LONDON, Aug 28 — This autumn, a roster of heavy-hitting food celebrities is releasing new cookbooks for fans to add to their bookshelves. From Alain Ducasse to Anthony Bourdain and Ina Garten, here’s a look at some of the most hotly anticipated titles to come this cookbook season.
Big American Cookbook: 250 Favourite Recipes from Across the USA by Mario Batali
For his latest cookbook, Batali takes readers on a culinary tour of America with 250 classic and regional specialties that include Texan and Carolina barbecue, Boston seafood chowders, spicy gumbo, and berry pies from the Pacific Northwest. And contrary to widespread practice, Batali restrains himself from the excessive “reinterpretation” of dishes, aiming instead to find the most authentic recipes from state fairs, local rotary clubs, ethnic groups and families.
Release date: October 4, US$40 (RM160)
Cooking School: Mastering Classic and Modern French Cuisine by Alain Ducasse
Inspired by the cooking school he opened in Paris in 2009, the Michelin-starred chef has written a textbook-style cookbook filled with 200 recipes that aim to teach readers how to cook French cuisine at home. Arranged in three sections based on difficulty, the book builds at the reader’s pace and features step-by-step instructions on how to properly execute iconic French dishes. The book also includes international recipes (sushi and curry) and a section on desserts.
Release date: October 18, US$55
Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain
“Appetites” is Bourdain’s first cookbook in 10 years and is described as a compilation of his favorite recipes for the home cook. The self-described “psychotic, anally retentive, bad-tempered Ina Garten” shares his favorite recipes, acquired throughout 40 years of cooking and globetrotting.
Release date: October 25, US$37.50
Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten
You could call Ina Garten’s latest cookbook a culinary love letter to her husband Jeffrey, a regular fixture on the Barefoot Contessa’s cooking shows. In her latest cookbook, described as her most personal yet, Garten compiles the recipes she’s been cooking for him throughout the last 48 years of their marriage. Dishes like brisket with onions and leeks, vegetable stew, skillet-roasted lemon chicken and salmon tacos. The book also includes a chapter devoted to bread and cheese.
Release date: October 25, US$35
Gordon Ramsay Bread Street Kitchen: 100 delicious recipes to cook at home by Gordon Ramsay
Inspired by his London restaurant Bread Street Kitchen, a casual eatery that serves up an international menu, Ramsay and his team have come up with 100 new recipes that use fresh ingredients and simple techniques. Dishes include ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter, slow roasted pork belly with apple and cinnamon sauce, and crispy duck salad.
UK release date: October 20, £25 (RM132) — no US release date yet — AFP-Relaxnews
