Cookbooks, cooking reads, and books about food
Niqiliurniq by Micah Arreak celebrates the Igloolik cuisine in northern Canada by showcasing what is eaten there. Igloolik is a remote area and Arreak talks a great deal about the benefits of residents locating and preparing local foods around them. Local foods may be healthy, …
Blurb: A DIY guide to making the salty, sweet, tangy, and sometimes spicy pickles of Japan, featuring 16 recipes for traditional tsukemono as well as new favorites with innovative ingredients and techniques. For Asian food aficionados and preservers and picklers looking for new frontiers, the …
I found this calendar at a used book store, and while it is from 2001 and no longer usable for keeping dates, it does have a classical collection of twelve traditional Chinese recipes. Recipes included: Tangerine Pork Chops; Firecracker Chicken; Braised Beef Short Ribs in …
Learn something new and pass it on. That’s the running theme throughout Jamie’s Food Revolution. Jamie Oliver is on a quest to educate readers on the benefits of good food and simple preparation. And by teaching, he is hoping the newly educated cooks will pass on their …
Vegan fusion. That’s the style of cuisine Mark Reinfeld enjoys. He describes this style as a combination of different ingredients from different culinary traditions or ethnic backgrounds in the same dish or menu. His book, The 30 Minute Vegan’s Taste of Europe, is a collection …
Hiroko Shimbo’s latest book, Hiroko’s American Kitchen, is written in “the spirit of Japan’s culinary history.” In the introduction, Hiroko makes a point to mention that his recipes are not fusion but rather extensions of Japanese cooking – where the evolution is constantly happening. Hiroko …
South Africa is similar to the U.S. in that there is a wide ethnic influence on foods available. South African Gourmet Food & Wine (Myrna Rosen and Lesley Loon, Dorrance Publishing, 1997, ISBN: 0805941878) is a selection of different foods with wine or spirit parings …
This regional Middle East cookbook was first published in 1979 and has had numerous reprintings. My version was a 2002 reprint. The Complete Middle East Cookbook has just about everything you want to know about Middle Eastern cooking with photographs and illustrations throughout. Tess Mallos …
Cooking Mexican is a short and simple cookbook with easy to recreate Mexican recipes. It begins with a very brief history of Mexican cooking, and the flavors and spices that make up much of the cuisine. It is a very short read focusing on classics …
Traditional South African Food and More The book contains recipes for South African specialties such as Snoek Pate, Kekker Bobotie, Stywe Pap, Malva Pudding, and Watermelon Konfyt (or watermelon jam). Read the full review on Sand and Succotash. Renee Shelton