Collecting various cookbook threads into one place:
Anything new or interesting you’ve read or acquired of late?
What’s on your Cookbook Wish List?
Deals of note on E-books (or print books)
.
Here are the precedent threads:
Recent cookbook acquisitions (2019 onwards)
2024 Cookbooks acquired / wish list
E-book deals (2018 onwards)
I just finished a first look through Asma Khan’s latest book, Monsoon. A lovely read, with recipes and stories split into 6 seasons. Might make something from it this weekend.
(My only nit is no index in the e-book, nor a consolidated list of recipes. Missing index seems like it’s a publisher oversight.)
EYB has a number of tempting deals on e-books, and I am trying to justify how many is too many 
– Sift: The Elements of Great Baking 2.99 (James Beard winner & mentioned a few times recently on the baking thread)
– Vietnamese Food Any Day / Andrea Nguyen 1.99 (former COTM, love the recipes)
– Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons / Diana Henry 1.99 – newish DH book
– Ad Hoc at Home / Thomas Keller 3.99 (usable recipes, as opposed to TFL cookbook I have already)
– Vegetables Unleashed / Jose Andres 1.99
– Eleven Madison Park 1.99 (as a memento, though the physical book would make more sense for that; still, at 1.99 I might do it)
– Food52 Genius Recipes 1.99
– Bottom of the Pot / Naz Deravian 2.99
– 15-Minute Indian / Anjula Devi 4.99 – I don’t know much about the author, but the technique she’s applying seems much closer to home cooking than you usually see. She has a number of recipes on her website (and there’s and EYB preview too) so I’ll take a closer look.
– A few Ed Kimber books 1.99
Her TV series “Secrets of the Curry Kitchen” is currently showing on Food Network UK. I’d not heard of her before that.
I didn’t know she has a TV show now. I came across her a while ago because I read about her Biryani Supper Club, but what she’s known for is her all-female kitchen without formal industry training. I think she was also the first British chef to be featured on Netflix’s Chef’s Table.
I recently received The Perfect Loaf. I want to attempt sourdough again. I also have Hot Bread Kitchen coming in the next couple of days.
There may be a newish edition, as there was with Roast Figs, Sugar Snow a few years ago, but it’s actually one of her earliest cookbooks. My copy, the original paperback issue, says 2006. Regardless, it has some very nice recipes.
I’ve had this for years, but haven’t used it. However, I will say that it wasn’t a big success back when it was BCOTM on CH, because the recipes are apparently very inconsistent and perhaps not well-tested.
Splurged with a gift card and purchased Joe Yonan’s Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking.
It is physically a beautiful book, though I’m unsure of how practical it will be/maneuverable while cooking. I’ll likely end up either photographing the recipe or hand copying it.
Still, I am very pleased.
