My Mexico City Kitchen: Recipes and ConvictionsGabriela Camara with Malena WatrousPhotographs by Marcus Nilsson2019Purchased from Now Serving in Los Angeles, who put on a wonderful event with chef Camara Recipes cooked: Contramar’s signature red and green grilled red snapper, chilpachole de jaiba (spicy crab soup), salsa verde cruda, salsa roja asada, aguachile de camaron (y pescado!), tortillas de harinaRecipes I want to cook: Chorizo verde, squash blossom soup, yellow mole with masa dumplingsDifficulty to source: Medium to pretty difficult, actuallyDifficulty…
Gather & Graze: 120 Favorite Recipes for Tasty Good Times Stephanie Izard with Rachel Holtzman Photographs by Huge Galdones and styling by Johanna Lowe 2018 Purchased from Now Serving in downtown Los Angeles Recipes cooked: Thai-style bouillabaisse, shrimp cocktail with miso blue cheese sauce, salmon with blueberry-Szechuan chile sauce, “tasty eggy kimchi bacon thing,” Szechuan chile sauce, sauce green, smoked salmon toast with chile-lime vinaigrette (as a salad), aioli (only) from recipe for goat neck with pickled watermelon rind salad…
Lisbon: Recipes from Portugal’s Beautiful Southern Region Rebecca Seal Photographs by Steven Joyce 2017 Purchased from Skylight Books in Los Feliz, Los Angeles Recipes cooked: Partridge escabeche (with game hens), shredded greens soup with chorizo, peas with sesame Recipes I want to cook: Bacalhous à Brás; piri piri chicken; pork with clams Difficulty to source: Easy to medium Difficulty to make: Easy to medium Beautiful Lisbon “Kate!” Fabiano blurted out almost breathlessly when he opened the door into the guesthouse…
On Vegetables: Modern Recipes for the Home Kitchen Jeremy Fox with Noah Galuten Photographs by Rick Poon 2017 Received by request from my Hopewell family Secret Santa exchange Recipes cooked: Charred whole broccoli with miso bagna cauda with modifications; smoked split pea shell and carrot soup with modifications; whole roasted young favas with their pesto and pistachio with modifications; radishes, goat cheese, nori, and mustard with (fist pump) no modifications! Recipes I want to cook: Crosnes, brown butter, and sage; baby…
Kaukasis: A Culinary Journey through Georgia, Azerbaijan & Beyond Olia Hercules Photographs by Elena Heatherwick, cover by Grace Helmer 2017 Pre-ordered with love from Amazon Recipes cooked: Chicken chigyrtma (casserole), herb kükü (frittata), badrijani nigvzit (eggplant rolls) Recipes I want to cook: Ostriy (soup), qata (butter cookies) Difficulty to make: Remarkably easy—among the very best for instructions Difficulty to source: Easy to medium Chicken chigyrtma If you grew up in rural Virginia in the nineties, like me, you learned a lot about the…