Tim Fischer, manager of The Cook's Library in Los Angeles, rounds up the best cookbooks of the year. He recommends:
- Desserts by the Yard by Sherry Yard
- Elizabeth Falkner’s Demolition Desserts by Elizabeth Falkner
- Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich
- Dolce Italiano by Gina DePalma
- Lost Desserts by Gail Monaghan
- Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins and More by Carole Walter
- Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
- The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken by Laura Schenone
- The Sharper your Knife the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn
- The Elements of Cooking by Michael Ruhlman
- The Tenth Muse by Judith Jones
- Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill Cookbook by Bobby Flay
- Bistro Laurent Tourondel: New American Bistro Cooking by Laurent Tourondel
- Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges by Jean Georges Vongerichten
- Jonathan Waxman’s A Great American Cook by Jonathan Waxman
- Made in Italy by Giorgio Locatelli
- Creole by Babette de Rozieres
Other resources:
- 1080 Recipes by Simone and Ines Ortega
- Cook with Jamie by Jamie Oliver
- Jamie at Home by Jamie Oliver
- Moro East by Samantha & Samuel Clark
- Week in Week Out by Simon Hopkinson
- The River Cottage Fish Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
- Angela Hartnett’s Cucina by Angela Hartnett
Music break: Going Down South by Hutcherson & Land