Favorite New-ish Cookbooks?

verdebug

I love to cook and while I know I can get tons of recipes on the internet, I also really enjoy cookbooks. I frequently take them for a test drive from my library and if I really like them I'll buy them. What books are you cooking from these days?

Queenmunchy

I love the inspiralized cookbook, skinnytaste, against all grain, and thug kitchen.

verdebug

And I guess I should have shared a few that I've been enjoying lately!

Maangchi's Real Korean Cookbook
The Mexican Slow Cooker
The Great Big Pressure Cooker

janejellyroll

Isa Does It, Taco Cleanse, Salad Samurai, Cook the Pantry, Food52: Vegan.

verdebug

Thanks! I will be on the lookout for these ideas. Just got back from the library and I picked up "Persiana" and Rosa's Thai Cafe.... need to go figure out what's for dinner now.

dragon_girl26

Nadia G's 'Cookin for Trouble'
Thomas Keller's 'Ad Hoc at Home'
'Breath of A Wok' by Grace Young
any of the books by Naomi Duguid and/or Jeffrey Alford
Pam Anderson's 'Cook without a book: Meatless Meals'

and of course, Pinterest..haha. I love collecting cookbooks, though!

CaffeinatedConfectionist

Andrea Nguyen's "Asian Dumplings" (I can't get enough of dumplings. I would live on dumplings if I had the time to make nothing but dumplings)
David Thompson's "Thai Food"
"Sky High: Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes" (baking, cooking, whatever!)
"Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi" (because sometimes I need more inspiration when it comes to veggies)
Saveur's "New Classics" and "New Comfort food" cookbooks

I just got Lonely Planet's "The World's Best Street Food" but haven't cooked a ton of things out of it. I do love using internet recipes for inspiration, but I agree, sometimes it's nice to have an actual, physical book.

ohiotubagal

Pioneer Woman "Dinnertime"

karahm78

+1 for Skinnytaste... The cookbook and blog have changed my life. Every recipe I have tried DH and I like!

tcarroll120

I hate cooking and I need a lazy girl cookbook. And I'm a flexitarian. Lol I eat meat but mainly vegan and did I mention that I'm super lazy?

janejellyroll

tcarroll120 wrote: »

I hate cooking and I need a lazy girl cookbook. And I'm a flexitarian. Lol I eat meat but mainly vegan and did I mention that I'm super lazy?

I don't know what it means to eat meat but mainly vegan, but "The Vegan Stoner" is the best lazy vegan cookbook I have come across. Other easier books include "Quick & Easy Vegan Comfort Food" by Alicia Simpson and "Appetite for Reduction" by Isa Chandra Moskowitz.

verdebug

CaffeinatedConfectionist wrote: »

Andrea Nguyen's "Asian Dumplings" (I can't get enough of dumplings. I would live on dumplings if I had the time to make nothing but dumplings)
David Thompson's "Thai Food"
"Sky High: Irresistible Triple-Layer Cakes" (baking, cooking, whatever!)
"Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi" (because sometimes I need more inspiration when it comes to veggies)
Saveur's "New Classics" and "New Comfort food" cookbooks

I just got Lonely Planet's "The World's Best Street Food" but haven't cooked a ton of things out of it. I do love using internet recipes for inspiration, but I agree, sometimes it's nice to have an actual, physical book.

Can't wait to try the Dumplings book. My library has that as well as the Saveur books on the shelf right now, so I think this requires a detour at lunch today!

mjwarbeck

Favourite cookbook that I use all the time is Fuchsia Dunlop's Every Grain of Rice....love Sichuan food. Had been looking for a good cookbook after our trip there...

space_case

I don't know how new or old they are but I got two Cooking Light cookbooks, one is 3 Step Express Comfort Food and the other is Complete Meals in Minutes. We have made dinner from them every night the last two weeks and everything has been really good and I am very impressed at the calorie count for how filling.

CaffeinatedConfectionist

verdebug wrote: »

Thanks! I will be on the lookout for these ideas. Just got back from the library and I picked up "Persiana" and Rosa's Thai Cafe.... need to go figure out what's for dinner now.

How are these cookbooks? I need to see if my library has the Korean one you'd also mentioned, also, but I don't love the Iranian cookbook I have and am always looking for others.

BethAnnieT

How to Cook Everything Fast: A Better Way to Cook Great Food [Mark Bittman]

I got this for Christmas and it's about 1,000 pages of recipes, most taking about 30 minutes to prepare. All kinds -- salads, vegs, meats, vegetarian, desserts, soups, etc. The great thing is that the recipes are organized in a way that maximizes time, and the food prep and mise en place are built into the recipe steps and timing. So great, and everything I've cooked out of there so far has been great!

Alidecker

I love cookbooks. I get lots of recipes of the internet, but I still just love to have the actual book. I just got Ellie Krieger's You Have It Made. I have made two things from it so far and both have been good. At the end of each recipe, she tells you how to make ahead and keep in the refrigerator for a couple days or how to freeze it. I have a couple other cookbooks by her that I like.

verdebug

CaffeinatedConfectionist wrote: »

verdebug wrote: »

Thanks! I will be on the lookout for these ideas. Just got back from the library and I picked up "Persiana" and Rosa's Thai Cafe.... need to go figure out what's for dinner now.

How are these cookbooks? I need to see if my library has the Korean one you'd also mentioned, also, but I don't love the Iranian cookbook I have and am always looking for others.

@CaffeinatedConfectionist "Persiana" is a handsome cookbook - lots of nice photography, and while the recipes seem very straightforward, I wouldn't say that is a bad thing. Important note, she makes a point of saying that these are not strictly authentic recipes, so if that's important to you, you should know it. I also picked up "Olives, Lemons, and Za'Atar"; a lovely book with perhaps more ambitious offerings. Once a month I pick a country/region and cook from there... it's really fun and January is Persia. I'll have more to report after this weekend! How I wish tomatoes were in season!

CaffeinatedConfectionist

verdebug wrote: »

CaffeinatedConfectionist wrote: »

verdebug wrote: »

Thanks! I will be on the lookout for these ideas. Just got back from the library and I picked up "Persiana" and Rosa's Thai Cafe.... need to go figure out what's for dinner now.

How are these cookbooks? I need to see if my library has the Korean one you'd also mentioned, also, but I don't love the Iranian cookbook I have and am always looking for others.

@CaffeinatedConfectionist "Persiana" is a handsome cookbook - lots of nice photography, and while the recipes seem very straightforward, I wouldn't say that is a bad thing. Important note, she makes a point of saying that these are not strictly authentic recipes, so if that's important to you, you should know it. I also picked up "Olives, Lemons, and Za'Atar"; a lovely book with perhaps more ambitious offerings. Once a month I pick a country/region and cook from there... it's really fun and January is Persia. I'll have more to report after this weekend! How I wish tomatoes were in season!

Yes, definitely update us! I may have to see if my library has "Olives, Lemons, and Za'Atar." I recently found a local market that has multiple varieties of za'atar, so I may as well put them to good use ^.^

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Francl27

Skinnytaste.

But honestly... I just love Google.