Some of My New Favorite Cookbooks

Pakistani food is as varied as the cultures that make up its people. With over one hundred recipes, Pakistan features incredible curries, chutneys, sauces, and spiced vegetables. And the book itself is gorgeous, with stunning photography and the perfect cover. Jillani, who grew up in Islamabad, introduces each section with short essays about her personal connection to the recipes she presents. Her writing is full of stories of her family and how the food she makes reminds her of home

Georgescu’s family is from locations across Eastern Europe, so whenever they make everyone’s favorite dishes, their food tells a story. Georgescu’s cookbook centers around the Danube River that borders Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia. Her recipes are comforting, rich in flavor, and hearty, perfect for these long winter months. Throughout the book, she includes essays about how her culture has influenced her cooking and inspired these recipes. Plus, the book itself as an object is gorgeous.

I ADORE Julie Turshen’s Simply Julia. It’s a cookbook that saw me through part of the pandemic and encouraged me to think of the food I eat in new ways. What Goes With What is Turshen’s newest cookbook that helps home cooks figure out what ingredients to pair together to create delicious dishes. With her trusty ingredient charts in hand, Turshen walks readers through ideas around how and why people pair oils with greens or pair proteins for salads with liquids for braises. In between her many recipe ideas, she writes mini essays about her relationship with food, farming, and sourcing ingredients. My stars! I can’t get enough!