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…