Gather & Graze: 120 Favorite Recipes for Tasty Good Times Stephanie Izard with Rachel Holtzman Photographs by Huge Galdones and styling by Johanna Lowe 2018 Purchased from Now Serving in downtown Los Angeles Recipes cooked: Thai-style bouillabaisse, shrimp cocktail with miso blue cheese sauce, salmon with blueberry-Szechuan chile sauce, “tasty eggy kimchi bacon thing,” Szechuan chile sauce, sauce green, smoked salmon toast with chile-lime vinaigrette (as a salad), aioli (only) from recipe for goat neck with pickled watermelon rind salad…
Lisbon: Recipes from Portugal’s Beautiful Southern Region Rebecca Seal Photographs by Steven Joyce 2017 Purchased from Skylight Books in Los Feliz, Los Angeles Recipes cooked: Partridge escabeche (with game hens), shredded greens soup with chorizo, peas with sesame Recipes I want to cook: Bacalhous à Brás; piri piri chicken; pork with clams Difficulty to source: Easy to medium Difficulty to make: Easy to medium Beautiful Lisbon “Kate!” Fabiano blurted out almost breathlessly when he opened the door into the guesthouse…
On Vegetables: Modern Recipes for the Home Kitchen Jeremy Fox with Noah Galuten Photographs by Rick Poon 2017 Received by request from my Hopewell family Secret Santa exchange Recipes cooked: Charred whole broccoli with miso bagna cauda with modifications; smoked split pea shell and carrot soup with modifications; whole roasted young favas with their pesto and pistachio with modifications; radishes, goat cheese, nori, and mustard with (fist pump) no modifications! Recipes I want to cook: Crosnes, brown butter, and sage; baby…
State Bird Provisions: A Cookbook Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski with JJ Goode Photographs by Ed Anderson 2017 Pre-ordered with love from Amazon Recipes cooked: Garlic bread with burrata and aromatic pepper spice (minus homemade bread); bonito-rosemary aioli; deep-fried sweet soy-marinated fish parts (minus frying); cumin lamb with squid, dates, shishito peppers, and Thai basil Recipes I want to cook: Duck liver mousse with warm duck-fat financiers, brined beef tongue, rice-crusted trout with garum, brown butter, hazelnuts, and mandarin Difficulty…
Kaukasis: A Culinary Journey through Georgia, Azerbaijan & Beyond Olia Hercules Photographs by Elena Heatherwick, cover by Grace Helmer 2017 Pre-ordered with love from Amazon Recipes cooked: Chicken chigyrtma (casserole), herb kükü (frittata), badrijani nigvzit (eggplant rolls) Recipes I want to cook: Ostriy (soup), qata (butter cookies) Difficulty to make: Remarkably easy—among the very best for instructions Difficulty to source: Easy to medium Chicken chigyrtma If you grew up in rural Virginia in the nineties, like me, you learned a lot about the…
A Meatloaf in Every Oven Frank Bruni and Jennifer Steinhauer Illustrations by Marilyn Pollack Naron 2017 Purchased at Eataly New York Flatiron Recipes cooked: Michael White’s chicken eggplant loaf, Greek loaf with lamb and feta, a meatless loaf for Dennis, Alex Guarnaschelli’s Mom’s meatloaf, Swedish meatball loaf Recipes I want to cook: Annie Miler’s home-style loaf with cheddar and parsley, South African bobotie loaf, Daniel Patterson’s zucchini loaf, Auvergne style loaf with prunes, Leslie Bruni’s sweet nostalgic loaf Difficulty to…
Down South: Bourbon, Pork, Gulf Shrimp & Second Helpings of Everything Donald Link with Paula Disbrowe Photographs by Chris Granger 2014 Purchased from Kitchen Witch, French Quarter, New Orleans Dishes cooked: Creamy onion dip, shrimp rémoulade, smothered chicken, lamb shoulder stew with lemons and olives, pork neck bone stew Dishes I want to cook: Chicken liver pâté, blue crab beignets with rémoulade sauce, parmesan bacon gougères, fried fish collars with chile vinegar, shrimp and crab spaghetti, orange cream cheese bars with…
The Roberta’s Cookbook Carlo Mirarchi, Brandon Hoy, Chris Parachini, and Katherine Wheelock Art direction by Ryan Rice 2013 Received as a prize for winning the “most creative” award at the UCLA Edible Book Contest for a focaccia, cheese, and assorted jelly depiction of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden Recipes cooked: Pizza dough; Cheesus Christ; roasted garlic dressing; asparagus with egg yolk, trout roe, and lemon; togarashi dressing; bonito butter; salsa verde Recipes I want to cook: Linguine with sea urchin and chili; pappardelle…
Mozza at Home Nancy Silverton with Carolynn Carreño Photographs by Christopher Hirsheimer 2016 Purchased from Artbook at Hauser and Wirth, Arts District, Los Angeles Dishes cooked: Tomatillo salsa, roasted spring onions, perfect hard-cooked eggs, marinated summer squash salad, salsa rustica Dishes I want to cook: Endive salad with date anchovy dressing; carrot and rice salad with ginger sumac dressing; Sal’s roasted pork shoulder; braised oxtails; green potato leek salad with scallion vinaigrette; pasta salad with bitter greens, Parmigiano cream, and guanciale Difficulty…