Each week, we’ve been sharing stories about food and food products. But today we wanted to be a little more literal about our tagline and give you the lowdown on our favorite books right now. Spoiler alert: They’re all books about food, and they reveal how incredibly important food is to friendship, culture, and human societies. So in case you need an opportunity to escape reality for a while and immerse yourself in a fictional world, here are six of our top books and novels... Escape Reality With Our Favorite Foodie Books ..read more

https://www.yahoo.com/now/eileen-yin-fei-lo-celebrated-174302760.html Lots of great content by her. I found her cookbooks very detailed and informative. My 3 favorites My Grandmother's Chinese Kitchen The Chinese Kitchen Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking ..read more

ebooks I have in my list so far: The Red Boat Fish Sauce Cookbook-- my current ebook read. Written by the founder of Red Boat fish sauce. The opening recipe of fish sauce bacon has me intrigued. America's Best BBQ I like Paul Kirk's writing on barbecue. Putting Czech Recipes on the Map just because I know nothing about the cuisine. NYT No Recipe Recipes NYT Recipes of Record Bress 'N' Nyam a carryover from last year Lucky Peach Wurst Recipes The Wurst of... Cookbooks for Phil, 2022 ..read more

On one cover (2012) I view a straw placed into a glass of dairy and on the other cover (2013) I view from the topside a well baked apple tart. What are the differences between both books/recipes????? Any major differences ..read more

Anyone know anything about the many recent cookbooks presenting South Asian (Indian) cooking with an Instant Pot? I've done a bit of cooking this way and it's been good, but I'm guessing that at least 50% of these cookbooks are mediocre or worse. Anyone have an actual recommendation ..read more

Was wondering if anyone could recommend books/authors in the subject of cured meat? I have a few from Ruhlman, the Marianski Bros, and Steven Lamb who all seem to have big followings and respect - however, I've heard stories that Ruhlman has had to revise his books in the past because some of his recipes had been deemed relatively unsuccessful and unsafe ( my only cirticism of his recipes is that they tend to wander far off the 'traditional' path from time to time. Others seem to be highly... Good books on cured meats ..read more

An unexpected Christmas gift this year was a complete 20 volume set of the Grand Diplome Cooking Course books. These are like never used, and appear to be from about 1971-2 time frame put out by Danbury Press. A friend got them from an estate sale for about $5. I've seen them used on eBay for about $60. Anybody know anything about these? Are they any good? Appear to have been put together by a couple of women chefs from Le Cordon Bleu newsletters I read somewhere. thanks! doc ..read more

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2021/12/10/best-cookbooks-2021/ Their list and a few of my thoughts Cook Real Hawai'i This got a fair amount of press, though I don't recall any actual excerpted recipes to consider. I have some interest in this but not super high. Probably a library book. The WaPo article does include a linked recipe (or two) for this and the other books as well. Mother Grains I saw this a few times in my feed I know, but the... Washington Post top cookbooks of 2021 ..read more

Hi, I'm looking for french style pastry book that does simple french/euro type desserts like madeleine, choux, simple french cakes, financier, frangipane, gateaux de voyage/ travel cake and other simple items along with different flavour combination if they have it. I don't want to do laminated doughs and entrement cakes with multiple layers of brownie/cake, gelee, crispy layer, mousse etc.. it too labour extensive and time consuming for one person, so I rather not do those type of baked... french style pastry book ..read more

This Humble Bundle is from Adams Media, who you probably have seen with their Everything ** where ** is some particular cuisine or technique. I've enjoyed a few different ones over the years, Thai, Indian, Mexican, Chinese and so on. Generally they're a bit simplified in my experience though they've always had some keepers. My favorite peanut sauce comes from the Thai one for example. Today's Bundle is primarily device/appliance oriented. [URL... Humble Bundle, appliance oriented cookbooks ..read more