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 Home Cook: recipes to know by heart Alex Guarnaschelli Photographs by Johnny Miller 2017 Pre-ordered from Amazon with love Recipes cooked: Zucchini and Parmigiano-Reggiano soup, 1984 portobello sandwich, all-day low-maintenance chicken broth with peppered carrots, warm candied corn salad, fresh and frozen pea salad, asparagus soup with toasted walnuts, quickie “white” minestrone (with modifications) Recipes I want to cook: Raw white mushroom salad, shrimp bisque, lobster rolls, midnight Bolognese with rigatoni, my dad’s lemon chicken, chicken marbella 2.0, crisped…