I know they both were COTM at Chowhound but I didn’t remember if they were over here.
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If these are nominations, could you please type them in all caps? Easy for me when it comes time to tally.
Sorry about that!
THE SIMPLE ART OF RICE: RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE HEART OF YOUR TABLE BY JJ JOHNSON
and
SEDUCTIONS OF RICE BY JEFFREY ALFORD AND NAOMI DUGUID
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SEDUCTIONS OF RICE. I’d love a Duguid/Alford cotq.
I bought this when it was COTM many years ago on CH, but didn’t really explore it.
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No problem, thanks!
SMITTEN KITCHEN.
NIGELLA.
Such good choices.
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SMITTEN KITCHEN cookbooks and website!
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Any interest in PIZZA NIGHT? Might be too new, but I know there are Alexandra Stafford fans on HO. I see that she has a GF pizza dough in the book.
These were the first cookbook authors I bought every book from. Started with the flatbreads book, then loved the rice one and the coffee table books afterwards. A pain to find room for on the counter, but I loved the photographs and the stories. They lived near me in Toronto, though I never saw them in the market. I use them less often now, but there are a few recipes I always go back to.
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Hey shouldnt this be January-March the thread header is wrong. I will be away for a few weeks of this cycle but I like
RICK BAYLESS - Cookbooks, online and all, since I have Authentic Mexican and Mexican Kitchen on my shelf
Have one SABRINA GHAYOUR I would be willing to sample
Have 3 DUGUID/ALFORD so their works would be a good choice for me but not interested in starch based focus right now - Burma and Hot Sour Salty Sweet are more my speed
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You are absolutely right, it should say Jan-March. Will be more careful when I put up the reporting threads.
Me too…I loved the flatbread and rice books. Not so much the coffee table books, which while beautiful visually, contained recipes that seemed less authentic to me. Maybe because the authors felt North Americans would not have access to many of the authentic ingredients. They parted ways some years ago with a rather dramatic divorce.
Duguid is the sole author of Burma (and Persia and Miracle of Salt), which she wrote after they divorced.
What do people think about grouping by concept:
CLASSIC RESTAURANTS — Zuni Cafe, Sunday Suppers at Luques, The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters
TECHNIQUES — All about Braising, Fish without a Doubt, All about Roasting
And by popular prior COTM authors:
FUCHSIA DUNLOP QUARTER
GRACE YOUNG QUARTER
RAGHAVAN IYER QUARTER
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I kind of feel, for reasons that I might not be able to explain, as if the first two groupings could get messy and hard to follow. The author ones make more sense to me. But if others feel differently, please let me know. This is for all of us.
Messy in reporting or in concept?
Reporting wise if each book has its own thread it would be similar to what we’ve done of late.
But it was just an idea to link books other than by author.
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In reporting. I was thinking you meant each of those would be one of the 3 (or 2) “books” for the quarter, which would lead us to actually having 9. But I see now (I think) you meant as a sort of umbrella for all 3.
Right, I meant as a single theme for choosing multiple books for the quarter.
It would also be fewer books than a blanket author quarter for a prolific author (eg: Nigella, Ottolenghi) – and enable revisiting older COTM authors who may not otherwise get a new turn.
Eg Zuni pops up every so often, I remember folks mentioning Lucques fondly. and Alice Waters is frequently referenced by newer authors & chefs.
The Braising book was recently recommended a thread about braising, and I remember folks praising the Rick Moonen fish book often on Chowhound, but I don’t foresee it being nominated standalone as he’s not so “current”.
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You’re definitely talking books that were popular as COTMs, in that Zuni, Sunday Suppers, AAB, and FWAD were all done more than once and had plenty of life each time.
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