I’m currently super into Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters and Mexican Today by Pati Jinich. Vegetables is just so useful, I use it as a reference all the time now. And there are so many great ideas! This is my first Pati book and I have to say her food is phenomenal. Everything I’ve made has been a 9 or 10/10. And she is just a total delight to top it off.

What about yall? Any books in heavy rotation right now?

  • DLS@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Just finished the Food Lab by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, and I really loved it! There are plenty of recipes in it, but it is more focused on techniques and the “why” behind a lot of things. I’d also recommend his YouTube channel super heavily.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      2·
      21 days ago

      The egg part is particularly helpful for learning to get eggs to come out just how you want them to.

      If you haven’t made the gruyere oxtail sandwiches yet, you really need to. One of the most delicious things i have ever eaten. Very sad how hard it’s become to find oxtail recently, of course, let alone for a reasonable price. Still worth it! Maybe I’ll see how it comes out with bone-in flank.

      • DLS@lemmy.world
        2·
        21 days ago

        I have not yet - but I will have to soon! Costco often carries oxtail and I think for a reasonable price… I’ll have to check next time we’re there.