I wanted to start a thread to share some of my favorite blogs and cookbooks. I hope we can use this thread to share new blogs or cookbooks as they become available.
Cookbooks Patti Jinich- Treasures of the Mexican Table This is a fantastic cookbook that’s broadened my understanding of Mexican cuisine. The Achiote Chicken in particular is always a crowd pleaser.
The Woks of life blog and cookbook has been in the rotation of our weekly meals for some time now. I originally tried their chicken and brocolli recipe as our local Chinese restaurant is not that great. I have come to love their ultimate chili oil. It’s kinda like the Frank’s Red Hots commercial- I put it on everything.
Blogs
I love these two blogs, as they are fantastic introductions to Japanese and Korean cooking.
Just one cookbook The Oyakdon recipe from here might be one of my favorite meals hands down. Simple, easy to throw together and great flavor.
Korean Bapsang The bibimbap recipe is a great starting point to introduce yourself to Korean cuisine. I wasn’t a huge fan of it while I lived there, but it has really grown on me since returning to the States.
Edit: future dish has a fantastic fresh kimchi recipe that lives in our fridge. It tastes exactly like my lunch ladies in Korea made. Most of their stuff is tasty.
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Moosewood Simple Suppers and Weeknight One-Pot Vegan Cooking are two books I use regularly, and I swear by Cookie and Kate as well.
Haven’t seen anyone mention chef John from food wishes He has a YouTube and all his recipes are also on Allrecipes.com
I really wish I could get over his cadence in videos. The recipes look good, but I can’t stand his way of talking.
Awesome! I love everything that I’ve ever tried from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. In particular Food Lab has taught me a lot of fundamentals and I just reviewed his bbq chicken ahead of Father’s Day grill out!
Have his wok book but honestly I find other Asian cookbooks to be more appealing. He is very clinical at times.
Love that Just One Cookbook has already been recommended. I really enjoyed her baked versions of chicken katsu and tonkatsu (frying in oil makes me so nervous).
For Korean dishes, I really like Maangchi’s blog. Her bibimbap recipe is tasty.
Thanks for sharing! These look very interesting. I’ve been looking into Chinese food for a while, but I’m also interested in Japanese and Korean.
My favorite place for Chinese recipes is Chinese Cooking Demystified . The Mapo tofu and Dan Dan noodles recipes are now two of my monthly meals.
I get a lot of ideas from Recipe Tin Eats. Great selection, and always a lot of variations/substitutions in the recipe.
It’s hard to pick favourites because I love cookbooks and have far too many, but “Gran Cucina Latina” by Maricel Presilla is an amazing compendium (in English!) of South American recipes. I’ve just bought “Vegetarian Tagines and Couscous” by Ghillie Basan, which has some interesting variations on traditional dishes.
For blogs, I’ll also second Woks of Life - we use those recipes a lot!
Sally’s Baking Addiction - really enjoy the pumpkin bread. might make it again once pumpkin is in season once more. Budget Bytes Many of the recipes are adaptable to Southern Ontario prices. Add a few dollars for estimation and you’re golden. Cooking On a Bootstrap - I really like the concept of it, but I haven’t quite made any recipes just yet.
Great thread, thanks all for sharing.
I personally use Tea for Turmeric quite a bit for Pakistani/South Asian cooking!
The Garlic Lovers Cookbook, Tra Vigne Cookbook, the Moosewood and Authentic Mexican by Bayless are my go tos on my shelf.
A few of my favorite cookbooks, tools, and websites.
Cookbooks
- America’s Test Kitchen - I pay for the subscription. It is technically 3 websites in 1 and includes recipes from all of their print books.
- Cooking for Two - ATK’s physical cookbook has been great for making enough for one person, plus leftovers for later. Or just enough for me and my partner.
- Cooking for One - ATK’s physical cookbook for just one person.
- You Suck at Cooking - great cookbook and awesome Youtube channel.
- Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans - cookbook full of paleo recipes that actually taste good. Got me to buy fish sauce for the first time. 🎉 Her blog is very cute too.
Tools/Websites
Great thread - bookmarked! I find BBC Good Food has good recipes which tend to turn into my favs.
That’s at the top of my mind, but there’s a few so I will come back tomorrow and add more!
Just one cookbook is my go to. I take tidbits from recipes to mix I not o my recipes for Miso Ramen / Stock and trying new Asian dishes I just learn about.
Bon Apetit for variations on recipes. I use the cooked butter Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe lost from here. I used to grab Brad Leone recipe sheet before me busted out (get his cookbook if you can.)
Budget Bytes for when you want to make meals for an entire week or empty your pantry.
I have a hoarding problem with cookbooks, especially the decades-old local spiral bound ones. I list the three I most recently acquired:
- Vij’s at Home: Relax, Honey I have never prepared Indian food in my life outside of heating frozen Trader Joe’s Butter Chicken, but this might widen my palate’s experience
- Pol Martin’s Easy Cooking for Today My second Pol Martin cookbook. These recipes are not only simple, but the ingredients are common. I’ve enjoyed every result from the recipes I’ve tried, and use them repeatedly
- The Joy of Cooking, 75th Anniversary Edition I’ve had older editions of this, they’ve been abused and stained from my frequent use. Maybe I’ll get a clear bookstand/guard to protect this from my culinary messes.
Dittoing Budget Bytes and BBC Good Food for thrifty comfort meals.
My favorite is Gregory Gourdet’s [https://gregorygourdet.com/book](Everyone’s Table). His Haitian restaurant in Portland is amazing, and the global recipes in his book are delicious. Most of them are Paleo and Gluten-free.
Now that might make my list. I’m low key hoping they choose him as the next judge of top chef.
