The pandemic turned many of us — perhaps not willingly — into home cooks, resulting in cookbooks with long holds queues, printing delays and a publishing industry scrambling to meet demand. While dining in restaurants is resuming, many of us will continue cooking and baking at home for ourselves, family and friends. Here are a dozen of the fall’s most anticipated cookbooks, which focus on accessible, simplified recipes and techniques.
Early September. Kick the season off at summer’s end with The Weekday Vegetarians by Jenny Rosenstrach, and eat more veggies during the week for your health (and the environment’s), saving meat for weekends. Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski’s sophomore cookbook, Let’s Do Dinner, features balanced and flavorful fare. If you’re a foodie who enjoys the craft of cooking and an eccentric guide, Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic Cookbook is the book for you.
Late September to early October. If you live to eat, be sure to check out Foodheim by Eric Wareheim — half of the comedy duo Tim and Eric — and learn to eat and drink like a dinner party animal. Seattle-based (by way of Spain’s Basque country) Ayan Goyoaga returns with her third cookbook, Cannelle Et Vanille Bakes Simple, with over 100 delectable gluten-free recipes. And James Beard-award winner Carla Lalli Music empowers you to cook with confidence with her second cookbook, That Sounds So Good.
Mid-October. Jessica Seinfeld’s latest, Vegan at Times, is perfect for the omnivore who isn’t interested in giving up meat and dairy but would like to eat easy, flavorful vegan meals (at times). Portland-based Joshua McFadden follows up the wildly popular Six Seasons with Grains for Every Season, and game-changing recipes where barley, buckwheat, quinoa, freekah and other grains are the stars. And beloved baker Dorie Greenspan doesn’t disappoint with her latest collection of sweet and salty treats, Baking with Dorie.
Late October. Bryant Terry has earned legions of fans with Vegetable Kingdom; in Black Food, Terry explores Black foodways with recipes, stories and essays. Yotam Ottolenghi teams up with Noor Murad in Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love, and provides 86 recipes that make the most of your pantry, fridge and freezer. And David Chang (Eat a Peach) shares kitchen hacks, tips and tricks in Cooking at Home. You’ll even learn to love your microwave. Seriously.
~posted by Frank
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