COOKBOOKS YOU WILL LOVE
I'm writing a lot these
days, but thought I'd take a cookbook break to show you some of my favorite
cookbooks. I have over 200, most of them old or obscure. But for newer books, I
must have recipes that have high-flavor, in various cuisines, or just easy, new
quick dinner ideas.
Here are some great ones! Check them out:
The chefs at America's
Test Kitchen really have it all going on. With Food Network practically 100%
cooking competitions and the Pioneer Woman, the only good cooking shows are
ATK, Cook's Country and Milk Street. This is the best of their cookbooks, in my
opinion. I always like to make vegetables the star of the meal. And with
recipes for chili-spiked carrots, skillet-charred Brussels sprouts, mashed
potatoes brightened with harissa and pistachios, you know you're getting
inventive, delicious dishes. Need more info? How about this: Sichuan dry-fried
cauliflower, butter-roasted cabbage with citrus, stir-fried mushrooms with
asparagus and lemongrass, Persian-style swiss chard. I haven't made all the
recipes in this cookbook, but you can bet I will!
Perfect gift for a college kid or housewarming gift
Who needs an air fryer cookbook? Just throw fries or chicken strips in there
and turn it on. If you say that, why limit yourself? You can get lower-fat
foods, crunchier, tastier items, and it speeds up your meal-making. But, there
are so many air fryer cookbooks out there! Here's the one to have. One thing
that's special is how to convert oven recipes for the air fryer. There are tips
for making vegetable meals and side dishes you would never have thought of.
Plus, a timetable for every type of food. And recipes you will love: for meats
like poultry, pork, and beef, breads, breakfast, and even no-fuss desserts.
With pictures and easy recipes, it makes a perfect dorm-room or back-to-college
gift.
Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs: 100+ Recipes that You'll Love to Cook and Eat
Kids Will Like Cooking if the Food's Good
These recipes aren't just
easy or fun, they're well-researched. Did you know America's Test Kitchen developed
a book for kids in the kitchen? They even worked alongside young folks in the
process to make sure the steps were just right. And these recipes, for
after-school snacks, breakfast, desserts and more were tested by more than 750
kids. If you want to get your kids to help in the kitchen, this is the way to
go. It makes a great birthday gift for a kid you know who likes to cook or
loves cooking shows.
I didn't think anyone could make such great food with only 5 items!
I won't even get started
on how much I love Trader Joe's! Their popular Crunchy Chili Onion Sprinkle,
and the blend with oil, are the best products like them anywhere. This cookbook
has the double bonus of recipes being 5 items or less. Very easy cooking! And
you can find all the ingredients at Trader Joe's. Make a great meal in 20
minutes or less with these delicious recipes. You can add variety and
creativity to your meals without spending a lot of extra time in the
kitchen. A few of the great recipes: chickpea/feta/cucumber salad,
shortcut chicken parmesan sandwich, ginger-glazed pork chops, toasted ravioli,
sweet potato tacos, beef birria ramen, dressed-up French-style flatbread,
chicken sausage/fried egg hash, miso mushroom pasta, apple blossoms with ice
cream. And there are so many more you will have an incredible array of quick,
bright dishes to make at every meal.
Do I even have to explain the greatness of NYT recipes?
The motherlode of all cookbooks. The best of all the NYT cookbooks! This selection is incredible. Long-loved favorite recipes are included, like Purple Plum Torte, No-Knead Bread, the classic 1940s Caesar Salad, Pamela Sherrid's Summer Pasta, and David Eyre's Pancake. There are also many innovative ones: Samin Nosrat’s Sabzi Polo (Herbed Rice with Tahdig), Todd Richards’s Fried Catfish with Hot Sauce, and J. Kenji López-Alt’s Cheesy Hasselback Potato Gratin.
This one's for the
kitchen superfans out there. It's over 1000 pages, so get the Kindle edition
from the link above. Or, if you just love big books, you can always spring for
the $35 hardcover.
One way I've given this
in hardback form is a wedding gift: add it to a respectable Dutch oven or
quality frying pan, and it's like you've given a double gift!
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Chuck Mallory has written food articles for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kansas City Star, and magazines like Mother Earth News. His column “Country Cooking” appeared in Grit magazine and now “Carolina Country Cooking” is a popular Facebook page. He has also developed recipes for grocery store chains.
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