It’s that time of year again, the time when I hope I remember all of my friends who’ve written cookbooks during the year. Because I’m lucky enough to have such talented friends, I can not only mention but recommend these books.
If I’ve forgotten anyone, I’m sorry. Truly.
If you’ve got some favorite cookbooks from this year, let us all know.
In no particular order, here goes:
Stir, Sizzle, Bake, by Charlotte Druckman
Small Victories, by Julia Turshen
Little Flower Baking, by Christine Moore with Cecilia Leung
Mad Hungry Family, by Lucinda Scala Quinn
Sprinkles Baking Book, by Candace Nelson and Adeena Sussman
A New Way to Dinner, by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, Food 52
Vanilla Bean Baking Book, by Sarah Kieffer
The Spice Companion, by Lior Lev Sercarz
Cooking for Jeffrey, by Ina Garten
French Country Cooking, by Mimi Thorisson
Art of the Pie, by Kate McDermott
Marbled, Swirled and Layered, by Irvin Lin
Classic German Baking, by Luisa Weiss
Mozza at Home, by Nancy Silverton
The Adventures of Fat Rice, Abraham Conlon and Adrienne Lo
Lucky Peach Presents Power Vegetables, by Peter Meehan
Taste & Technique, by Naomi Pomeroy and Jamie Feldman
The Short Stack Cookbook, by Nick Fauchald and Kaitlyn Goalen
The Red Rooster Cookbook, by Marcus Samuelsson
Modern Potluck, by Kristin Donnelly
Big American Cookbook, by Mario Batali
Alternative Baker, by Alanna Taylor-Tobin
Sous-Vide at Home, by Lisa Q. Futterman
Mad Genius Tips, by Justin Chapple
The French Chef in America (not a cookbook), by Alex Prud’homme
Trey (not a cookbook), by Elissa Altman
What They Do With Your Money, by Stephen Davis (not at all a cookbook, although it does talk about cooking the books)
Edible Paradise Coloring Book (not a cookbook), by Jessie Kanelos Weiner