12 Best Cookbooks Will Be In 10 Years
Cookbooks is the one that will help you to learn new dishes of impressing your guests, can last for generations, and sometimes are your secret weapon of feeding your family from the heart. These are twelve cookbooks with various range of style and traditional of every countries delicacy.
12Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten
Plot Summary:
This cookbook filled with the recipes of author husband Jeffrey and their friends most requested and enjoyed, completed with their stories of their 48 years of love and marriage. From Brisket with onion and leeks, the vegetable stew tsimmes, skillet roasted lemon chicken, roasted salmon tacos, to Kale salad with pancetta and pecorino, also desserts of apple pie bars to vanilla rum panna cotta with salted caramel, and not to forget bread and cheese also.
Reason for you to read this:
This America’s bestseller cookbook full of pleasure of cooking for loves one, the comforting, delicious meals of her recipes among her family and friends are a phenomenon to behold and certainly is what you’re looking for of cooking from the heart.
Best Quote:
“Most of life’s problems can be solved with a good cookie.”
11Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat by Chrissy Teigen
Plot Summary:
This book contains collection of Chrissy Teigen favorite recipes, from John Legend’s famous fried chicken with spicy honey butter to her mom’s Thai classics, comfort food of her creation, or the delicacy of her much loved father food some courtesy of her mother recipe too, the sinful salty spicy saucy of her recipes. Also life tips of bacon usage for home fragrance, how easy brussels sprouts are, the importance of chili peppers, to the cheesy – cheeseless eggs secrets.
Reason for you to read this:
This cookbook is for you who like Chrissy who feels cooking, eating, life and love are one and the same. Accompanied with mouth-watering photographs of the dishes, and Chrissy smiles and apparent love of food.
Best Quote:
“Look, I don’t want to be one of those dead-inside laughing-with-a-salad chicks, and I don’t want to seem like one of those annoying ‘I can eat anything I want anytime’ chicks. It’s just that I wanted to be honest in this book about the kinds of food I love, the kinds of food I crave. I just have to find ways to make those cravings work with my day job.”
10Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan
Plot Summary:
This book is premeditated as a basic manual for beginners to the established professionals, it offers convenient and extensive guide to methods and ingredients. As well as collection of the genuine and most delicious recipes from the alluring Italian collection, from lasagna to stewed rabbit.
Reason for you to read this:
If you are into Italian classic cuisine this is only must have book you should get, the author taught herself to cook and have a knack of cooking Italian dish in her own style and found her passion in it. Then she starts cooking lessons in her own apartment until then opening her own cooking school and won the prestigious Andre Simon Award. Sure the author passion, talent in cooking Italian cuisine and her experience of teaching cooking lesson will give more insight and help to your own Italian cooking at home.
Best Quote:
“I don’t cook ‘concepts.’ I use my head, but I cook from the heart, I cook for flavor.”
9The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen with Nigel Slater by Nigel Slater
Plot Summary:
In this book Slater records twelve months in his cooking life, and the seasonal dishes with the provocative elements. A warm hearty stew in rainy day, baked tomatoes with grated Parmesan for summer, slow roasted duck with star anise and ginger, a year round adventure of cooking and dining from the passion and heart.
Reason for you to read this:
If you’re looking for the irresistible culinary adventure all year round of passion and good food, this is the book you need. With brilliant choices and insight to the author creations based on his love of foods, his trips to farmer’s market celebrated as an adventure sure will radiate and influence you to the giddy of cooking and dining joy.
Best Quote:
“ Right food, right place, right time.”
8French Provincial Cooking (Penguin Classics) by Elizabeth David
Plot Summary:
Elizabeth David’s culinary journey through provincial France shows the reader the exquisite simplicity, genuine flavors and quality of cuisines from Alsace Provence, Brittany, and the Savoie. It celebrates the tradition of French regional recipes in an intellectual yet unambiguous to the reader.
Reason for you to read this:
The author has realized her passion for good food at young age of 19, and in her career has write about Italian, Spanish, and Greek food. Her style of simplicity and great taste has been her main strength in her writings thus her cookbook is loved by many readers. Also she include recipes of transforming the leftovers unused vegetable into equally delicious delicacy.
Best Quote:
“Everyday holds that possibility of a miracle.”
7Great Dishes of the World by Robert Carrier by Robert Carrier
Plot Summary:
This book is the author compilation of 550 recipes of delicious and culture rich delicacy from Robert Carrier travels around the world. From classic French cuisine to oriental stir fries, clam chowder to langoustine soup from South Africa’s innovative restaurants. Also included inside are his articles from Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and Sunday Times.
Reason for you to read this:
This American chef not only a writer but also owner of two Michelin star restaurants in United Kingdom. No doubt his experience and passion in food are impeccable, his book is easy to follow even by amateurs with cooking. And also complete with dishes preparation and presentation instruction for the professional dinner result.
Best Quote:
“The history of every nation lies visible on its table. Its wars and victories, its occupation in defeat, the marriages of its kings, its religion, its overseas empires – all have left behind them a dish or two destined to be adopted into the national life.”
6Jane Grigsons English Food by Jane Grigson
Plot Summary:
The author unveil the unknown diversity and richness of England’s culinary, she updated and revised it before her death. It initially becomes a delight to cook and enjoyment to read. It is also restored the pride for England to the theme of it’s food and becomes a perfect companion for Englishman.
Reason for you to read this:
Initially a writer of cooking for British newspaper The Observer, she then rewrite this 1974 cook book which make the readers attracted to heritage history of traditional English food. By mentioning the connected history fact with the recipes and ingredients. This cookbook not only provide you with England diverse traditional recipe but also knowledge and bits of historic of the food or ingredients origin.
Best Quote:
“Shape is a good part of the fig’s delight.”
5Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home by Nigella Lawson
Plot Summary:
Nigella presents 190 delicious recipes, more than 60 of it are express style recipes which could be done under or in 30 minutes. It fills with numerous choice from clams, gingerbread, braised beef shank, flourless chocolate lime cake, pasta and carrot cake. In this cook shows her style of creating simple, delicious and homey recipes, also the joy to it in the process. It also accompanied with gorgeous illustration, great narrative, and tips.
Reason for you to read this:
It is a great guide for any occasion at home you can think of, also efficient yet delicious. Whether for the weekday rush, slow cook in leisure, weekends, special occasions, cakes and cookies for wonderful treats. It’s not only are able to satisfy hungry teenagers, meal for friends, or treat for yourself alone, also usage of leftovers to another great recipes. This is a book you must have at home for you the soul of the home.
Best Quote:
“You could probably get through life without knowing how to roast a chicken. The question is, would you want to?”
4Tandoor: the Great Indian Barbeque by Ranjit Rai
Plot Summary:
This book is about one of the world’s oldest methods of cooking which dated back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the baking in clay ovens method which could be found in India delicacy. Ranjit Rai filled this book with over 70 recipes of lamb, fish, poultry, and kebab. As well as breads section, vegetarian dishes, marinades and tenderizers, chutneys, and relishes.
, and all recipes are presented clearly and many are accompanied by beautiful full color photographs. This is the last word on this wonderful and very popular cuisine.
Reason for you to read this:
If you love tandoori food this is a must get book, it is easy to follow, clear, and completed with beautiful photographs to work your appetite. The modern and traditional recipes in healthy tandoori method is a must try if you’re looking for something different on your plate yet will surely satisfied your taste.
Best Quote:
“The word Tandoor comes from either ‘Kund’ which means a large ‘bowl shaped vessel’ and changed to ‘tandoor’ with time or from the Persian word ‘Tatta Andar’ which translated to ‘hot insides’.”
3Thai Street Food: Authentic Recipes, Vibrant Traditions by David Thompson
Plot Summary:
This cookbook brings readers into to heart of Thailand’s street stalls and food markets. Attributed with almost 100 genuine dishes accompanied with mouth watering photograph in every recipe. This is the ultimate guide to Thailand’s culinary street culture.
Reason for you to read this:
Packed with the delicacies of Thailand, from Steamed Fish with Chilli and Lime Sauce, Pork Satay, Roast Duck and Egg Noodle Soup, until Sweet Banana Roti. David Thompson share not only the culture phenomenon dishes, but also his insights into Thai daily life nuances with history of it’s diverse street cuisine. If you are one of the fan of Thai’s cuisine, or just curious of it, this is the right book for you that will guarantee to expand your taste and knowledge of it.
Best Quote:
“Thai food tastes bloody good!”
2The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Plot Summary:
This classic and timeless cake cookbook is suitable for anyone even first timer to make delicious, fabulous cakes. The author simplify the most complicated techniques of baking to easier few steps recipes.
Reason for you to read this:
This cake cookbook surely is what you want if you’re looking for successful attempt to baking simple to the most wonderful wedding cake. It filled with variety of pancake to layer cake, chocolate cake, wedding tier cake, even less sugar, low cholesterol, low saturated fat recipes.
Best Quote:
“If you ever bake a cake, this book will become your partner in the kitchen.”
1Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1 by Julia Child
Plot Summary:
This is a cookbook filled with 524 recipes french cuisine for mainstream American, not only filled with aspect of cooking the food. It also discusses helpful tips of how to handle and buy ingredients. It is an adaptation of french cuisine to the practical modern American.
Reason for you to read this:
If you’re looking for the easier cook book of french cuisine this is it, Julia Child manages to modify complicated french cooking to easier to follow recipe even for beginners. It even have instructive illustration guides and food accompaniment.
Best Quote:
“Just like becoming an expert in wine-you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford-you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. Then you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences.”