What cookbooks have you bought lately?

[bloviatrix]

Just bought the new Adeena Sussman book Shabbat and Leah Koenig's Portico which is about the Roman Jewish Kitchen. I really like prior books from both authors and have high hopes for these two.

[StephanieL]

I just got Eater: 100 Essential Restaurant Recipes from the Authority on Where to Eat and Why It Matters.  While all of the recipes could ostensibly made by a home cook, some of them are insanely complicated.  Interesting to read, though.

[voyager]

37 minutes ago, StephanieL said:

I just got Eater: 100 Essential Restaurant Recipes from the Authority on Where to Eat and Why It Matters.  While all of the recipes could ostensibly made by a home cook, some of them are insanely complicated.  Interesting to read, though.

The sample read on Amazon reads straightforward enough albeit all from the "brunch", aka most boring section of the book.     What raises my hackles are chef recipes that require 25 ingredients and several hours of work to create a sauce that you're instructed to put in a squeeze bottle and make 7 dots around the plate.    "Whaaaaaat?"

[StephanieL]

23 hours ago, voyager said:

The sample read on Amazon reads straightforward enough albeit all from the "brunch", aka most boring section of the book.     What raises my hackles are chef recipes that require 25 ingredients and several hours of work to create a sauce that you're instructed to put in a squeeze bottle and make 7 dots around the plate.    "Whaaaaaat?"

Yeah, that might fly when you're making lots and lots of dishes that use that sauce.  Not so much when you're making the recipe once.

[Diancecht]

a box of cookbooks i had bought at the strand in nyc arrived earlier this week and this was one of my babies.

it’s the first american printing, published in the year 1965.

[Sneakeater]

THAT'S certainly cravable.

[Diancecht]

probably a lot simpler than eater ;)

[bloviatrix]

@Diancecht - do you have any of the later editions? I'm curious how this one compares.

[Diancecht]

haven’t had a chance to look at a more recent edition lately, unfortunately.

the last time i saw a vintage book was in 2017 when we visited nola and i saw a copy of the second printing of the joy of cooking (1935) for $200. i ended up not buying it and i’ve regretted that ever since.

the store where i saw that book, the kitchen witch, has since closed. 😞

[MitchW]

I've got a 1989 edition; of course, I don't have that earlier edition, so can't compare the two. But...

 

It's pretty nice.

[bloviatrix]

I have the '89 edition too.

[Diancecht]

it’s mostly black and white but there are some color plates. the photography is typical of the period.

 

[Diancecht]

[Mitchell101]

My wife had foot surgery a few weeks ago so been mostly home cooking and have made a number of dishes from Eric Ripert's Seafood Simple. Yes, a number of recipes/dishes are indeed quite simple but Ripert's insight about specific cooking techniques and type of fish is reaally worthwhile.  Highlight to date was his Salmon Strudel which we had New Years Eve. I've never cooked a protein in phyllo before so was a bit nervous but is cam out great. Very rich, I'd make smaller serving sizes next time.  Not a classic book but a useful one. 

[MitchW]

I just got this one...an eBay buy:

Looking forward to checking it out.

[splinky]

29 minutes ago, MitchW said:

I just got this one...an eBay buy:

Looking forward to checking it out.

i have yet to make anything from it, but the beverage and the bread sections are the most interesting to me. i miss bread so much

[MitchW]

34 minutes ago, splinky said:

i have yet to make anything from it, but the beverage and the bread sections are the most interesting to me. i miss bread so much

I did notice the beverage section when just leafing through it - looks good!

[StephanieL]

5 hours ago, MitchW said:

I just got this one...an eBay buy:

Looking forward to checking it out.

Enjoy.  It's worth it for the history lessons alone.

[StephanieL]

I bought Judith Barrett's Fagioli: The Bean Cuisine of Italy after realizing that I need to vary my bean repertoire beyond Mexican dishes.  Am making a stew recipe from it tonight.

[MitchW]

Went to a book discussion last night on the upper west side.  Ruth Reichl and Nancy Silverton (old friends) discussed Nancy's latest book:

I might have to bake a cookie or two.  (FWIW, Nancy is not impressed with using ingredients in baked goods which traditionally were not used in baked goods; e.g. matcha).

[bloviatrix]

I almost went to that!

[Diancecht]

this arrived in the mail today 

[splinky]

have been hunting for this and just in time for Black History Month

Malinda Russell, the First African-American Cookbook Author of “A Domestic Cookbook”

[Wilfrid]

1866, wow. 

[bloviatrix]

4 hours ago, splinky said:

have been hunting for this and just in time for Black History Month

Malinda Russell, the First African-American Cookbook Author of “A Domestic Cookbook”

I'm assuming there's a story behind how you managed to track down a copy. Will you share?