The Very Best Cookbooks of 2004 from Food & Wine

[MISSINDI]

I know a lot of us were looking for a "best of" list from one of the food magazines, and here it is.

"Every year we review dozens of good cookbooks to find the great ones. Here's a preview of our picks for the next edition of F&W's 'Best of the Best.'

Marcella Says - Marcella Hazan
All about Braising - Molly Stevens
Breath of a Wok - Grace Young and Alan Richardson
Go Fish - Laurent Tourondel and Andrew Friedman
Fresh Food Fast - Peter Berley and Melissa Clark
Barefoot in Paris - Ina Garten
Bouchon - Thomas Keller with Jeffrey Cerciello
Rick Stein's Complete Seafood - Rick Stein
The Weekend Baker - Abigail Johnson Dodge
Pure Chocolate - Fran Bigelow with Helene Siegel

There are nice long descriptive paragraphs with each cookbook listed above. People Magazine published their own list a few issues ago (see separate thread), and it's interesting that 2 of their picks made this list, considering People isn't a cooking-oriented magazine.

More to add to my wishlist ... ;)

[MISSINDI]

bumping...

[angelamaria]

i have the all about braising and it is wonderful! every single thing sounds delicious!
i want the marcella says book but for some reason my local bn store doesn't have it and i want to look thru it first. i have another book by her- marcella cucina? or something like that.

i just went to costco- i am not sure books there are any cheaper than at bn with my discount.but i ended up getting the gourmet cookbook, CIA Cooking at Home, the cooks illustrated baking cookbook, williams sonoma cooks library meats and poultry and italian books and rr 30 min gettogethers. i resisted the new italian book from the river cafe? as well as the CIA baking book and the CI under the cover? book (the one with casseroles and slow cooker stuff).

i also saw Feast by nigella lawson there but of course i had bought it just last week at bn. btw i love this book- i don't have any of her other books- does she write every recipe like a mini- story? i love love love reading it even if i never cook a thing out of it!

[wallycat]

Angelamaria,
if you love Nigella's writing style, you MUST get "How to Eat." It is a narrative with recipes thrown in ...or so it seems.
I just love her cooking style and writing style. I have to get Feasts now too ;)

The braising book sounds interesting.
I'll have to check it out on Amazon.

I am surprised Patricia Wells' book is not listed (Provence) and that Ina Garten's book is. I only skimmed through her book and didn't find any out of the ordinary recipes. Please correct me if I'm wrong as I have her Parties book and love it.