Like all the best cookbooks, Food52 Simply Genius: Recipes for Beginners, Busy Cooks & Curious People is not just a collection of recipes but a teaching manual of systems-thinking and smart ideas from some really great cooks from Samin Nosrat to Yotam Ottolenghi. I’ve learned a ton from it.
Read MoreEase and Many Pleasures in a Cookbook Pot-Luck
Our clever friend Fran Black’s brilliant innovation of the traditional pot-luck dinner party model where guests are asked to bring a dish to forge an entire meal, yielded a to-die-for party that felt like Sicily.
Read MoreTwo Cranberry Sauces, One Complex, One Simple
Although I’ve had many cranberry sauces in my food-wandering days, I am partial to cooked ones that exploit cranberries’ best qualities: an abundance of tannic red-fruit tartness and pectin that releases when the fruit softens to form a thick, jammy sauce. Here are two favorites.
Read MoreDelicious Read + Perfect Gift: The Cuban Table
At a crossroads in her life, Ellen Silverman traveled to Cuba where she fell in love with its unique culture. That trip catalyzed many returns and ultimately a rich and many-layered cookbook that would truly showcase the Cuban spirit and culture as expressed through its food: The Cuban Table. Here’s a start of our ongoing series on our favorite new cookbook.
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