
When you recommend cookbooks, or endorse all things culinary, it carries a ton of weight, with me and I'm with a vast group of your followers & subscribers... so there's a risk in sticking your neck out...
I purchased her Persiana, Food from the Middle East & Beyond so cool you mentioned her. Both The Wok & The Woks of Life sound worthwhile to checkout... When it comes to Mexican cookbooks, Mi Cocina may be good, yet I prefer Rick Bayless, he's my Mexican hero of which I have 3 of his books, favorite, Mexico One Plate At A Time... I have several of Phaidon’s publication, and boy every one are expertly well done...
Thanks for the wide array of diversified reading offerings... As holidayz (not a typo) season launches, I'm sure you'll be burning through whisks, spatulas & kitchen towels... SOooo T'is the Season and best wishes to all your subscribers & followers... Cheers & Bottoms-Up 1 & All, and to all a goog night, every night.....
Although I don't have her cookbook yet, I would highly recommend Becky Walker's:
"The Hillbilly Kitchen Verses and Vittles: Down Home Country Cooking (Volume)" at Amazon. I further recommend her step-by-step YouTube recipes fixins--they work.
https://www.recipetineats.com/cookbook/ This author is amazing!!!
Andrew, I have a 3 part question for your AMA.
1. How do you organize your recipes and cookbooks?
2. Are you overwhelmed when deciding what to cook from all these books? What catches your eye and makes you want to try a recipe?
I was surprised I didn't have any of your choices here. I've looked at a couple, but haven't thrown down the money yet. I'm a Dorie Greenspan fan and Deb Perleman, Claire Saffitz is quickly becoming a new interest for me. And always, David Lebovitz and Alton Brown. And, I adore YOU!
Thanks for the new yummy reading list!
Mel Meister (I'm a girl. Mel is my shortened name)
Deltona, Florida
Some great suggestions
Have you read Michael Twitty's work like KosherSoul yet