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…
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…