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…
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 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…
Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons Steven Satterfield Photographs by John Kernick 2015 Purchased from the restaurant Miller Union and signed to me personally by Chef Satterfield Recipes I’ve cooked: Mostly, I’ve used this as a reference book for buying, storing, and preparing vegetables and fruits, not a cookbook—though there are many enticing recipes Recipes I want to cook: All of them, really Difficulty to source: Easy Difficulty to cook: Easy I love Root to Leaf…
Bäco: Vivid recipes from the heart of Los Angeles Josef Centeno and Betty Hallock Photographs by Dylan James Ho and Jeni Afuso 2017 Purchased from Skylight Books in Los Feliz, Los Angeles Recipes cooked: Mint and rose pickled red onions; poblano-feta dip; caramelized cauliflower with mint, pine nuts, lime, and yogurt; slow-roasted berbere-cured ocean trout; fuyu persimmon salad with grapes, red walnuts, and sherry vinegar; roasted golden beets with radishes, cucumbers, hazelnuts, and creamy poblano-feta dressing; Sichuan pepper lamb top…