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We Need More From Our Cookbooks in 2020
This collection of new releases offers some of what we’re looking for
Fall is always a busy time for cookbooks, with a fresh crop landing at bookstores and online retailers in the months leading up to the holidays. Despite a few delays in release dates, this year is no different.
But we need more from our cookbooks in 2020. As we pass the time at home during this unending period of uncertainty, we’d like for new cookbooks to connect us to restaurants and bakeries we miss, consume us with culinary projects like making hand-pulled noodles or cherry cream Danishes, to propel us around the world without leaving our kitchens, and to make cooking feel novel even after we’ve made our 20th meal for the week.
These 16 books can provide what we’re looking for — with recipes. Other food books worthy of attention include John Birdsall’s The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard; the collective scholarly work Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice; and memoirs from Deborah Madison, Lisa Donovan, and David Chang.
See you from a social distance at the bookstore.
