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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love
Slide Nr 1Cookbooks are a singular literary genre – they’re as much about the storytelling, about the journey, as they are the recipes. A good cookbook educates, inspires, makes our stomachs rumble and stokes our wanderlust. These recent releases will take you around the world without ever leaving home. [Photo: The Palestinian Table, Reem Kassis, Phaidon]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 2The Ultimate American Road Trip – What is American cuisine, exactly? At its most fundamental, American cuisine is what’s cooked in homes across the country. America: The Cookbook (Phaidon) catalogues 850 treasured recipes from all 50 states, including 36 kinds of pie, 8 styles of barbecue sauce and 6 recipes for fried chicken. Pack your bags – we might be gone awhile. [Pictured: Fried Chicken (Alabama) and Whoopie Pies (Pennsylvania). Photography by Danielle Acken]
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Slide Nr 3Pick A Pepper – What do piquillos, shishitos, padrons and poblanos have in common? They’re all varieties of peppers, otherwise known as capsicums, of which there are hundreds of varieties. In Peppers of the Americas (Lorena Jones Books), 3-time James Beard award-winning author and chef-restaurateur Maricel Presilla does a deep dive into this flavourful world, offering invaluable insights into how they’re used in Latin American cooking and dozens of recipes, too. [Photography by Romulo Yanes, © 2017]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 4Snapshot Of Life Down Under – A collaborative project by Melbourne’s Matt Wilkinson, chef/owner of Pope Joan and The Pie Shop restaurants, along with his partner Sharlee Gibb, Mr & Mrs Wilkinson’s How It Is at Home (Hardie Grant) is a light-hearted take on how this culinary power couple manages to make civilised meals (and maintain sanity) in a creative, busy and sometimes chaotic household. Chapters are broken down by meal function, including breakfast, lunch boxes, picnics and pies (of the savoury sort). [Images courtesy Hardie Grant Publishing]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 5Resourcefulness At Its Finest – When a chef whose restaurant (in this case, Osteria Francescana) consistently ranks among the best in the world puts down his chef’s knives long enough to pick up a pen, it’s worth paying attention. And in Bread Is Gold: Extraordinary Meals with Ordinary Ingredients (Phaidon), Massimo Bottura’s message is loud and clear: Even humble, day-old bread shouldn’t be wasted. [Pictured: Bread Is Gold, recipe by Massimo Bottura. Photo: Food Editore/Piermichele Borraccia. At right, Massimo Bottura at Refettorio Ambrosiano, Milan. Photo: Emanuele Colombo]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 6Nuevo L.A. Story – Opening each chapter with candid personal stories, Guerrilla Tacos: Recipes from the Streets of L.A. (Ten Speed Press) tells the story of beloved Los Angeles food truck Guerrilla Tacos and chef/founder Wes Avila. Recipes range from the traditional (Fried Baja Taco, Carnitas) to wildly inventive, like the Tuna Poke and Sea Urchin Tostada pictured above. [Photography by Dylan James Ho and Jeni Afuso, © 2017]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 7Dinner With Friends — With her first cookbook, Dining In: Highly Cookable Recipes (Clarkson Potter), seasoned Bon Appétit contributor Alison Roman makes the case that cooking at home and sharing a meal together can be just as enjoyable as dining out. In the intro, Roman describes highly cookable recipes as “easy to shop for, simple to execute, and a joy to eat.” Case in point: Shrimp in the Shells With Lots of Garlic and Probably Too Much Butter, pictured above. [Photography by Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott © 2017]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 8Journey Into Palestine – In this beautifully wrought tome, first-time cookbook author Reem Kassis invites us into her home, to join her in the kitchen and to travel together to Palestine. Composed of more than 150 recipes inspired by 3 generations of family traditions, cultural anecdotes and striking photography, The Palestinian Table (Phaidon) is a feast for the senses. [Pictured: Cauliflower Fritters, spice vendor in Souk El Attarine in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photography by Dan Perez]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 9Roasting, Revolutionised – With her latest cookbook, Roast: The New Classics (Smith Street Books), French-born, Australian-based chef and food writer Louise Franc makes the definitive case that roasting as a technique doesn’t have to be reserved for special occasions or even saved for Sundays. From start to finish, Roast is loaded with recipes that you can (and should) cook tonight. [Pictured: Cinnamon-roasted Peaches with Fresh Ricotta, Thyme & Honeyed Hazelnuts. Images courtesy Smith Street Books]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 10Cheese Lovers, Rejoice –In Cheese (Quadrille Publishing), Michelin-starred UK chef Michel Roux turns his sights to what some consider to be one of the world’s most perfect foods: cheese. More than 100 recipes cover all of your bases for entertaining, from canapés through to desserts, and there are plenty of options for easy but inspired weeknight meals, too. Really, who doesn’t want to know the secret to making the perfect croque monsieur? [Images courtesy Hardie Grant Publishing]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 11Let Them Eat Cake – Birthday parties, dinner parties, cocktail parties, summer picnics and barbecues – whatever the occasion, there’s bound to be a recipe in Cherry Bombe: The Cookbook (Clarkson Potter) that will add a bit of swagger to your soiree. For this inaugural effort, editors at cult indie ’zine Cherry Bombe asked 100 influential women in food for favourite recipes and stories, too. The cookbook is fresh, cool and definitely the life of the party. [Pictured: Candied Grapefruit Pops, Rosé Sangria With Cherries. Photography by Alpha Smoot]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 12Aromatics Are a Cook’s Best Friend – There’s something heavenly about the scent of fresh herbs and spices. In My Aromatic Kitchen (Prestel), Danish-trained chef and cookbook author Kille Enna channels her passion for aromatics into recipes inspired by the harvest from her organic garden at her home in southern Sweden. She combines herbs and spices, fruits and vegetables, to create dishes that sing, such as the Hot Grilled Pear Salad pictured above. [Photography by Kille Enna | Prestel]
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12 New Cookbooks Every Foodie Will Love.
Slide Nr 13A Sweet Finale – Few luminaries in the culinary world seem to be having as much fun right now as Yotam Ottolenghi – at least, as much fun as it looks like he and long-time collaborator Helen Goh had while compiling Sweet: Desserts from London’s Ottolenghi (Ten Speed Press). The highly anticipated baking and desserts cookbook doesn’t fail to impress, with more than 120 recipes that range from the exotic to the downright irresistible. [Pictured: Chocolate Banana and Pecan Cookies, Victorian Sponge Cake. Photography by Peden + Munk © 2017]
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