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Fall Cookbooks, By the Trends
This week's PW takes a look at the influence of diversity on the cookbook landscape, but that's just one fascinating segment of publishers' fall cookbook lists. If you're still looking for more great cookbooks, here are dozens of others coming out this fall, organized by trend, from more meat to less meat to books from bloggers... and more.
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Are You Reading... Cooking the Books
Every other Monday, PW's e-newsletter Cooking the Books delivers timely reviews, news, and features on cookbooks and food-related books--plus a recipe from a forthcoming title. It's free, so sign up today and start cookin'.
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Recipe Report: Rum Raisin Bars
The Rum Raisin Bars from Patricia Helding's Fat Witch Brownies: Brownies, Blondies and Bars from New York's Legendary Fat Witch Bakery (Rodale, Sept.) are fantastic: the wettest, gooiest blondies I've ever had, intensely butterscotch-y, with moist, plump raisins and a distinct hint of sweet, spicy rum.
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Review: 'The Food Matters Cookbook'
Mark Bittman provides a rational approach to eating that not only improves health but also helps the environment. Extolling the benefits of a plant-heavy diet, he offers more than 500 healthful recipes that feature unprocessed fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and whole grains and reduce all types of meat to backup players.
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Cooking the Books with Dylan Lauren
Dylan Lauren may be all about Swedish fish, gummi bears, and Smarties, but she's also all about brand extension. Clarkson Potter is publishing her book, Dylan's Candy Bar: Unwrap Your Sweet Life, in October.
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Williams-Sonoma Partners with Omnivore Books
Cookware heavy hitter Williams-Sonoma is acknowledging the expertise and power to move books of one independent bookseller. Starting August 2, each of Williams-Sonoma's 259 stores is recommending a cookbook chosen by Celia Sack, owner of Omnivore Books on Food in San Francisco, in a feature called "Omnivore Recommends."
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Books From a New Generation of Bartenders
Every year there are more cocktail books published, highlighting specific spirits like whiskey and gin, as well as more general guides. This fall, there's a burgeoning subcategory shaking things up, so to speak: books by--and about--a new generation of star bartenders.
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Short Order: August 2, 2010
In this round-up of cookbook news: Croissant tasting at Sarabeth's; Former Top Chef contestant Candice Kumai makes Pretty Delicious food; the New York Post calls Paltrow a "faux foodie"; Chronicle rolls out cookbook apps; and does Teresa Giudice's cookbook outsell tomes from other 'Housewives'?
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Recipe Report: New England Spider Cake
I wanted to try almost everything in Amanda Hesser's The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century (Norton, Oct.), but eventually settled on the New England Spider Cake. Hesser describes it as her "favorite kind of recipe--there are no thorny passages, and there's a surprising trick."
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Review: '5 Ingredient Fix'
Claire Robinson, host of two TV shows on the Food Network, has written her first book, a collection of recipes composed of five ingredients or fewer. The recipes are immensely appealing, familiar yet intriguing, and nearly every one is accompanied by a full-color, mouthwatering photograph.
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Dan Halpern on Batali, Bourdain, and the Breslin
Dan Halpern is one busy publisher. As we reported last week, he's signed up a record number of cookbooks for his HarperCollins imprint. But the constrains of print prevented us from telling how Halpern helped Ecco's cookbook list evolve and who he thinks may be leading the new generation of cookbook co-authors.
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Cooking the Books with Terry Walters
Terry Walters's Clean Start (Sterling, Nov.) is filled with delicious-sounding recipes that put fruits and vegetables in the spotlight. Look closer, though, and the Rhubarb Cream with Strawberries and Candied Ginger isn't made with cream--it's made with silken tofu and arrowroot.
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Come to Dinner at Dorie's
Of course, Julia started it all. But American home cooks have had many other ambassadors to French food: there's Patricia Wells, there's Anne Willan. There's also Jacques Pepin, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Jeremiah Tower. Heck, even Ina Garten--aka the Barefoot Contessa--has done France. And now, we have Dorie Greenspan.
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Short Order: July 19, 2010
Grogan debuts new foodie travel mystery; Weber's new app; Fix-It-And-Forget-It takes Facebook; The New Yorker visits a culinary book club; Rick Bayless's new radio show; 'USA Today' on 'I Hate to Cook.'
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Ecco Expands Cookbook Program
Cookbook deals aren't usually the most talked-about in publishing, but Ecco has recently made a splash—not because of one deal, but because of many. The HarperCollins imprint headed by Dan Halpern used to do about two cookbooks or food titles a year—and it has just signed up seven new titles by some of today's hottest chefs.
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Review: 'Booze Cakes'
This fun book categorizes more than 100 recipes in four sections: Classic Booze Cakes (including a tiramisu and a rum cake), Cocktail Cakes (such as the Harvey Wallbanger); Cake Shots (with selections like jelly cake shots and Long Island iced tea cakes); and Cakes with a Twist (taking classics up a notch, such as a carrot cake made with 151-proof rum).
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Eating Their Way Around the World
Photojournalist Peter Menzel is a hearty and adventurous eater. "People love to feed him," says his wife, former TV news producer Faith D'Aluisio. Menzels appetite has come in handy throughout the couples' career--and not just because it helps him from going to bed hungry.
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Recipe Report: Ginger and Lemon Roasted Chicken with Braised Fennel
The Ginger and Lemon Roasted Chicken with Braised Fennel from Claire Robinson's 5 Ingredient Fix (Grand Central, Oct.) puts some interesting flavors to excellent use. The oven temperatures and cooking times produce a perfectly browned bird with buttery, crispy skin (though mine was done in 15-20 minutes less time than what the recipe specified).
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Short Order: July 6, 2010
In this installment of cookbook news, the former CEO of Forbes.com is launching a major new food site; Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks gets a visit from a book blogger; a new recipe CD has 7,000 recipes; and Food & Wine's Dana Cowin tastes recipes from new cookbooks.
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Cooking the Books with Jessica Seinfeld
Jessica Seinfeld's first book, Deceptively Delicious, taught parents tricks such as how to sneak kale into spaghetti and meatballs. Her new book, Double Delicious, features more recipes with surprisingly healthy ingredients, such as Whoopie Pies (with spinach puree).
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