8 New and Encore Local Love Cookbooks to Savor and Share
Savor and share these new and encore cookbooks from six local food and drink authors + two additional featured local tastemakers.
Get a taste and a real gift with sample recipes from these masters of good taste. Try a recipe or buy the book!
Regional California TasteMasters
NEW
The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook
By Coco Morante
(Ten Speed Press, October 2018)
Coco Morante, cookbook author, classical singer(!) and Edible Silicon Valley’s very own Real-Time Recipes contributor, brings her passion for all things made in an Instant Pot to her latest book, The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook. With 200 well-tested recipes, Coco’s new book covers a wide range of flavors and occasions.
Perfect for your next family and friends brunch, Coco’ shares her Roasted Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Frittata recipe.
Also start entertaining with Coco’s Real-Time Recipes, of the season, including both Traditional and Instant Pot -Peppermint Chocolate Cheesecake. Yum!
NEW
Rich Table
By Sara and Evan Rich
(Chronicle Books, September 2018)
From the proprietors of San Francisco’s Michelin-starred Rich Table come elegantly rustic recipes that will wow your family and guests.
Both a cookbook and a memoir about their road to joining the top ranks of the City’s restaurant scene, Sarah and Evan Rich reveal the secrets to their award-winning dishes, like their phenomenally popular signature dish:
Sardine Chips with Horseradish Crème Fresh
Sardine chips, you ask? A sardine chip is a potato chip with a sardine woven through it, of course. Perfect with a crisp, cold beer.
NEW
Clean + Dirty Drinking
By Gaby Mlynarczyk
(Chronicle Books, September 2018)
California-based bartender and blogger Gaby Mlynarczyk wants to up your mixology game. Inspired by the seasons, each of her cocktail recipes includes ways to enjoy the drink “clean” (sans alcohol) or “dirty” (with alcohol), with ingredients aimed at promoting health.
A natural teacher, Gaby has written a great resource for anyone looking to make an Instagram-worthy signature cocktail for your next party—one that’s good for you!
Ready to mix up something clean or dirty? Gaby shares her recipe for Golden Beet + Shiso + Saison Beer served up both ways, plus some make-at-home shrubs and syrups to satisfy your inner mixologist.
ENCORE
Simply Organic: A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal, and Local Ingredients
By Jesse Ziff Cool
(Chronicle Books, February 2008)
The title simply says it all—renowned sustainable food advocate, restaurant owner and cookbook author Jesse Ziff Cool’s Simply Organic: A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal, and Local Ingredients is one of our favorite flavorful, fun and eco-conscious cookbooks.
The recipes showcase her signature style that highlights each season’s freshest flavors and ingredients. Focused on organic, sustainably raised local food, these inviting recipes offer nourishment that is good for you, and for the environment.
Jesse shares her Apple-Asiago Pie recipe, a tasty pie-making twist on the classic combination of cheddar cheese and crisp apples with our readers.
Read the story of Jesse Ziff Cool’s lasting impact the good-food movement and promoting organic.
ENCORE
The Forest Feast Gatherings: Simple Vegetarian Menus for Hosting Friends & Family
By Erin Gleeson
(Harry N. Abrams, September 2016)
When food photographer and best-selling cookbook author Erin Gleeson left New York City to live in a wooded cabin on the Bay Area Peninsula, she started the blog “The Forest Feast” to document her vegetable-centric, seasonal approach to cooking.
Lushly produced with her stunning photographs, The Forest Feast Gatherings is an inspiring reference for anyone who wants to share good food with friends, simply, easily and beautifully.
Healthy recipes, like Zaatar Roasted Carrots, are easy enough to prepare after a long day at work, yet impressive enough for a party. This recipe is shared with our readers and we invite you to feast on the whole book.
ENCORE
Ripe: A Fresh Colorful Approach to Fruits and Vegetables
By Cheryl Sternman Rule | Photography by Paulette Phlipot
(Running Press, 2011)
On the cover of this beautifully photographed guide and cookbook to colorful eating is a quote from Alice Waters. It reads “The most convincing argument for eating fresh, organic, local food is discovering the peak ripeness of a fruit or vegetable at the farmers market or in your own garden.
Ripe teaches you how to choose your ingredients and cook them so their true flavor shines through.” Enough said. You’ll enjoy flipping through the vivid imagery and recipes organized by color in this book written and photographed by two of Edible Silicon Valley’s talented contributors—past and present.
Cheryl and Paulette share their recipe for seasonal Cranberry Apple Butter.
Plus we also share a taste of 2 cookbooks from local authors :
Season: Bold Flavors, Beautiful Food
Nik Sharma’s - new cookbook
(Chronicle Books, 2018)
Wonderful seasoning recipes, bring flavor to your table.
Enjoy our Cookbook Test Kitchen - find out more about this seasoned tastemaker's latest featured book, and shares 3 flavorful SEASON salt recipes with our readers.
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
by Samir Nosrat
(Simon & Schuster, 2017)
Explore this wonderfully illustrated cooking guide with recipes.
Find out more as well as enjoy an illustrated Caesar Salad recipe, from the book.
