T. Susan Chang 🌊 @tsusanchang@newsie.social Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

T. Susan Chang 🌊 @tsusanchang@newsie.social

Organized alphabetically from almonds to za'atar, this cookbook is an international romp through 35 tinned and bottled essentials.

T. Susan Chang 🌊 @tsusanchang@newsie.social

Western India and the Southern U.S. share more culinary parallels than you'd think, from rice varietals and sesame to okra, shrimp and fresh tomatoes. Here, these ingredients explode in gleeful fusion, the torrid affair of a spice cabinet and a well-stocked pantry.

T. Susan Chang 🌊 @tsusanchang@newsie.social

Scotty Scott’s first cookbook is a blend of traditional family recipes alongside soul food staples, remixed ... Scott lets us in on the stories behind the food and pays homage to his ancestors with what he puts on the plate. This is feel-good food.

T. Susan Chang 🌊 @tsusanchang@newsie.social

Ottolenghi and his team continue to deliver provocative, doable recipes with virtuoso consistency ... thoughtful explanations and substitutions offer a glide path to efficient feasts that make the most of your most obscure pantry items.

T. Susan Chang 🌊 @tsusanchang@newsie.social

If you, like me, routinely ax recipes that use one pan too many for a weeknight, this book is a godsend ... Christopher Kimball gleefully breaks rules in the name of simplification.