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The Best Food Books of 2009
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November 9, 2009

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First Bite
Last week's issue of PW featured our editors' picks for best books of the year, but there was only room for five books about food. In this issue of Cooking the Books, we share 20 more food-centric favorites from 2009. There are books on meat, books on less meat, baking cookbooks and books that present interesting takes on classic cuisines. Elsewhere in the newsletter, there's an interview with cookbook editor and Wednesday Chef blogger Luisa Weiss on her book deal, news from Vook on the company's first cookbook-video hybrid, party pics and a recipe for a very French crème brûlée. Please subscribe to Cooking the Books (it's free!) here.—Lynn Andriani, Senior Editor
  • The Best Food Books of 2009
    Last week’s issue of PW listed our editors’ picks for the best books of the year. Five out of the 100 were books about food: Ad Hoc at Home, Born Round, Gourmet Today, Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy and Momofuku. While we’re the first to agree those books deserve props, here are 10 more (plus 10 honorable mentions) from this year that also warrant attention. more » » » 
  • Vook Launches First Cookbook
    The new Emeryville, Calif., company that blends text and video last week announced the arrival of its first cookvook, The Breakaway Japanese Kitchen by Eric Gower, which Kodansha first published in 2003. The vook features recipes and professionally-shot videos showing Gower preparing contemporary Japanese dishes such as roasted hamachi with miso-apricot glaze and udon with herby pesto. For $5.99, viewers can stream the vook from the Web or download it to their iPhone or iPod touch. more » » » 
  • Cooking the Books with Luisa Weiss
    Cookbook editor and food blogger Luisa Weiss recently sold a memoir, My Berlin Kitchen, to Viking. On her blog, The Wednesday Chef, Weiss explained, “I'm moving back to Berlin and I'm writing a book, about Berlin, about my life, about cooking and home and family and love.” She talked to PW from her office at Stewart, Tabori and Chang, where she’s wrapping things up before departing for Berlin in December. more » » » 
  • Short Order: November 9
    In this issue's round-up of cookbook-related news, pierogi lovers celebrate The Veselka Cookbook; a food-centric series of discussions, readings and tastings takes place in New York; Diane Sawyer greets her sister-in-law, Su-Mei Yu on air to talk Thai recipes; Pioneer Woman signs on for a memoir, a new cookbook and two kids' books; Californians party for My Nepenthe; and Eleven Madison Park gets a book deal. more » » » 
  • Review: Stir: Mixing It Up in the Italian Tradition
    Barbara Lynch, chef-owner of Boston’s No. 9 Park, delivers a gorgeous, mouth-watering book that will delight her fans. She offers an ample selection of starters, including quick chicken liver pâté and brioche pizza dough; hearty soups and salads; a substantial section on pasta; fish offerings including pan-fried cod with chorizo and clam ragout; and poultry ranging from lemony breaded chicken cutlets to spice-rubbed roast goose. more » » » 



Recipe Report: CrÈme BrÛlÉe from French Feasts


Crunchy, creamy, sweet and a little burnt—who doesn't like crème brûlée? The iconic French dessert is actually easy to make, and, if you do it right, entails firing up a blow torch for a little drama. This recipe, from French Feasts: 299 Traditional Recipes for Family Meals & Gatherings by Stéphane Reynaud (Stewart, Tabori & Chang), is simple and elegant. Click here for the recipe.
   


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