Best Cookbooks of 2010

1. Around My French Table by Dorie Greenspan

Dorie is best known for her baking prowess but this cookbook is a collection of her best home-cooking recipes assembled during her many years living part-time in Paris.

2. The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser

Amanda Hesser tested and updated 1,108 recipes from the 150 year history of Times’ recipes to produce this classic compendium of recipes from chefs, home cooks, and food writers.

3. Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by René Redzepi

For most of us this will be a book to sigh over rather than cook from. Stunning photos, creative recipes, but we had to add 86 new ingredients when indexing this book, our highest ever!

4. Thai Street Food by David Thompson

Thai food expert Thompson takes us on a gastronomic tour of the stalls and markets of Thailand with beautiful photos that really capture the essence of the country.

5. Heart of the Artichoke by David Tanis

Twenty-four menus, six per season, with lots of insight and anecdotes, make this a book to treasure.

=6. Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi

A collection of vegetarian recipes drawn from his column ‘The New Vegetarian’ for the Guardian’s Weekend magazine, these vegetable dishes are wholly original and innovative, based on strong flavours and unusual, fresh combinations.

=6. One Big Table by Molly O’Neill

O’Neill spent ten years traveling America to find the best recipes from home cooks. These 600 recipes were whittled down from 20,000 contributions, so you know these are going to be the favorite and best family dishes.

8. Baked Explorations by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

The Brooklyn bakers have modernized classic American pastries and desserts applying their own unique twist and style.

=9. Good to the Grain by Kim Boyce

Boyce has created fabulous tasting baked goods using twelve different whole-grain flours, proving that whole-grain baking is more about incredible flavors and textures than anything else.

=9. Ready for Dessert by David Lebovitz

For those of us who missed Lebovitz’s early dessert books, now sadly out of print, this collection of his best dessert recipes will have to suffice. Fabulous recipes and photos are accompanied by witty comments.

=9. Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson

Recipes for the San Francisco bakery’s legendary bread, from one of the most celebrated breadmakers in the United States.