The Essential New York Times Cookbook: The Recipes of Record (Anniversary)

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Smart, bright, and supremely practical, Amanda Hesser's Anniversary Edition of The Essential New York Times Cookbook is a cause for celebration--this book can teach you how to cook. Amanda's instructions are clear, her how-tos precise, her advice solid, and her range extraordinary--she covers everything from cocktails to cookies. The historical notes, fascinating timelines, culinary history, and personal asides are the proverbial cherry on top.--Dorie Greenspan

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This is a vast collection of carefully curated, tested, and updated recipes. In a world constantly searching for the trendy, I find comfort in a book celebrating the delicious. Salty, buttery bagna cauda, garlicky gazpacho or an eggplant parmesan are essentially delicious in my mind, but others will have their favorites, and most likely find the best version of it in here.--Yotam Ottolenghi

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For those of us who love Amanda Hesser's Essential New York Times Cookbook, her updated version, adding 120 of the most popular recipes from the last decade, is a gift from heaven. These are recipes I'll use over and over again--and I'm starting with Rao's meatballs!--Ina Garten

Brief Description:
"The James Beard Award-winning compendium of the paper's best recipes, revised and updated. Ten years after the phenomenal success of her once-in-a generation cookbook, former New York Times food editor Amanda Hesser returns with an updated edition for a new wave of home cooks. Devoted Times subscribers as well as newcomers to the paper's culinary mother lode will find dozens of recipes to treasure: Purple Plum Torte, David Eyre's Pancake, Pamela Sherrid's Summer Pasta, and a host of other classics, from 1940s Caesar Salad and 1960s flourless chocolate cake (Evelyn Sharpe's French Chocolate Cake) to today's No-Knead Bread and Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies. Also included are fifty new but instantly iconic recipes, including Samin Nosrat's Herbed Rice with Tahdig, Melissa Clark's Simple Roast Turkey, and Alison Roman's one-pot Spiced Chickpea Stew. Hesser has tested and adapted each of the 1,000-plus recipes, and she highlights her go-to favorites from more than a century's-worth of cooking tradition with wit and warmth. As Saveur declared, this is a "tremendously appealing collection of recipes that tells the story of American cooking.""--

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Ten years after the phenomenal success of her once-in-a-generation cookbook, former New York Times food editor Amanda Hesser returns with an updated edition for a new wave of home cooks. She has added 120 new but instantly iconic dishes to her mother lode of more than a thousand recipes, including Samin Nosrat's Sabzi Polo (Herbed Rice with Tahdig), Todd Richards's Fried Catfish with Hot Sauce, and J. Kenji López-Alt's Cheesy Hasselback Potato Gratin. Devoted Times subscribers as well as newcomers to the paper's culinary trove will also find scores of timeless gems such as Purple Plum Torte, David Eyre's Pancake, Pamela Sherrid's Summer Pasta, and classics ranging from 1940s Caesar Salad to modern No-Knead Bread. Hesser has tested and adapted each of the recipes, and she highlights her go-to favorites with wit and warmth. As Saveur declared, this is a "tremendously appealing collection of recipes that tells the story of American cooking."

Review Citations:

• Library Journal 08/01/2020 pg. 91 (EAN 9781324002277, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:Hesser, Amanda
Amanda Hesser is the founder and executive chair of Food52, which also encompasses the heritage brands Schoolhouse and Dansk, as well as a former New York Times food editor and the author of the bestselling and James Beard Award-winning Essential New York Times Cookbook. She lives in Brooklyn.