Cookbook and/or cocktail recipe book gift ideas

floridagal · December 22, 2020, 09:13:40 PM

I recently bought my sister Ina Garten's "Modern Comfort Food" and she is really enjoying it. She said you won't lose weight with these recipes, tho!

I'm a big Barefoot Contessa fan.

Any other fun cookbooks or cocktail books out there?

caribougrrl · December 23, 2020, 08:41:01 AM

Any and all of the Ottelenghi cookbooks.

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Run Amok · December 23, 2020, 09:55:15 AM

Salt Fat Acid Heat, Nothing Fancy, Dining In, Genius Recipes.
Im looking forward to Kenji Lopez Alts Wok.

These are good classics: https://food52.com/blog/3777-your-10-essential-cookbooks-and-why-they-still-matter

merigayle · December 23, 2020, 10:26:19 AM

Quote from: caribougrrl on December 23, 2020, 08:41:01 AM
Any and all of the Ottelenghi cookbooks.

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This was going to be my reply!

picote · December 23, 2020, 06:31:46 PM

I came in to also suggest Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. One of my favorite cookbooks.

rocketgirl · December 24, 2020, 03:47:24 PM

Quote from: picote on December 23, 2020, 06:31:46 PM
I came in to also suggest Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. One of my favorite cookbooks.

I'm going to have to get that. I've gotten REALLY lazy about just dumping seasoning (Tony's or burger seasoning) on something and throwing it on the grill. Or making a sandwich. I can improvise some (and do) because it's faster than recipes. But if I could do it better, I might cook more. It's still significantly more fun to cook for or with someone else. Cooking for myself is right up there with doing laundry, except that I can't skip the laundry and just have sandwich.

Run Amok · December 24, 2020, 10:22:28 PM

Meh. RG don't be too hard on yourself. I can cook but I'm so sick of figuring it out. We do mostly meal kits these days.

Natasha · January 01, 2021, 08:37:26 PM

Rick Bayless's are reliably good.

ihop · January 01, 2021, 10:39:06 PM

Love this cookbook by Ina. Received it for Christmas and have made three dinners from it!

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floridagal · January 05, 2021, 12:53:52 PM

Quote from: ihop on January 01, 2021, 10:39:06 PM
Love this cookbook by Ina. Received it for Christmas and have made three dinners from it!

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I heart Ina!

Natasha · January 10, 2021, 06:06:29 PM

I have the Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat book and took some of her recommendations to heart, especially seasoning meat early and adding acid to everything. I really like the recipe for crème fraîche. It's easy to make and good on so many things. Can y'all recommend any other recipes?

Run Amok · January 10, 2021, 07:30:37 PM

Mmmm so many!

Tomato confit.
Tahdig-- which I like to eat with this garlicky spinachy yogurt dip recipe I forget the name is.
I got raves for the buttermilk chicken technique.
The garlicky green beans.
Meat eaters probably have some others.

Natasha · January 11, 2021, 09:53:38 AM

Thanks! That is weird. I just made a pasta sauce yesterday with almost the same ingredients as the tomato confit ( I also had zucchini) but I just sautéed them and didn't use nearly that much olive oil. I'll try that as soon as I can. The tahdig is going to be harder to make... it sounds delicious but I need to adapt it to my instant pot and smaller skillet.