My Mexico City Kitchen: Recipes and ConvictionsGabriela Camara with Malena WatrousPhotographs by Marcus Nilsson2019Purchased from Now Serving in Los Angeles, who put on a wonderful event with chef Camara Recipes cooked: Contramar’s signature red and green grilled red snapper, chilpachole de jaiba (spicy crab soup), salsa verde cruda, salsa roja asada, aguachile de camaron (y pescado!), tortillas de harinaRecipes I want to cook: Chorizo verde, squash blossom soup, yellow mole with masa dumplingsDifficulty to source: Medium to pretty difficult, actuallyDifficulty…
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…
Cook Korean! A Comic Book with Recipes Robin Ha 2016 Gift from my nephew-in-law, Robert Hopewell Dishes cooked: Dolsot bibimbap, bean sprout salad, braised beef in soy sauce with eggs, ginseng chicken soup, pan-fried yellow croaker, soybean paste soup with clams, sweet potato noodles (japchae) Dishes I want to cook: Black sesame porridge, army stew, seafood and green onion pancake, cool and spicy cucumber, chile chicken stew, spicy fish stew Difficulty to make: Easy to medium Difficulty to source: Medium Seoul Cook…
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…
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…
The Scarpetta Cookbook Scott Conant Photographs by Brent Herrig 2013 Purchased from the LA Times Festival of Books and signed to me personally by Chef Conant Recipes cooked: Focaccia, carne crudo albese, Scarpetta tomato sauce, fresh spaghetti, black farfalle, black truffle risotto, rabbit ragù, celery root purée, sunchoke purée, Scarpetta’s roasted porchetta (seasoning only) Recipes I want to cook: Stromboli, mascarpone butter, yellowtail crudo with chile and ginger oils, short ribs with farro and vegetable risotto, sweetbreads with pan-roasted fall vegetables and…