Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying. HMH/Martin, $30 (256p) ISBN 978-1-328-95435-0
In this thoroughly enjoyable follow-up to Ivan Ramen, Orkin and Ying take readers into Orkin’s home kitchen. A New York Jew, Orkin rose to fame serving up schmaltz-seasoned, rye-flour ramen in his Tokyo restaurant. Now, he meditates on a life spent...
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Ivan Orkin. Ten Speed, $29.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-6077-4446-7
As the rhythm of his name foretells, duality emanates from Orkin in a nearly oracular manner. He is of two lands: Tokyo, where his ramen has drawn raves, and his native New York, where he learned the restaurant trade at Mesa Grill and Lutèce, and...
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Chris Ying and the editors of Lucky Peach. Clarkson Potter, $24.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-8041-8777-0
The follow-up to last year’s terrific Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes is just as satisfying, entertaining, and focused. This time, the editors of the quirky and brilliant food journal focus on sausage in all its incarnations, as...
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Danny Bowien and Chris Ying. Ecco, $34.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-224341-6
The recipes in this irreverent chronicle are enriched by a very personal story. “I look at this cookbook as a document of a specific time and set of experiences: the early years of Mission Chinese food, the end of my 20s, growing up as a chef,”...
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