Famous chefs recommend cookbooks to improve your life
October 15, 2013 by LindsaySelf-help books seem to always dominate non-fiction best seller lists, so it’s rather intriguing to find this collection from BuzzFeedFood of 19 Cookbooks That Will Improve Your Life. There is one caveat, though – you’ll need to cook all the way through them (remember Julie and Julia?).
But even if that’s too daunting, this list of cookbooks recommended by well-known chefs and food writers is still thought-provoking – we’ve chosen 10 recommendations to illustrate the point (for explanations of why they were chosen, as well as 9 more recommendations, check out the article):
- Anthony Bourdain says: La Technique by Jacques Pépin
- Padma Lakshmi says: Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi
- Alton Brown says: The Frugal Gourmet by Jeff Smith
- Tom Colicchio says: Think Like A Chef by Tom Colicchio (nothing like modesty)
- Alice Waters says: Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David
- Dorie Greenspan says: Maida Heatter’s Book of Great Desserts
- Jacques Pépin says: Fast Food My Way, Vol. 2 by Jacques Pépin (refers to the DVD)
- Michael Pollan says: In The Green Kitchen by Alice Waters
- Dana Cowin says: The Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater
- Ruth Reichl says: The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook by Alice B. Toklas
We must say the thought of cooking entirely through one book sounds a bit daunting (especially a dessert book) – we’d love to hear if any of our members have or ever been tempted.
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