Our 5 Favorite New Cookbooks of the Fall Make Great Gifts
It's that time of year when you know you'll be spending a lot of time with your family, but you'll also be spending time—maybe too much time—thinking about your family. It's the giving season, but you have no idea what to give them. We may not know what to get your football-loving uncle, but we know all about foodies and if you have one in the family it's easy to accidentally get them something they don't want.
So what to get them? Well, we have a whole gift guide for that, and if you still can't find anything, it might be best to try a cookbook. Here are our five of our favorites that came out this past fall, and some recommendations from the chefs who wrote them. Head to the nearest bookstore and get shopping.
Courtesy of Andrews McMeel Publishing1/5Cooking From the Heart
In his third cookbook, Cooking from the Heart, John Besh shares the recipes from chefs that influenced his cooking. We chatted with him about the cookbooks that have informed the way he approaches food.
Shimon and Tammar Photography2/5The A.O.C. Cookbook
For chef Suzanne Goin, the best cookbooks are high-minded, full of integrity, and, ideally, loved to tatters. Check out her recommendations as well as her newest book, The A.O.C. Cookbook.
Austin Bush3/5Pok Pok
Pok Pok chef Andy Ricker put out one of the best cookbooks of the fall with his eponymous Pok Pok. Get his recommendations on the cookbooks that influenced him, from The Joy of Cooking to Jerusalem.
Excerpted from Balaboosta by Einat Admony (Artisan Books). Copyright 2013. Photographs by Quentin Bacon4/5Balaboosta
Einat Admony of Balaboosta also put out a cookbook of the same name as her restaurant. From Picasso-inspired recipes to her mother's sweet breakfast turnips, chef Admony names the books (and cooks) that inspired her.
