![]() From a lengthy introduction that takes in essential kitchenware and revisits ideas around food shopping to chunky histories for various recipes, there’s a lot to browse here. Given that Music’s book is essentially ‘here are some nice recipes to try’, she gets a decent amount of writing in. A few pages on the socio-economic impact of grains on Western European culture. A short essay on the cheesemaking process. Often the titles with the most to read are those that have specific themes that allow for deep-dives on history, culture and so on. Is it good bedtime reading? Better than many cookbooks. Music is also behind 2019’s Where Cooking Begins, which focused on uncomplicated recipes, and was as much about how to shop for food as it was how to cook what you bought. Who wrote it? Carla Lalli Music, who is perhaps best known for her video work at Bon Appetit, until she quit in 2020 in solidarity with her BIPOC colleagues, who had been chronically mistreated by the organisation. A lovely sentiment, if one that sounds like the author’s editor might also be her therapist. That Sounds So Good offers up ‘100 real-life recipes for every day of the week’, and in its introduction author Carla Lalli Music says each of the dishes in the book ‘is designed to help remove any psychic and emotional barriers that get in the way of cooking at home’. It is $32.50.What’s the USP? What we have here is one of my favourite themes a cookbook can have: food is good, but sometimes it’s exhausting, let’s make it easier. “Where Cooking Begins” is published by Clarkson Potter. I really enjoyed it and it seemed like others liked it too, as a different take on mac and cheese. Everything cooked together nicely and I made it for a work potluck for the day. With whole-milk ricotta, heavy cream, basil, garlic, cherry tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, it’s not a complicated dish to make, but it is grown-up. ![]() I tried out Caprese Mac and Cheese as a quick dish. Sunday Soups and Brothy Beans has dishes like Pasta e Fagiole, Fox-Style Chickpeas and Fresh Corn and Corn Broth with Popcorn Spices.īasic Beginner’s Sweets ends things with Coffee Creme Caramel, Praline Meringues and Any-Fruit Galette. ![]() Main Meats has dishes such as Pork Steaks with Snap Pea and Scallion Salsa, Butter-Basted Rib Eye with Crunchy Fennel Salad and Seared Lamb Patty with Marinated Halloumi and Herbs. Pasta and Grains include dishes like Spaghetti with Quick-Braised Artichoke Hearts, Greekish-Grain Salad and No-Stir Maple Granola.Ĭhicken Lots of Ways and a Duck includes recipes for Rack-Roasted Chicken with Gravy Potatoes, Spice-Drawer Chicken Wings and My Way Duck Confit.įishes and Other Sea Creatures includes dishes like Seared Scallops with Brown Butter, Hazelnuts and Chives, Pan-Roasted Salmon with Cauli-Tartar Sauce with Chive Vinaigrette and Buttery Pan Clams with Ginger and Scallions. Starring Produce is recipes that are all plant-based, such as Mozzarella with Charred and Raw Sugar Snap Peas, Salted Cucumbers with Ginger and Chile and Charred Broccoli Salad.Įgg-centric has savory egg-based dishes like Slow-cooked Dozen Egg Frittata, BLTs with Bacon-Fat Fried Eggs and Carbonara Stracciatella. ![]() Each recipe also has a list of things you’d buy at the market and what you should have at hand at home, and ways to spin-it, in case an ingredient you need is not available or you don’t like it. The final part is the Recipes, in which she further breaks down by Starring Produce, Egg-centric, Pasta and Grains, Chicken Lots of Ways and a Duck, Fishes and Other Sea Creatures, Main Meats, Sunday Soups and Brothy Beans and Basic Baker’s Sweets.
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